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Volume 24, Issue 1
  • ISSN: 1871-5230
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Abstract

Background

Cyclophosphamide (CYP), a widely used cancer chemotherapeutic agent has been linked with male gonadotoxicity, resulting in infertility. The notion that potent antioxidants could be beneficial in mitigating CYP-induced gonadotoxicity necessitated this research. Therefore, we examined the effects of feed-added quercetin on CYP-induced gonadotoxicity in male rats.

Methods

Male postpubertal rats were randomly assigned into six groups of 10 rats each. The normal control (fed standard rodent diet) and two groups fed quercetin-supplemented diet at 100 and 200 mg/kg of feed received normal saline intraperitoneally at 2 ml/kg daily. A fourth group which served as the CYP control (fed standard rodent diet) and the last two groups fed quercetin at 100 and 200 mg/kg of feed were administered CYP at 150 mg/kg/day. Rats were administered normal saline or CYP intraperitoneally on days 1 and 2, while standard diet or feed-added quercetin was administered daily for 21 days. On day 22, half of the animals were either sacrificed or paired with age-matched females for fertility assessment. Estimation of testosterone levels, antioxidant, anti-inflammatory markers, and histomorphological examination of the testis and epididymis was also assessed.

Results

The administration of CYP was associated with weight loss, decreased food intake, decreased antioxidant capacity, increased gonadosomatic index, increased lipid peroxidation, sub-fertility, and histological evidence of gonadal injury. However, administration of quercetin reversed CYP-induced changes.

Conclusion

The result of this study suggests that dietary quercetin supplementation has the ability to mitigate CYP induced gonadotoxicity and mitigate subfertility in male rats. However, further studies are required to assess its possible use in humans.

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Dry-feed Added Quercetin Mitigates Cyclophosphamide-induced Oxidative Stress, Inflammation and Gonadal Fibrosis in Adult Male Rats
Anti-Inflammatory & Anti-Allergy Agents in Medicinal Chemistry (Formerly Current Medicinal Chemistry - Anti-Inflammatory and Anti-Allergy Agents) 24, 43 (2025); https://doi.org/10.2174/0118715230316410240821105658
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Keyword(s): Alkylating agents; antioxidant; chemotherapy; flavonoids; gonadotoxicity; subfertility

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