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Influence of mineral, olive or sunflower oils on male reproductive parameters in vitro – the wild rodent C alomys laucha
Author(s) -
Cardoso T. F.,
Varela A. S.,
Silva E. F.,
Vilela J.,
Hartmann A.,
Jardim R. D.,
Colares E. P.,
Corcini C.D.
Publication year - 2014
Publication title -
andrologia
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.633
H-Index - 59
eISSN - 1439-0272
pISSN - 0303-4569
DOI - 10.1111/and.12138
Subject(s) - sunflower , biology , rodent , acrosome , in vitro , sunflower oil , semen , zoology , agronomy , ecology , anatomy , food science , biochemistry
Summary The aim of this study was to evaluate the influence of oils on male reproductive parameters in C alomys laucha . Twenty‐four animals were distributed into four groups and given the following substances by gavage: water, mineral oil, olive oil and sunflower oil. After 10 days of gavage, the animals were euthanised and the semen was collected from them for assessing acrosome integrity and carrying out in vitro penetration ( IVP ) test. Acrosome was significantly reduced ( P < 0.05) for the vehicles in relation to control. In vitro penetration was reduced in all vehicles in relation to control, but only sunflower oil had statistically lower levels of reduction ( P < 0.05). Oily vehicles are able to influence in vitro reproductive tests negatively, interfering in reproductive toxicological studies.