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Munawar M, Khan MS, Saeed M, Younas U, Farag MR, Di Cerbo A, El-Shall N, Loschi AR, Dhama K, Alagawany M. Phytosterol: nutritional significance, health benefits, and its uses in poultry and livestock nutrition. Anim Biotechnol 2023; 34:3206-3215. [PMID: 35839248 DOI: 10.1080/10495398.2022.2099882] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/01/2022]
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Medicinal plants with active ingredients have shown great potential as natural and sustainable additives in livestock and poultry diets as growth promoters, performance, feed conversion ratio, digestibility of nutrient enhancers, and antioxidants and immune system modulators. Among active ingredients, phytosterols, which are plant-based bio-factors that may be found in seeds, fruits, grains, vegetables and legumes, are thought to be involved in the aforementioned activities but are also widely known in human medicine due to their efficacy in treating diabetes, coronary heart disease, and tumors. Nevertheless, phytosterols can also promote carcinogens production, angiogenesis inhibition, metastasis, infiltration, and cancer cells proliferation. This review focuses on the deepening of the biological role and health benefits of phytosterols and their new potential application in poultry and livestock nutrition.
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- Mahzaib Munawar
- Cholistan University of Veterinary and Animal Sciences, Bahawalpur, Pakistan
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- Cholistan University of Veterinary and Animal Sciences, Bahawalpur, Pakistan
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- Cholistan University of Veterinary and Animal Sciences, Bahawalpur, Pakistan
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- Forensic Medicine and Toxicology Department, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Zagazig University, Zagazig, Egypt
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- School of Biosciences and Veterinary Medicine, University of Camerino, Matelica, Italy
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- Poultry and Fish Diseases Department, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Alexandria University, Alexandria, Egypt
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- School of Biosciences and Veterinary Medicine, University of Camerino, Matelica, Italy
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- Division of Pathology, ICAR-Indian Veterinary Research Institute, Bareilly, India
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- Poultry Department, Faculty of Agriculture, Zagazig University, Zagazig, Egypt
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Krepkova LV, Bortnikova VV, Babenko AN, Mizina PG, Mkhitarov VA, Job KM, Sherwin CM, Enioutina EY. Effects of a new thyrotropic drug isolated from Potentilla alba on the male reproductive system of rats and offspring development. BMC Complement Med Ther 2021; 21:31. [PMID: 33441114 PMCID: PMC7807504 DOI: 10.1186/s12906-020-03184-z] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/25/2020] [Accepted: 12/09/2020] [Indexed: 01/07/2023] Open
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Background The dysfunction of the thyroid gland is a common medical condition. Nowadays, patients frequently use medicinal herbs as complementary or alternative options to conventional drug treatments. These patients may benefit from treatment of thyroid dysfunctions with Potentilla alba L. preparations. While it has been reported that Potentilla alba preparations have low toxicity, nothing is known about their ability to affect reproductive functions in patients of childbearing age. Methods Male Wistar rats were orally treated with a thyrotrophic botanical drug, standardized Potentilla alba Dry Extract (PADE), at doses 8 and 40 times higher than the median therapeutic dose recommended for the clinical trials, for 60 consecutive days. Male Wistar rats receiving water (H2O) were used as controls. After completing treatment, half of the PADE-treated and control males were used to determine PADE gonadotoxicity, and the remaining half of PADE-treated and control males were mated with intact females. Two female rats were housed with one male for two estrus cycles. PADE effects on fertility and fetal/offspring development were evaluated. Results Herein, we report that oral treatment of male Wistar rats with PADE before mating with intact females instigated marked effects on male reproductive organs. Treatment significantly decreased the motility of the sperm and increased the number of pathological forms of spermatozoa. Additionally, a dose-dependent effect on Leydig cells was observed. However, these PADE effects did not significantly affect male fertility nor fetal and offspring development when PADE-treated males were mated with intact females. Conclusions PADE treatment of male rates negatively affected sperm and testicular Leydig cell morphology. However, these changes did not affect male fertility and offspring development. It is currently not known whether PADE treatment may affect human male fertility and offspring development. Therefore, these results from an animal study need to be confirmed in humans. Results from this animal study can be used to model the exposure-response relationship and adverse outcomes in humans.
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- Lubov V Krepkova
- Center of Medicine, All-Russian Research Institute of Medicinal and Aromatic Plants (VILAR), Grina Street 7, Moscow, 117216, Russia
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- Center of Medicine, All-Russian Research Institute of Medicinal and Aromatic Plants (VILAR), Grina Street 7, Moscow, 117216, Russia
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- Center of Medicine, All-Russian Research Institute of Medicinal and Aromatic Plants (VILAR), Grina Street 7, Moscow, 117216, Russia
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- Center of Medicine, All-Russian Research Institute of Medicinal and Aromatic Plants (VILAR), Grina Street 7, Moscow, 117216, Russia
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- FSBI "Research Institute of Human Morphology", 3 Tsyurupy St., Moscow, 117418, Russia
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- Division of Clinical Pharmacology, Department of Pediatrics, University of Utah School of Medicine, 295 Chipeta Way, Salt Lake City, UT, 84108, USA
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- Department of Pediatrics, Wright State University, Boonshoft School of Medicine, Dayton Children's Hospital, Children's Plaza, Dayton, OH, 45404, USA
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- Division of Clinical Pharmacology, Department of Pediatrics, University of Utah School of Medicine, 295 Chipeta Way, Salt Lake City, UT, 84108, USA. .,Department of Pharmaceutics & Pharmaceutical Chemistry, College of Pharmacy, University of Utah, 30 South 2000 East, Salt Lake City, UT, 84112, USA.
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