Inhibitory effects of Calocybe indica macrofungi on experimental benign prostatic hyperplasia in rats

Document Type : Short Communication

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1 Department of Veterinary Pathology and Microbiology, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, University of Nigeria, 410001, Nsukka, Nigeria

2 Institute for Drug Herbal Medicine Excipients Research and Development, Department of Pharmaceutical Microbiology and Biotechnology, Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences, University of Nigeria, Nsukka, Nigeria

3 Department of Biochemistry, School of Life Sciences, Modibbo Adama University of Technology Yola, Yola, Nigeria

Abstract

Objective(s): This study was designed to investigate the protective effects of Calocybe indica extract on testosterone-induced benign prostatic hyperplasia in rats. 
Materials and Methods: In this study, 60 adult Sprague Dawley rats were randomly divided into six equal groups, one group served as the normal control, five of the groups were administered subcutaneous testosterone propionate for 28 days to induce benign prostatic hyperplasia, three of the five groups were simultaneously administered three graded doses of C. indica extract while one group was administered finasteride as the standard drug and the other left as untreated BPH model group given testosterone propionate only. BPH in the prostate gland was detected through gross appearance, prostate weight, and biochemical and histopathological analyses.
Results: Increased prostate weight, serum prostate-specific antigen (PSA), and epithelial thickness were observed in the untreated testosterone-induced BPH model. Administration of finasteride and C. indica extract led to a reduction in prostate weight, prostatic index, serum PSA, serum levels of testosterone, and prostatic epithelial thickness, and increased luminal diameter. 
Conclusion: Administration of C. indica extract suppressed the pathophysiological effects of benign prostatic hyperplasia in rats. Thus, C. indica mushroom is a potential pharmacological candidate for the management of BPH in man or dogs.

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Iranian Journal of Basic Medical Sciences
Volume 26, Issue 1
January 2023
Pages 121-127

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