Investigation of cinnamon extract on spermatogenesis and pituitary gonad axis hormones in mice Balb/C

Cinnamomum zeylanicum has many therapeutic effects for example the increasing of sexual ability. In this investigation the effect of cinnamon extract in concentrations 10 and 20 mg/kg B. w. have been worked out in spermatogenesis and pituitary gonad hormonal axis of intraperitoneally. After injection the animals sacrificed. The weight of testis were measured، and any changes inside them including the number of Sertoli cells، spermatogonia، spermatids، and Leydig cells were calculated. Also hormonal changes (LH، FSH and testosterone) were investigated. The results from 10 and 20 mg/kg B. w. concentration of cinnamon extract showed significant increase at P< 0. 05 in all of the parameters which have been increase in this work. It is concluded that cinnamon extract may increase cells kinds into seminiferous tubules in Balb/C mice in male reproductive system.