Priya G

In the present study, antifertility effect of ethanolic extract of Cassia fistula leaf on the fertile male albino rats was studied. The sperm count was significantly decreased when treated with extract. Similarly, the sperm vitality, sperm motility were also decreased after the treatment of Cassia fistula extract. The abnormalities of sperm were also increased in the Cassia fistula extract treated rats. Thus the C. fistula may be used as a male antifertility agent.

Neural tube defects (NTDs) are one of the commonest birth defects. They form a spectrum of disease ranging from anencephaly to spina bifida occulta. Anencephaly is a cephalic disorder that occurs when the cephalic (head) end of the neural tube fails to close, resulting in the absence of a major portion of the brain, skull, and scalp. However few studies have systematically looked into the etiopathogenesis of anencephaly which mainly includes nutritional deficiencies and genetic predisposition. Efforts are a foot for universal food fortification with folic acid in the hope of preventing NTDs. So we hereby conclude that caution should be exercised before widespread of anencephaly or the NTDs.