Influence of medicinal plants Mentha arvensis and Catharanthus roseus on somatic and reproductive organ weight in Swiss albino male mice.

The current study examines how two medicinal plants, Catharanthus roseus (Madagascar periwinkle) and Mentha arvensis (field mint), affect the somatic and reproductive characteristics of male albino mice (Mus musculus). Aqueous extracts of these plants were given orally to adult male mice for 14, 28 and 35 days of time interval. Alongside the reproductive parameter, somatic factors such as body weight and organ (liver) were noted. The findings showed that the plant extracts had varied effects as it is dose-dependent influence on somatic growth and reproductive indices. These results imply that C. roseus may have increases body weight and decreases reproductive organ weight but still require more research for therapeutic uses or the creation of contraceptives, but M. arvensis slightly reduce body weight, good for digestion and enhanced rate of metabolic but may have potential as a fertility enhancer as it decreases reproductive organ weight.