The effect of kebar grass (Biophtyum petersianum klotzsch) extract on the number of leydig cells of mice (mus musculus) treated with tcdd

This study aimed to examine the effect of kebar grass extract on the Leydig cells number of mice to exposed 2,3,7,8-Tetrachlorodibenzo-p-dioxin (TCDD). These animals were divided into five groups. Twenty five BALB/C mice were used with five groups: Negative Control (C-), Positive Control (C+) with TCDD 7µg/kgBW IP, and treatment groups that treated with TCDD 7µg/kgBW IP and Kebar Grass orally for 53 days were presented T1 0,045mg/gBW/day, T2 0,080mg/gBW/day, and T3 0,135mg/gBW/day. Results showed that TCDD decreased the Leydig cells number, while kebar grass extract was increase the number of Leydig cells exposed by TCCD significantly (p<0,05). But the increase in the number of Leydig cells had not yet reached the normal number of Leydig cells.