Background and Objective: Uterus of rat with polycystic ovary (PCO) may show pathological features. We provided pathological evidence for the rat uterus with NO-induced PCO.    Materials and Methods: Wistar rats (weighing 200-250 g) were kept diestrous to receive L-arginine (50 mg/kg) intraperitoneally (i.p.) for 9 days/once a day. Control group solely received saline (1 ml/kg, 9 days/once per ...

Introduction: Polycystic ovarian syndrome (PCOS) is the most common endocrine disorder in females of reproductive age group. It characterised by menstrual irregularities, enlarged ovaries, infertility, high levels male hormones, excess hair on face and body, acne obesity. PCOS can result from abnormal function hypothalamic-pituitary-ovarian axis. Women with have an increased risk diabetes, bloo...

Background: Piperine is an alkaloid present in black pepper. It causes increase diameter of Graafian follicles when given to adult female albino rats thus leading decreased fertility. Aim: To assess the harmful effects piperine on ovaries follicles. Study design: Experimental Study. Place and duration study: Anatomy Department, Shaikh Zayed PGMI, Lahore from 1st August 2013 31st January 2014. M...

Polycystic ovary syndrome is a hormonal disorder common among women of reproductive age. The affected may have infrequent or prolonged menstrual cycles excess male hormone levels with manifestations hyperandrogenemia. ovaries fail to ovulate many arrested follicles at the primordial stage. There was time when medical profession honored its members by naming diseases after them and that case Ste...

Polycystic ovary syndrome is a heterogeneous endocrine disease that affects women of childbearing age. The pathogenesis polycystic has not been fully studied to date, its paradigm considers the genetic determinism manifestation hormonal and metabolic disorders, which are considered be criteria for verification (hyperandrogenism, oligo/anovulation and/or ovarian transformation during ultrasound ...