Spermatozoa Quality of Young Male White Rat after Treated with Moringa oleifera Leaf Extract

Spermatogenesis is the process of spermatozoa formation from primitive germinativum cells. There are Leydig (interstitial) cells outside the seminiferous tubules that secrete testosterone hormone into the blood. The quality of spermatozoa is largely determined by the nutrients consumed during the growth period. Moringa leaves contain lots of nutrients, therefore it is often used to improve malnutrition in children. The specific purpose of this study was to determine the quality of spermatozoa of young male rats after treated with Moringa leaf extracts. This study used a randomized complete block design (RCBD) and divided into 4 groups of treatment consisted of 10 young male white rats i.e. control group (K0), treatment group 1 (K1) treated with dose 50 mg/kg, group 2 (K2) treated with dose 75 mg/kg, group 3 (K3) treated with dose 100 mg/kg of Moringa leaf extracts. Parameters observed were sperm quality (sperm count, motility, viability and morphology). The result of this research showed that the treatment of Moringa leaf extracts in the growth period could increase spermatozoa quality at dose 50 and 75 mg/kg body weight (bw significantly. Moringa leaf extracts at dose 100 mg/kg body weight (bw) could decrease spermatozoa quality significantly (p<0.005). The result proved that the higher doses of Moringa leaf extracts given to young male rats could decrease the quality of spermatozoa.