Abstract

Reproductive disorders and infertility are complicated disorders with different types of consequences including medical and psychological. Infertility affects both women and men. Evidence indicates that half of the infertility is due to male factor infertility. Using medicinal plants that are effective on the reproductive disorders and infertility is considered a suitable therapeutic approach. In this review, the search terms testicle, spermatogenesis, and medicinal plants were used to retrieve relevant publications in the databases including PubMed, Scopus, Google Scholar, and SID. This review focused on animal studies on the effect of medicinal plants on testicular morphology and hormonal testicular function. According to the findings, several herbal plants are effective on the testicular tissue, the physiology of the testicles, and hormonal testicular function. Bioactive compounds and antioxidant study has plants that have therapeutic effects on the tissue and testicular physiology. © 2017, Pharmainfo Publications. All rights reserved.