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Post-coital antifertility activity of Acalypha indica L
Identifier
019186
Type of Spiritual Experience
Background
A description of the experience
J Ethnopharmacol. 1999 Nov 30;67(3):253-8.
Post-coital antifertility activity of Acalypha indica L.
Hiremath SP1, Rudresh K, Badami S, Patil SB, Patil SR.
- 1Department of Chemistry, Gulbarga University, India.
Abstract
Four successive solvent extracts of the whole plant Acalypha indica L. (Euphorbiaceae) were tested for post-coital antifertility activity in female albino rats. Of these, the petroleum ether and ethanol extracts were found to be most effective in causing significant anti-implantation activity. The antifertility activity was reversible on withdrawal of the treatment of the extracts. Both the extracts at 600 mg/kg body weight showed estrogenic activity. Histological studies of the uterus were carried out to confirm this estrogenic activity.
PMID: 10617059