Post-coital antifertility activity of the marine plant, Achrostichum aureum L. in rat.
The ethanolic extract of A. aureum and its fractions were evaluated for postovulatory antifertility activity in female rats. The water soluble fraction of ethanolic (95%) extract prevented (100%) pregnancy when administered to female rats on days 1-7 postcoitum. This fraction was found devoid of both estrogenic and antiestrogenic activities.
Dhar
J D
JD
Division of Endocrinology, Central Drug Research Institute, Lucknow.
Setty
B S
BS
Lakshmi
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V
Bhakuni
D S
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D000818:Animals; D003281:Contraceptives, Postcoital / Q000494:pharmacology*; D005260:Female; D007194:India; D010936:Plant Extracts / Q000494:pharmacology*; D010944:Plants; D051381:Rats; D011919:Rats, Inbred Strains; D012623:Seawater
D003281:Contraceptives, Postcoital; D010936:Plant Extracts