title: Effect of Mimosa pudica root powder on oestrous cycle and ovulation in cycling female albino rat, Rattus norvegicus.
abstract: Mimosa pudica root powder (150 mg/kg body weight) when administered intragastrically, altered the oestrous cycle pattern in female Rattus norvegicus. Nucleated and cornified cells were absent in all rats. The smear was characterized by leucocytes only, as in dioestrus, which persisted for 2 weeks. There was a significant reduction in the number of normal ova in rats treated with the root powder compared with the control rats, and a significant increase in the number of degenerated ova.
authors.affiliation: Department of Zoology, Annamalai University, Annamalainagar 608002, Tamilnadu, India.
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Valsala
authors.forename: P R
authors.initials: PR
authors.lastname: Karpagaganapathy
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D030762:Estrous Cycle / Q000187:drug effects*; D007887:Fabaceae; D005260:Female; D007194:India; D010060:Ovulation / Q000187:drug effects*; D010063:Ovum / Q000187:drug effects; D028321:Plant Preparations / Q000494:pharmacology*; D018517:Plant Roots / Q000737:chemistry; D051381:Rats
chemical_list: D028321:Plant Preparations