Antifertility activity of Caesalpinia decapetala-a preliminary report

Author(s): Singh, M., Lakshmi, V., Mehrotra, B., Gupta, D.

Journal/Book: Indian Journal of Medical Researche. 1988; 87: 377-378.

Abstract: Ethanolic extract of aerial parts of C. decapetala administered orally an days 1-8 post-coitum at 500 mg/kg dose exhibited significant contraceptive activity in female hamsters, but was devoid of any estrogenic activity . On fractionation, the activity was found to be localized in the butanol and aqueous fractions.

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