Contraception
Volume 76, Issue 6 , Pages 482-485 , December 2007

Effect of Mimosa pudica root extract on vaginal estrous and serum hormones for screening of antifertility activity in albino mice

  • Mausumi Ganguly

      Affiliations

    • Department of Chemistry, Cotton College, Guwahati-781001, Assam, India
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  • Nirada Devi

      Affiliations

    • Department of Chemistry, Cotton College, Guwahati-781001, Assam, India
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  • Rita Mahanta

      Affiliations

    • Department of Zoology, Cotton College, Guwahati-781001, Assam, India
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  • Mridul K. Borthakur

      Affiliations

    • Department of Zoology, Cotton College, Guwahati-781001, Assam, India

Received 28 May 2007 ,Revised 28 August 2007 ,Accepted 30 August 2007.

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☆ This investigation is financially supported by the Department of Science and Technology, Government of India.

☆☆ The investigation reported in this article was carried out by our group in the research laboratory of Cotton College, Guwahati, India, and the study conforms to the International Guiding Principles for Biomedical Research Involving Animals (CIOMS, Geneva, 1985). The Cotton College Research Council has reviewed and approved this research work for publication.

PII: S0010-7824(07)00412-X

doi: 10.1016/j.contraception.2007.08.008

Contraception
Volume 76, Issue 6 , Pages 482-485 , December 2007

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