Contraception
Volume 79, Issue 6 , Pages 479-487 , June 2009

Reversible antifertility effect of aqueous rhizome extract of Curcuma longa L. in male laboratory mice

Received 23 August 2008 ,Revised 1 January 2009 ,Accepted 4 January 2009.

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doi: 10.1016/j.contraception.2009.01.001

Contraception
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