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Effect of methyl ester of aristolic acid fromAristolochia indica Linn. on fertility of female mice

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Methyl ester of aristolic acid, a pure compound isolated from the roots ofAristolochia indica (Linn.), was found to exert 100% abortifacient activity at a single oral dose of 60 mg/kg b. wt when administered on 6th or 7th day of pregnancy; 20 and 25% abortifacient effect were observed at the same dose on day 10 and 12, respectively.

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  1. Reproductive Biology Section, Indian Institute of Experimental Medicine, 4 Raja S.C. Mullick Road, 700032, Calcutta, India

    Anita Pakrashi & Chandrima Shaha

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The authors wish to thank Dr S.C. Pakrashi and his associate Mr P.P. Ghosh Dastidar for the compound. Thanks are also due to the Director General of Indian Council of Medical Research for granting a fellowship to one of them (C.S.).

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Pakrashi, A., Shaha, C. Effect of methyl ester of aristolic acid fromAristolochia indica Linn. on fertility of female mice. Experientia 34, 1192–1193 (1978). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01922952

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