FTER parental exposure to mutagens and subsequent mating, adverse A genetic effects may manifest sequentially by preimplantation losses of fertilized ova and zygotes, early fetal deaths, and sterility and semisterility in F, progeny ( CATTANACH 1964; EPSTEIN et al. 1970a). Effects of ionizing irradiation of the male or of sperm in uitro on fertilization and subsequent development of the zygote ...

Plants have served as a natural source of antifertility substances. Henshaw (1953) listed many plants used by primitive people in different countries to control fertility. Though many indigenous plants have been shown to prevent births, only a few plants have so far been investigated for antispermatogenic activity (Kholkute, 1977; Segal, 1985; Rao, 1988; Murugavel and Akbarshah, 1991; Chatterje...

Sperm proteins are known to be associated with normal fertilization as auto- or iso-antibodies to these proteins may cause infertility. Therefore, sperm proteins have been considered to be the potential candidate for the development of antifertility vaccine. Some of the sperm proteins proved to be promising antigens for contraceptive vaccine includes lactate dehydrogenase (LDH-C4), protein hyal...

To date, there is no report on safety of Artemisia Kopetdaghensis. This study aimed to determine the possible undesirable effects of A. Kopetdaghensis on reproduction of female rats. The pregnant rats were treated (i.p.) with vehicle or 200 and 400 mg/kg of A. Kopetdaghensis hydroalcoholic extract from the 2nd to 8th day of pregnancy. Then, number and weight of neonates, duration of pregnancy, ...

Turmeric is used as a condiment and also as a herbal medicine in different kinds of illness. It is used by tribes as an antifertility and aborcifacient agent for a long period in different parts of India. Because of scarcity of research data regarding the effectiveness and mode of action of curcumin, the active principle present in turmeric, we undertake this research work to evaluate its antif...

Moringa concanensis Nimmo. (Moringaceae) is a wild plant found in India. Traditionally, tribes used this as an antioxidant, anticancer, anticonvulsant, antimicrobial, antifertility, anti-inflammatory, antipyretic, and analgesic. In the present study, leaves of were subjected to successive solvent extraction with five different solvents increasing polarity, i.e., petroleum ether, chloroform, eth...

background: nelumbo nucifera has been used as antifertility agent in females by the local tribals of rajasthan especially of udaipur district india. objective: the present study was conducted to investigate the effect of nelumbo nucifera on the fertility and general physiology in female rats. materials and methods: 20 female albino rats were taken and divided into two groups. group 1 served as ...

Disease in Schoolchildren-Henderson MWIBR JOUL 263 subnormality and were at local health authority training centres, in subnormality hospitals, or at home. And, for good measure, it must be mentioned that in 1965 1,172 girls under the age of 16 years had an illegitimate baby; 190 boys and girls under the age of 16 years were treated at venereal, diseases clinics, but very few of them were known...