Background: Curcumin is an active constituent, obtained from rhizome of Curcuma longa linn, known to have broad medicinal properties, was studied for its effect on fertility in female rats. has anti-ovulatory probably by antiestrogenic activity through suppression negative feedback estrogen pituitary.Methods: Inbred Charles Foster albino rats (150-180 gm) were used study. They divided into diff...

background: the antifertility effect of ampicillin (amp, 40 mg/kg) and sulphasalazine or salicylazosulfapyridine (sasp, 300,450 and 600 mg/kg) in male rats has been reported earlier. the combination of amp and sasp is generally used in certain pathological conditions, but the combined effect of these two drugs on the fertility is not clear. so, the aim of this study was to investigate the antif...

A captive colony of baboons has been used for three decades for various reproductive studies where application of findings to human therapeutics was desired. The characteristics of the menstrual cycle in baboons are very similar to those of women, except that of the baboon is slightly longer and there is a lower luteal phase concentration of oestradiol. The duration of pregnancy in baboons is a...

A. aspera Linn. (Amaranthaceae) is distributed as weed throug whole plant is reputed to possess diuretic properties, a water extrac to treat children for colic and also as an astringent in gonorrhoea tr traditional healers for the treatment of fever, especially malarial feve (Girach and Khan, 1992; Tang and Eisenbrand, 1992; Bhom, 1 pronounced insect molting hormonal activity (Banerji and Chadh...

Antifertility and histopathological investigations were carried out on reproductive organs of male albino rats induced by tetraazamacrocyclic complexes of iron(II). The complexes were synthesized by the template condensation of 1,2-diaminoethane, 1,3-diaminopropane with succinic acid and phthalic acid in 2 : 2 molar ratios which are abbreviated as [Fe(TAML(n))OAc] (n = 1 or 2 and TAML(n) repres...