Endocrine Abstracts

Arunachal Pradesh is one of the north eastern provinces of India situated on the Eastern Himalayan mountain range. Enriched with diversified flora, fauna and ethnic population, this zone has been recognised as one of the world’s Mega Biodiversity hot spots. The people of this state use bark powder of a plant Dysoxylum alliarium for pregnancy control of mated females especially dogs and pigs.Objective: Validation of this bark’s abortifaci...

Piper betuloids is a creeper grown wildly in the tropical forests of the north east part of India. The ethnic people of this region, especially in Arunachal Pradesh use the secondary roots of this creeper for fertility control in women. The traditional preparation has been reported to be use orally during post coital period.Objectives: The anti-reproductive property of the secondary aerial roots has been tested on female albino rats during early g...