Abstract

CHANGES IN THE BIOCHEMICAL COMPONENTS WITHIN THE OVARY OF FEMALE ALBINO MICE DUE TO THE ADMINISTRATION OF SOME PLANT ROOT EXTRACTS, USED BY THE SANTAL TRIBAL PEOPLE OF THE DISTRICT BANKURA, W.B., INDIA, FOR THE CONTROL OF FERTILITY

Subhra Basak, Arpita Banerjee and Chanchal Kumar Manna*

ABSTRACT

The present study was conducted to evaluate the biochemical changes within the ovarian tissue especially (cholesterol, ascorbic acid, alkaline phosphatase and acid phosphatase) due to the administration of three indigenous plant root extracts with the dosages (Vitex negundo Linn – 1000mg/kg B.W.; Rauwolfia serpentina Benth. ex Kurz - 1000mg/kg B.W; Piper betle Linn - 1000mg/kg B.W) on the female albino mice. These medicines were used by the medicine men of the Santal tribal people of the District Bankura, West Bengal, India, for the control of fertility. To know the feasibility, reliability and efficacy, the present set up of experiments were conducted on the adult female albino mice (20-25gm B.W.) for seven consecutive days. The results of the present experiments clearly indicate some remarkable changes in the biochemical components which clearly point out the effectiveness of the ethnomedicines and can be used as the positive antifertility agent for the welfare of the human being.

Keywords: Indigenous, antifertility, biochemical components, efficacy, methanolic extracts.