BIOCHEMICAL STUDY OF THE EFFECT OF ALCOHOLIC EXTRACT OF Catharanthus roseus LEAVES IN SWISS ALBINO MICE
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https://doi.org/10.53555/eijmhs.v1i4.264Keywords:
Catharanthus roseus, leaves, Alcohol extract, pregnancy interruptionAbstract
The effect of the Alcoholic extract of the leaves of Catharanthus roseus was investigated. A dose of 10 mg alcoholic extract was dissolved in 50% alcohol and administered to Swiss albino female mice from day 7 to 9 post-coitum. The 10 mg alcoholic dose proved to be 100% effective in causing pregnancy interruption. The alkaline phosphatase and acid phosphatase enzyme activity of the uterus of the mice significantly decreases after treatment with the alcoholic extract of the leaves of Catharanthus roseus.
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