Abstract

EVALUATION OF ANTIFERTILITY POTENTIAL OF ERAND BEEJ IN FEMALES

Dr. Rahulkumar Ramkrushna Kamde, Dr. Surekha Dewaikar, Dr. Rutuja Gaikwad, *Dr. Karishma Baikar

Abstract

Medicinal plants is a common word which can utter in everyone’s mouth that are helpful in treating many disease, which cannot be done by even allopathic medicine. Among those the birth control and at the same time increasing the fertility in human beings are both become major problems nowadays. This review presents updated information gathered on scientifically proved medicinal plants used for the antifertility activity. This study provides the information on botanical name, family, part used, solvent used and their chemical constituents present in plants. Castor beans (Erand beej) have been used traditionally by women in many countries for birth control. The present paper gives information about anti-fertility action of Erand beej. There are a large number of studies which supports the anti-fertility effects of Traditional herbal medicinal plants.

Keywords: Antifertility plants, herbal medicine, oestrogen, Erand beej.