Abstract
The antifertility effect of an aqueous extract of mint (Mentha arvensis ) leaves was observed on male albino mice after administration of 10, 5 and 2 mg of the extract every alternate day for 20 days. At the tried experimental protocol, a dose related decrease in the reproductive organ weights was recorded. A marked alteration in the phosphatase content in the reproductive organs was also obtained. While the acid phosphatase mean level recorded a marked decrease, the alkaline phosphatase content of the reproductive organs exhibited a statistically significant increase. Mating performance and libido of the males treated with the mint leaf extract at all the three tried doses was not altered but mating with fertile proestrus females proved to be sterile in each case.
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