Antifertility efficacy of leaf extract of Mentha arvensis in the male albino mouse

Journal of Advanced Zoology

Volumn 17, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 71-73

  Sharma, Nidhi ^a   Jacob, Dennis ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF RAJASTHAN   (India)

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