Evaluation Of Oxytocic Potential Of Methanol Extracted Sida Acuta On Female Albino Rats

ABSTRACT Plants have long been a source of nutrition and therapy to man. The medicinal value of these plants lies in some chemical substances that produce a definite physiological action in the human body. This study evaluated the oxytocic potential of methanol extract of Sida acuta on female albino rats in vitro. Oxytocin was used as a standard drug though it is a biochemically synthesized hormone that act on distant hormone receptor to induce contractions. The methanol extract was prepared using cold maceration method. Matured female non pregnant albino rats were used for this study using th…