Isolation and Characterization of Mandibular Organ – Inhibiting Hormone from the Eyestalks of Freshwater Crab, Oziotelphusa Senex Senex

G. Purna Chandra Nagaraju^*, G. Lakshmi Vara Prasad, and P. Sreenivasula Reddy

Department of Biotechnology, Sri Venkateswara University, Tirupati –517 502, India

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