Abortifacient activity of some Nigerian medicinal plants

Phytotherapy Research

Volumn 8, Issue 2, 1994, Pages 106-108

  Akah, P A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NIGERIA   (Nigeria)

Author keywords

Abortifacient; medicinal plants; screening

Indexed keywords

ABORTIVE AGENT; ATROPINE; CASSIA ALATA EXTRACT; CASSYTHA FILIFORMIS EXTRACT; HARUNGANA MADAGASCARIENSIS EXTRACT; HEXAMETHONIUM; IPOMEA CAIRICA EXTRACT; MEPYRAMINE; OXYTOCIN; PLANT EXTRACT; SIDA LINOFOLIA EXTRACT; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ABORTION; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GUINEA PIG; ILEUM; INTRAPERITONEAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; LD 50; MEDICINAL PLANT; MOUSE; NIGERIA; NONHUMAN; PHYTOCHEMISTRY; RAT; SCREENING; THIRD TRIMESTER PREGNANCY; TRADITIONAL MEDICINE; UTERUS CONTRACTILITY;

ANIMALIA; CASSIA; CASSYTHA FILIFORMIS; CAVIA PORCELLUS; HARUNGANA MADAGASCARIENSIS; IPOMEA; SENNA ALATA; SUS SCROFA;

EID: 0028207332     PISSN: 0951418X     EISSN: 10991573     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ptr.2650080212     Document Type: Article

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