Maternity and medicinal plants in Vanuatu II. Pharmacological screening of five selected species

Journal of Ethnopharmacology

Volumn 52, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 139-143

  Bourdy, G ^a   Francois C ^b   Andary, C ^b   Boucard, M ^b  

^a Institut de recherche pour le developpement Bolivia   (Bolivia)

^b UNIV MONTPELLIER   (France)

Author keywords

Asplenium nidus; Dysoxylum gaudichaudianum; Hemigraphis reptans; Homalanthus nutans; Oestrogenic activity; Oxytocic activity; Pemphis acidula

Indexed keywords

OXYTOCIC AGENT; UTERUS SPASMOLYTIC AGENT;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG SCREENING; ESTROGEN ACTIVITY; FEMALE; INTRAMUSCULAR DRUG ADMINISTRATION; ISOLATED ORGAN; MEDICINAL PLANT; MELANESIA; NONHUMAN; PREGNANCY; RAT; UTERUS;

EID: 0342903375     PISSN: 03788741     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0378-8741(96)01404-3     Document Type: Article

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