On the contraceptive effect of castor beans

Pharmaceutical Biology

Volumn 35, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 63-65

  Salhab, A S ^a   Issa, A A ^a   Alhougog, I ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF JORDAN   (Jordan)

^b Ministry of Education Saudi Arabia   (Saudi Arabia)

Author keywords

Castor bean; Contraceptive effect; Diarrhea; Female rabbits; Folk medicine; Midgestation abortion

Indexed keywords

EID: 21544484068     PISSN: 13880209     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1076/phbi.35.1.63.13268     Document Type: Article

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