Observations on antifertility and abortifacient herbal drugs

African Journal of Biotechnology

Volumn 8, Issue 9, 2009, Pages 1959-1964

  Shah, Ghulam Mujtaba ^a   Khan, Mir Ajab ^a   Ahmad, Mushtaq ^a   Zafar, Muhammad ^a   Khan, Aftab Ahmed ^b  

^a QUAID I AZAM UNIVERSITY   (Pakistan)

^b Development Studies   (Pakistan)

Author keywords

Abortifacients; Contraceptives; Phytotherapeutic claims

Indexed keywords

ABORTIVE AGENT; ACHYRATHES ASPERA EXTRACT; AMARANTHUS VIRIDUS EXTRACT; ARTEMISIA MARITIME EXTRACT; BOERHAAVIA DIFFUSA EXTRACT; BUDDLEJA ASIATICA EXTRACT; BUTEA MONOSPERMA EXTRACT; CATNIP EXTRACT; CHRYSANTHEMUM PARTHENIUM EXTRACT; CURCUMA LONGA EXTRACT; CUSCUTA REFLEXA EXTRACT; DAUCUS CROTA EXTRACT; FICUS RELIGOSA EXTRACT; FOENICULUM VULGARE EXTRACT; JUSTACIA ADHATOD EXTRACT; MENTHA ARVENSIS EXTRACT; MENTHA LONGIFOLIA EXTRACT; MOMORDICA CHARANTIA EXTRACT; ORAL CONTRACEPTIVE AGENT; PLUMBAGO ZEYLANICA EXTRACT; RICINUS COMMUNIS EXTRACT; SAPINDUS MUKOROSSI EXTRACT; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; ZINGEBER OFFICINALE EXTRACT;

ABORTION; ARTICLE; BUDDLEJA; CONTRACEPTION; INDUCED ABORTION;

ACHYRANTHES ASPERA; ALBIZIA LEBBECK; AMARANTHUS VIRIDIS; ARCTIUM LAPPA; ARTEMISIA; BUDDLEJA ASIATICA; BUTEA MONOSPERMA; CURCUMA LONGA; CUSCUTA REFLEXA; DAUCUS; FOENICULUM VULGARE; MENTHA ARVENSIS; MENTHA LONGIFOLIA; MOMORDICA CHARANTIA; NEPETA CATARIA; PLANTAGO OVATA; PLUMBAGO ZEYLANICA; RICINUS COMMUNIS; SAPINDUS MUKOROSSI; TANACETUM PARTHENIUM; TANACETUM VULGARE; ZINGIBER OFFICINALE;

EID: 66449095720     PISSN: None     EISSN: 16845315     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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