Medicinal plants with potential galactagogue activity used in the moroccan pharmacopoeia

Journal of Complementary and Integrative Medicine

Volumn 7, Issue 1, 2010, Pages

  Bnouham, Mohamed ^a  

^a FACULTÉ DES SCIENCES   (Morocco)

Author keywords

breastfeeding; galactagogue; medicinal plants; toxicity

Indexed keywords

GALACTOGOGUE;

ALFALFA; ANISE; APIALES; ARISTOLOCHIA LONGA; ARTICLE; BARLEY; BLACK CUMIN; BREAST FEEDING; CARAWAY; CHENOPODIUM AMBROSIOIDES; CYPERUS ESCULENTUS; HEALTH SURVEY; HORMONE ACTION; ILLIUM VERUM; LEGUME; LENTIL; LEPIDIUM SATIVUM; MEDICINAL PLANT; MOROCCO; NONHUMAN; PHYSICIAN; RANUNCULACEAE; SESAME; SILYBUM MARIANUM; THYME; TRADITIONAL MEDICINE; URTICACEAE;

EID: 78650953450     PISSN: 15533840     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2202/1553-3840.1268     Document Type: Article

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