Plants of Zimbabwe used as anti-fertility agents

African Journal of Traditional, Complementary and Alternative Medicines

Volumn 7, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 253-257

  Sewani Rusike, Constance R ^a  

^a WALTER SISULU UNIVERSITY   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Abortifacient; Antifertility; Contraceptive; Postcoital anticonceptive; Zimbabwe

Indexed keywords

CONTRACEPTIVE AGENT; HERBACEOUS AGENT; PLANT EXTRACT;

AFRICAN MEDICINE; ARTICLE; FEMALE; HERBAL MEDICINE; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; MALE; ZIMBABWE; CLASSIFICATION; DRUG EFFECT; FERTILITY; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MEDICINAL PLANT; PREGNANCY; TRADITIONAL MEDICINE;

CONTRACEPTIVE AGENTS, FEMALE; DATA COLLECTION; FEMALE; FERTILITY; HUMANS; MEDICINE, TRADITIONAL; PLANT EXTRACTS; PLANTS, MEDICINAL; PREGNANCY; ZIMBABWE;

EID: 79958793124     PISSN: 01896016     EISSN: 01896016     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4314/ajtcam.v7i3.54785     Document Type: Article

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