Uterine contraction induced by Tanzanian plants used to induce abortion

Journal of Ethnopharmacology

Volumn 137, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 921-925

  Nikolajsen, Tine ^a   Nielsen, Frank ^a   Rasch, Vibeke ^b   Sørensen, Pernille H ^c   Ismail, Flora ^d   Kristiansen, Uffe ^a   Jäger, Anna K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^b ODENSE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

^c UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^d UNIVERSITY OF DAR ES SALAAM   (Tanzania)

Author keywords

Abortion; Tanzania; Traditional medicine; Uterine contraction

Indexed keywords

ABORTIVE AGENT; ACETYLCHOLINE; AZADIRACHTA INDICA EXTRACT; BIDENS PILOSA EXTRACT; BIOPHYTUM HELENAE EXTRACT; CASSIA MIMOSOIDES EXTRACT; CITRUS SINENSIS EXTRACT; COMMELINA AFRICANA EXTRACT; DESMODIUM BARBATUM EXTRACT; FICUS THONNINGII EXTRACT; OBETIA RADULA EXTRACT; OCIMUM SUAVE EXTRACT; PLANT EXTRACT; RUBIA CORDIFOLLIA EXRTACT; SPHAEROGYNE LATIFOLIA EXTRACT; TRIUMFETTA MICROPHYLLA EXTRACT; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VERNONIA AMYGDALINA EXTRACT; ZEHNERIA SCABRA EXTRACT;

ANGIOSPERM; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; ASTERACEAE; BIDENS PILOSA; CAESALPINIOIDEAE; CASSAVA; COMMELINA AFRICANA; COMMELINACEAE; CUCUMBER; DESMODIUM BARBATUM; EUPHORBIA; FEMALE; INDUCED ABORTION; INTERVIEW; LEGUME; MEDICINAL PLANT; MELASTOMATACEAE; MELIACEAE; MORACEAE; NONHUMAN; NURSE; OCIMUM SUAVE; OLDENLANDIA CORYMBOSA; RAT; RUTACEAE; SPHAEROGYNE LATIFOLIA; TANZANIA; TILIACEAE; URTICACEAE; UTERUS CONTRACTION;

ABORTIFACIENT AGENTS; ABORTION, INDUCED; ACETYLCHOLINE; ANIMALS; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; FEMALE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; MEDICINE, TRADITIONAL; MIDWIFERY; NURSES; PLANT EXTRACTS; PLANTS, MEDICINAL; PREGNANCY; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; TANZANIA; UTERINE CONTRACTION;

BIDENS PILOSA; COMMELINA AFRICANA; DESMODIUM BARBATUM; MANIHOT ESCULENTA; OCIMUM SUAVE; OLDENLANDIA CORYMBOSA; RATTUS;

EID: 80052029480     PISSN: 03788741     EISSN: 18727573     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jep.2011.05.026     Document Type: Article

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