Uterine contractility of plants used to facilitate childbirth in Nigerian ethnomedicine

Journal of Ethnopharmacology

Volumn 143, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 377-382

  Attah, Alfred F ^a,b   O'Brien, Margaret ^c   Koehbach, Johannes ^a   Sonibare, Mubo A ^b   Moody, Jones O ^b   Smith, Terry J ^c   Gruber, Christian W ^a  

^a MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

^b UNIVERSITY OF IBADAN   (Nigeria)

^c NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF IRELAND   (Ireland)

Author keywords

Labor; Maternal healthcare; Postpartum care; Uterus contractility

Indexed keywords

CALOTROPIS PROCERA EXTRACT; COLLAGEN; COMMELINA AFRICANA EXTRACT; DURANTA REPENS EXTRACT; HYPTIS SUAVEOLENS EXTRACT; OCIMUM GRATISSIMUM EXTRACT; PLANT EXTRACT; SABA COMORENSIS EXTRACT; SCLEROCARYA BIRREA EXTRACT; SIDA CORYMBOSA EXTRACT; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VERNONIA AMYGDALINA EXTRACT;

AQUEOUS SOLUTION; ARTICLE; CALOTROPIS PROCERA; CHILDBIRTH; COMMELINA; COMMELINA AFRICANA; CONTROLLED STUDY; DURANTA REPENS; GYMNANTHEMUM AMYGDALINUM; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HERBAL MEDICINE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HYPTIS; HYPTIS SUAVEOLENS; IN VITRO STUDY; MEDICAL INFORMATION; MEDICINAL PLANT; MYOMETRIAL SMOOTH MUSCELL CELL CONTRACTILITY; MYOMETRIUM; NIGERIA; OCIMUM GRATISSIMUM; PHYTOCHEMISTRY; QUESTIONNAIRE; SABA COMORENSIS; SCLEROCARYA BIRREA; SEMI STRUCTURED INTERVIEW; SIDA CORYMBOSA; SMOOTH MUSCLE CONTRACTILITY; SPECIES DIVERSITY; TRADITIONAL MEDICINE; UTERINE CELL; UTERUS; UTERUS CONTRACTILITY;

ANGIOSPERMS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; MEDICINE, AFRICAN TRADITIONAL; MYOMETRIUM; NIGERIA; PAIN; PARTURITION; PHYTOTHERAPY; PLANT PREPARATIONS; PLANTS, MEDICINAL; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS; UTERINE CONTRACTION;

CALOTROPIS PROCERA; COMMELINA AFRICANA; DURANTA ERECTA; HYPTIS SUAVEOLENS; OCIMUM GRATISSIMUM; SABA COMORENSIS; SCLEROCARYA BIRREA; VERNONIA AMYGDALINA;

EID: 84864686214     PISSN: 03788741     EISSN: 18727573     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jep.2012.06.042     Document Type: Article

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