South African plants and male reproductive healthcare: Conception and contraception

Journal of Ethnopharmacology

Volumn 143, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 475-480

  Abdillahi, H S ^a   Van Staden, J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KWAZULU NATAL   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Medicinal plants; Reproductive healthcare; Sexual dysfunction; Sperm abnormality

Indexed keywords

AGENTS ACTING ON THE GENITAL SYSTEM; APHRODISIAC AGENT; CONTRACEPTIVE AGENT; HERBACEOUS AGENT; KRAUSSIANONE 1; KRAUSSIANONE 2; PLANT EXTRACT; RHOICISSUS TRIDENTATA EXTRACT; SECURIDACA LONGEPEDUNCULATA EXTRACT; SILDENAFIL; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; WRIGHTIA NATALENSIS EXTRACT;

ABRUS; ACACIA ATAXACANTHA; ACORUS CALAMUS; ATHRIXIA PHYLICOIDES; BERSAMA LUCENS; BERSAMA STAYNERI; BERSAMA SWINNYI; BERSAMA TYSONIANA; BRIDELIA CATHARTICA; BULBINE NATALENSIS; CAPPARIS TOMENTOSA; CASSIA PETERSIANA; CATUNAREGAM SPINOSA; CLERODENDRUM MYRICOIDES; CODDIA RUDIS; COMMIPHORA MERKERI; CONCEPTION; CONTRACEPTION; CORCHORUS ASPLENIFOLIUS; DRUG EFFICACY; ELEPHANTORRHIZA BURKEI; ELEPHANTORRHIZA CORDATUM; ELEPHANTORRHIZA ELEPHANTINA; ERIOSEMA KRAUSSIANUM; ERIOSEMA SALIGNUM; EULOPHIA CUCULLATA; GARCINIA LIVINGSTONEI; GLORIOSA SUPERBA; GREWIA FLAVESCENES; GREWIA MICROTHYRSA; HETEROMORPHA ARBORESCENS; HETEROPYXIS NATALENSIS; HUMAN; HYPOXIS COLCHICIFOLIA; LITTONIA MODESTA; MALE FERTILITY; MALE GENITAL SYSTEM; MEDICINAL PLANT; MOMORDICA BALSAMINA; MONDIA WHITEI; MUNDULEA SERICEA; MYROTHAMNUS FLABELLIFOLIUS; NONHUMAN; PELTOPHORUM AFRICANUM; PENIS ERECTION; PERSICARIA SERRULATA; PITTOSPORUM VIRIDIFLORUM; PYRENACANTHA SCANDENS; REVIEW; RHOICISSUS TRIDENTATA; SALACIA LEPTOCLADA; SANDERSONIA AURANTIACA; SECURIDACA LONGEPEDUNCULATA; SPERMATOZOON MOTILITY; STRYCHNOS SPINOSA; SYNAPTOLEPIS KIRKII; TRIUMFETTA RHOMBOIDEA; TYPHA CAPENSIS; URGINEA ALTISSIMA; VANGUERIA INFAUSTA; VITELLARIOPSIS MARGINATA; WARBURGIA SALUTARIS; WRIGHTIA NATALENSIS; ZANTHOXYLUM CAPENSE;

SCOPUS;

EID: 84866033569     PISSN: 03788741     EISSN: 18727573     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jep.2012.06.047     Document Type: Article

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