The use of medicinal herbs in gynecological and pregnancy-related disorders by Jordanian women: a review of folkloric practice vs. evidence-based pharmacology

Pharmaceutical Biology

Volumn 54, Issue 9, 2016, Pages 1901-1918

  Akour, Amal ^a   Kasabri, Violet ^a   Afifi, Fatma U ^a   Bulatova, Nailya ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF JORDAN   (Jordan)

Author keywords

Ethnopharmacology; gynecology; herbal remedies; Jordan; phytochemistry

Indexed keywords

HERBACEOUS AGENT; PLANT MEDICINAL PRODUCT;

ARTEMISIA; ARTEMISIA HERBA ALBA; ARTEMISIA MONOSPERMA; BLACK CUMIN; BREAST FEEDING; CINNAMON; CINNAMON ZEYLANICUM; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; COLOCYNTH; DRUG EFFICACY; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; FEMALE INFERTILITY; FOLKLORE; GYNECOLOGIC DISEASE; HERB; HERBAL MEDICINE; HUMAN; JORDANIAN; MALE INFERTILITY; PHYTOCHEMISTRY; PREGNANCY DISORDER; REVIEW; RICINUS COMMUNIS; ANIMAL; CHEMICALLY INDUCED; DRUG EFFECTS; ETHNOPHARMACOLOGY; FEMALE; FERTILITY; GENITAL DISEASES, FEMALE; INFERTILITY, FEMALE; INFERTILITY, MALE; JORDAN; MALE; MEDICINAL PLANT; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYTOTHERAPY; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; TRADITIONAL MEDICINE;

ANIMALS; ETHNOPHARMACOLOGY; EVIDENCE-BASED MEDICINE; FEMALE; FERTILITY; FOLKLORE; GENITAL DISEASES, FEMALE; HUMANS; INFERTILITY, FEMALE; INFERTILITY, MALE; JORDAN; MALE; MEDICINE, TRADITIONAL; PHYTOTHERAPY; PLANT PREPARATIONS; PLANTS, MEDICINAL; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 84959062395     PISSN: 13880209     EISSN: 17445116     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/13880209.2015.1113994     Document Type: Review

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