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Plants of Zimbabwe used as anti-fertility agents
- Source :
- African Journal of Traditional, Complementary and Alternative Medicines; Vol 7, No 3 (2010)
- Publication Year :
- 2010
- Publisher :
- African Journals Online (AJOL), 2010.
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Abstract
- Ethnomedicine has gained a lot of recognition in post-independence Zimbabwe and yet little research on anti-fertility medicines has been done. Information on plants used as anti-fertility medicines was obtained by interviewing women, men, traditional healers and traditional midwives in urban Harare and surrounding rural areas of Mvurwi, Seke and Chiweshe. The use of 31 species belonging to 17 families for antifertility purposes is described. This survey forms a basis to initiate a study into the efficacy and toxicology of plants used by Zimbabwean women as traditional anti-fertility medicines.Key words: antifertility; Zimbabwe; postcoital anticonceptive; abortifacient; contraceptive.
- Subjects :
- Zimbabwe
medicine.medical_specialty
media_common.quotation_subject
Alternative medicine
Developing country
Fertility
Pregnancy
Drug Discovery
Contraceptive Agents, Female
medicine
Humans
Traditional knowledge
Socioeconomics
Medicinal plants
media_common
Plants, Medicinal
Traditional medicine
Plant Extracts
business.industry
Data Collection
Research Papers
antifertility
postcoital anticonceptive
abortifacient
contraceptive
Complementary and alternative medicine
Family planning
Female
Medicine, Traditional
Rural area
business
Ethnomedicine
Subjects
Details
- ISSN :
- 01896016
- Volume :
- 7
- Database :
- OpenAIRE
- Journal :
- African Journal of Traditional, Complementary and Alternative Medicines
- Accession number :
- edsair.doi.dedup.....f5e5c26a31f069f53451fee34aa4dcf4