An examination of some reputed antifertility plants.
Solvent extracts prepared from 80 plant species reputed to show antifertility effects on human beings or from species closely related to such plants, showed no significant antifertility activity when fed to rats.
D000818:Animals; D003276:Contraceptives, Oral / Q000494:pharmacology* / Q000633:toxicity; D005260:Female; D005298:Fertility / Q000187:drug effects; D006801:Humans; D007441:Intubation, Gastrointestinal; D008297:Male; D010936:Plant Extracts; D010939:Plant Poisoning / Q000401:mortality; D010944:Plants; D010946:Plants, Medicinal / Q000032:analysis; D012098:Reproduction / Q000187:drug effects; D012726:Sexual Behavior, Animal / Q000187:drug effects; D013045:Species Specificity
D003276:Contraceptives, Oral; D010936:Plant Extracts