The potentiality of medicinal plants as the source of new contraceptive principles in males

Rising human population throughout the world especially in developing and underdeveloped countries has detrimental effects on life supporting system on earth. Traditionally, plants have been used to treat different kinds of ailments. The growing importance of phytochemicals in males has been reporte...

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Autores principales: Ogbuewu, Ifeanyi Princewill, Unamba-Oparah, Ihemdirim Chukwuma, Odoemenam, Victor Udodirim, Etuk, Idorenyin Friday, Okoli, Ifeanyi Charles
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Publicado: Medknow Publications & Media Pvt Ltd 2011
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Review Article
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3336916/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22540095
http://dx.doi.org/10.4297/najms.2011.3250
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author Ogbuewu, Ifeanyi Princewill
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Odoemenam, Victor Udodirim
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description Rising human population throughout the world especially in developing and underdeveloped countries has detrimental effects on life supporting system on earth. Traditionally, plants have been used to treat different kinds of ailments. The growing importance of phytochemicals in males has been reported. Contraceptive ability of plants has been reported in several animal models. The reversibility of the anti-fertility effects of plants and its active compounds are of potential clinical relevance in the development of male contraceptive. This review attempts to discuss the latest reports on the potentiality of medicinal plants as the source of new contraceptive principles in males.
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spelling pubmed-33369162012-04-26 The potentiality of medicinal plants as the source of new contraceptive principles in males Ogbuewu, Ifeanyi Princewill Unamba-Oparah, Ihemdirim Chukwuma Odoemenam, Victor Udodirim Etuk, Idorenyin Friday Okoli, Ifeanyi Charles N Am J Med Sci Review Article Rising human population throughout the world especially in developing and underdeveloped countries has detrimental effects on life supporting system on earth. Traditionally, plants have been used to treat different kinds of ailments. The growing importance of phytochemicals in males has been reported. Contraceptive ability of plants has been reported in several animal models. The reversibility of the anti-fertility effects of plants and its active compounds are of potential clinical relevance in the development of male contraceptive. This review attempts to discuss the latest reports on the potentiality of medicinal plants as the source of new contraceptive principles in males. Medknow Publications & Media Pvt Ltd 2011-06 /pmc/articles/PMC3336916/ /pubmed/22540095 http://dx.doi.org/10.4297/najms.2011.3250 Text en Copyright: © North American Journal of Medical Sciences http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0 This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-Share Alike 3.0 Unported, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
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http://dx.doi.org/10.4297/najms.2011.3250
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