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Effect of Achyranthes aspera L. on fetal abortion, uterine and pituitary weights, serum lipids and hormones.

2006; National Institutes of Health; Volume: 6; Issue: 2 Linguagem: Inglês

10.5555/afhs.2006.6.2.108

Workineh Shibeshi, Eyasu Makonnen, Legesse Zerihun, Asfaw Debella,

Birth, Development, and Health

The practice of traditional medicine for the control of fertility in rural Ethiopia is based on folk use of numerous antifertility herbs and Achyranthes aspera is one of these used for this purpose. Many plants are known to possess anti-fertility effect through their action on hypothlamo-pituitary-gonadal axis or direct hormonal effects on reproductive organs resulting in inhibition of ovarian steroidogenesis.