Screening of plants used by Southern African traditional healers in the treatment of dysmenorrhoea for prostaglandin-synthesis inhibitors and uterine relaxing activity. [electronic resource]
- Journal of ethnopharmacology Jan 1999
- 9-14 p. digital
Publication Type: Journal Article; Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
0378-8741
10.1016/s0378-8741(98)00097-x doi
Animals Cyclooxygenase Inhibitors--isolation & purification Dysmenorrhea--therapy Female Guinea Pigs Humans Medicine, Traditional Phytotherapy Plant Extracts--chemistry Plants, Medicinal--chemistry Prostaglandin-Endoperoxide Synthases--metabolism Prostaglandins--biosynthesis South Africa Uterine Contraction--drug effects Uterus--drug effects