Lindsey, K

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