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ArticleNorth American journal of medical sciences2011

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

Ifeanyi Princewill Ogbuewu, Ihemdirim Chukwuma Unamba-Oparah, Victor Udodirim Odoemenam, Idorenyin Friday Etuk, Ifeanyi Charles Okoli

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Article in North American journal of medical sciences, 2011. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 8 papers.

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1 · What the graph read from it

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8 citing papers in PubMed.

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

5 authors.

Ifeanyi Princewill OgbuewuAnimal physiology Laboratory, Department of Animal Science and Technology, Federal University of Technology, P.M.B.1526, Owerri, Imo State, Nigeria.
Ihemdirim Chukwuma Unamba-Oparah
Victor Udodirim Odoemenam
Idorenyin Friday Etuk
Ifeanyi Charles Okoli

Funding

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

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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Contraceptivemedicinal plantsspermatogenesissteroidogenesistestis

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PMID22540095
PMCPMC3336916

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