ArticleGeburtshilfe und Frauenheilkunde2018
Placenta - Worth Trying? Human Maternal Placentophagia: Possible Benefit and Potential Risks.
Article in Geburtshilfe und Frauenheilkunde, 2018. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. An erratum has been issued. Cited by 4 papers.
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Who cites it
4 citing papers in PubMed.
- Placentophagia in Tribal and Modern Societies: Navigating the Thin Line Between Risk and Benefit.Journal of family & reproductive health · 2025Review
- Online scientific research on placentophagy: a bibliometric analysis.Revista brasileira de ginecologia e obstetricia : revista da Federacao Brasileira das Sociedades de Ginecologia e Obstetricia · 2024Review
- The Disposal of Placenta among Indigenous Groups Globally: An Integrative Literature Review.International journal of reproductive medicine · 2023Review
- Consumption of Maternal Placenta in Humans and Nonhuman Mammals: Beneficial and Adverse Effects.Animals : an open access journal from MDPI · 2020Review
Corrections and comments
- Erratum issued
Authors and funding
5 authors.
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Abstract
The use of placenta preparations as an individual puerperal remedy can be traced back to historical, traditional practices in Western and Asian medicine. To evaluate the ingestion of processed placenta as a puerperal remedy, the potential risks (trace elements, microorganisms) and possible benefit (hormones in the placental tissue) of such a practice are discussed in this article based on a literature review.
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