Experiment 1080421
Details
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Pharmacology | |
| Administration route | ORAL |
| Organism | Montanoa tomentosa (ASTERACEAE) |
| Citation | MATEOS,JL: NORIEGA,L:. (1979). UTERO-EVACUANT EXTRACTS FROM PLANT SUBSTANCES.. () |
| Amount utilized | |
| Compound isolated | |
| Disease | USED AS A TEA AS A MENSES INDUCER. IN THE CURRENT FOLK USE OF ZOAPATLE, THE USER TYPICALLY DRINKS A TEA BREWED FRO THE LEAVES OF THE PLANT BY BOILING WITH WATER IN THE SAME FASHION ONE WOULD PREPARE A HOT BEVERAGE. SHE NORMALLY DOES THIS AFTER HAVING MISSED A MENSTRUAL PERIOD AND THUS IS PRESUMABLY PREGNANT,ALTHOUGH IT IS NOT KNOWN THAT MANY FRANKLY PREGNANT WOMEN USE THE TEA TO TERMINATE THE UNWANTED PREGNANCY. |
| Number | 2 |
| Pharmacological activity | 100 |
| Animal | HUMAN ADULT |
| Extract | HOT H2O EXT |
| Gender | FEMALE |