Experiment 1120254
Details
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Pharmacology | |
| Administration route | ORAL |
| Organism | Zingiber officinale (ZINGIBERACEAE) |
| Citation | HOLDSWORTH,D: WAMOI,B:. (1982). MEDICINAL PLANTS OF THE ADMIRALTY ISLANDS,PAPUA NEW GUINEA. PART I.. 20(4) |
| Amount utilized | |
| Compound isolated | |
| Disease | USED AS A CONTRACEPTIVE. IT IS SAID THAT A SORCERER PLACES A SPELL ON 100 RHIZOMES WHICH ARE EATEN BY THE WOMAN,WITHOUT THE KNOWLEDGE OF HER HUSBAND,AT INTERVALS AND IN QUANTITIES PRESCRIBED BY THE TRADITIONAL PRACTITIONER. |
| Number | 1 |
| Pharmacological activity | 100 |
| Animal | HUMAN ADULT |
| Extract | RHIZOME |
| Gender | FEMALE |