B. Desta, ETHIOPIAN TRADITIONAL HERBAL DRUGS .3. ANTI-FERTILITY ACTIVITY OF 70 MEDICINAL-PLANTS, Journal of ethnopharmacology, 44(3), 1994, pp. 199-209
A total of 210 extracts/fractions from 70 traditionally used Ethiopian
plants were subjected to uterotonic acid antiimplantation bioassays.
A total of 24% of the samples had uterotonic activity and 33% exhibite
d anti-implantation activity, while 13% had both uterotonic and anti-i
mplantation activity. The percentage cumulative activity for aqueous,
95% ethanolic and n-butanolic extracts/fractions was 10%, 31% and 25%,
respectively. The number of plants whose aqueous extracts, 95% ethano
lic extracts and n-butanolic fractions had both uterotonic and anti-im
plantation activity were 2, 15 and 11, respectively. These findings te
nd to support traditional claims of antifertility activity for some of
the herbs.