Uterine contractility of plants used to facilitate childbirth in Nigerian ethnomedicine.

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Published in J Ethnopharmacol on July 03, 2012

Authors

Alfred F Attah1, Margaret O'Brien, Johannes Koehbach, Mubo A Sonibare, Jones O Moody, Terry J Smith, Christian W Gruber

Author Affiliations

1: Medical University of Vienna, Center for Physiology and Pharmacology, Schwarzspanierstr. 17, A-1090 Vienna, Austria.

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