Decoctions of Agapanthus africanus and Clivia miniata are used as oxytocic agents in South African traditional herbal medicine. Aqueous extracts of A. africanus and C. miniata leaves have been shown to possess similar uterotonic activities in the isolated whole uterus preparation. The uterus
This study on the rat myometrium is the first report where the effects of herbal extracts used as oxytocics in traditional medicine have been systematically analysed in the same preparation at the level of functional (contractile) and biochemical (second messenger generation) responses. Extracts of
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