echeveria/malate

Echeveria gibbiflora is a plant widely used for its contraceptive activity in traditional Mexican medicine. Data on calcium crystals in plants are not outstanding. In the case of the Echeveria gibbiflora leaves, however, its quality, quantity, and salt type are quite surprising; one striking result

The present study evaluates the possible antifertility effect of aqueous crude extract (OBACE) of Echeveria gibbiflora, a plant that belongs to the crassulaceae family, used in traditional Mexican medicine as a vaginal post coital rinse to prevent pregnancy and shown to have an

In traditional Mexican medicine Echeveria gibbiflora DC has been used as a vaginal post coital rinse to prevent pregnancy. The aqueous crude extract (OBACE) induced sperm immobilization/agglutination and a hypotonic-like effect, likely attributed to