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Planta Med 1972; 21(4): 431-434
DOI: 10.1055/s-0028-1099575
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AN OXYTOCIC EXTRACTIVE FROM A WEST AFRICAN CUCURBIT

Studies on West African Medicinal Plants. Part VIII.1 A. U. Ogan
  • Department of Biochemistry, University of Nigeria, Nsukka, Nigeria
1 Part VII: Planta medica.
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14 January 2009 (online)

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Abstract

A water–soluble extractive obtained from the roots of Momordica cabrei (Cogn.) C.Jeffrey (syn. Dimorphochlamys mannii Hook, f.) has been found to cause an intense spasm when administered to pregnant and non–pregnant rat uterine tissue, in vitro. The active principle appears to be related to the well–known cucurbit glycosides.