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Plants used as means of abortion, contraception, sterilization and ecundation by Paraguayan indigenous people

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Research has been conducted on medicinal plants as fertility regulators by indigenous populations of Paraguay. Studies were conducted on 10 ethnically different groups, and information was gathered on 22 plants. The scientific name, popular name, empirical properties and ways of using each of them are given.

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  1. Institute de Ciencias Básicas, Universidad Nacional de Asunción, Ciudad Universitaria, San Lorenzo, Paraguay

    R. Moreno Azorero

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Arenas, P., Moreno Azorero, R. Plants used as means of abortion, contraception, sterilization and ecundation by Paraguayan indigenous people. Econ Bot 31, 302–306 (1977). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02866880

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