Using controlled in vivo and in vitro pharmacological methods, we evaluated the safety of
papaya (Carica papaya) consumption in pregnancy with reference to its common avoidance …

The review provides updated scientific information of medicinal plants with proven female
anti-fertility activity. The objective is to highlight the fertility regulating agents from plant origin …

Papaya has been used medicinally to treat an extremely broad range of ailments including
intestinal worms, dengue fever, diabetes, hypertension, wound repair, and as an abortion …

The present investigations were performed to re-examine the findings of previous studies
conducted in the sixties and seventies, in which oral or intraperitoneal administration of …

In the present study, we investigated the effect of the crude latex of Carica papaya L.(CPX)
on isolated guinea pig ileal strips. CPX (0.5–512 μg/ml) caused concentration-dependent …

The possible role of placental pathology in teratogenesis has not been fully understood.
Since cyclophosphamide is a proven teratogen, it was decided to investigate its effect on …

This study investigated the effects of aqueous methanolic extract of unripe Carica papaya
(AMEUCP) on midterm pregnancy in rats. The unripe papaya fruits were extracted by cold …

This is a perennial, herbaceous plant of the CARICACEAE family, with copious milky latex
reaching to as high as 10 meters. The stem is about 25 cm thick, simple or branched above …

Polyphloretin phosphate (PPP) has been reported by previous workers to be a specific
antagonist of prostaglandin (PGE1, PGE2 & PGF2 α)-induced contractions of isolated jird …

MATERIALS AND METHODS CPL was purchased from Sigma-Aldrich Co. in the United
States. Product information suggested that the dried latex was neither cleaned nor purified; it …