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Dr. Duke's Phytochemical and Ethnobotanical Databases
U.S. Department of Agriculture

 Antifertility

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Plant
Acanthospermum australe
Acrocomia totai
Aloysia oblanceolata
Ambrosia elatior
Arecastrum romanzoffianum
Argemone mexicana ( Argemone, Argemone Du Mexique, Bherband, Cardo Santo, Cardosanto, Chadron Beni, Chandron A Fleurs Jaunes, Chardon, Chardon A Fleurs Jaunes, Chardon Beni, Chardon Fleurs Jaunes, Chicallotl, Chokh, Deruju, Lao Shu Le, Ne, Poppy,Mexican, Poppy,Prickly, Poppy,Thistle, Prickly Poppy, Thistle,Gamboge, Thistle,Yellow )
Aristolochia triangularis
Artemisia absinthium ( Absinthe, Ajenjo, Ajenjo Oficial, Feuilles Ameres, Niga-Yomogi, Pelin, Wormswood )
Aspidosperma quebracho
Baccharis trimera
Cassia occidentalis ( Kachang kota, Kasiah, Khiyar Shember, Menting, Pois Piante, Senting, Shih Chueh Ming, Sinamekki, Tlalhoaxin, Wang Chiang Nan )
Cayaponia citrullifolia
Citrus aurantium ( Bergamot, Ch'Eng, Chin Ch'Iu, Coolie Orange, Hua Chu Hung, Kuang Chu, Naranja Agria, Naranja De Babor, Naranjo Amargo, Orange, Orange Sure, Oranger, Turunc, Z'Orange Sure )
Costus pilgeri
Digitaria horizontalis
Dorstenia brasiliensis ( Bezoar, Bezoard, Contrajerva, Contrayerba De Las Antillas, Contrayerva )
Eupatorium inulaefolium
Gomphrena celosioides
Hypochoeris microcephala
Jacaranda mimosifolia
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*Unless otherwise noted all references are to Duke, James A. 1992. Handbook of phytochemical constituents of GRAS herbs and other economic plants. Boca Raton, FL. CRC Press.