The use of medicinal plants by pregnant women in Africa: a systematic review

SM Ahmed, H Nordeng, J Sundby, YA Aragaw… - Journal of …, 2018 - Elsevier
Medicinal plant (MP) use during pregnancy is common in Africa and may have profound …
A lack of overview complicates monitoring and regulating the use of MPs during pregnancy. …

Is it safe to consume traditional medicinal plants during pregnancy?

N Bernstein, M Akram, Z Yaniv‐Bachrach… - Phytotherapy …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
… of medicinal plants during pregnancy, focusing on abortifacient effects. We constructed a list
of medicinal plantsmedicine by pregnant women was 51.4%, and the most frequently used …

Medicinal plants and concomitant use with pharmaceutical drugs among pregnant women

SS Nega, HM Bekele, GG Meles… - … Complementary Medicine, 2019 - liebertpub.com
… the use of medicinal plants and concomitant use of pharmaceutical drugs among pregnant
women in Addis Ababa and Bati, Ethiopia. Methods: Six hundred pregnant women in three …

Medicinal plants used among pregnant women in a tertiary teaching hospital in Jimma, Ethiopia: a cross-sectional study

SM Ahmed, J Sundby, YA Aragaw, H Nordeng - BMJ open, 2021 - bmjopen.bmj.com
… the use of medicinal plants during pregnancy among women admitted in the Maternity and
Gynaecology wards at Jimma University Medical Centre (JUMC) in the southwest Ethiopia. …

Ethnobotanical survey of medicinal plants used for pregnant women׳ s health conditions in Menoua division-West Cameroon

MD Yemele, PB Telefo, LL Lienou, SR Tagne… - Journal of …, 2015 - Elsevier
… on medicinal plants used for the treatment of ailments occurring during childbearing. Thus
the present proposal, which aims at carrying out an inventory of medicinal plants used for the …

Medicinal plants used during antenatal care by pregnant women in eastern Uganda

PA Nalumansi, M Kamatenesi-Mugisha… - African Journal of …, 2017 - ajol.info
… and safety of the medicinal plants used by pregnant women … replaced with synthetic western
drugs, many pregnant womenmedicinal plants and practices of TBAs and pregnant women

Attitudes and use of medicinal plants during pregnancy among women at health care centers in three regions of Mali, West-Africa

CS Nergard, TPT Ho, D Diallo, N Ballo… - Journal of ethnobiology …, 2015 - Springer
… to describe Malian women’s use of medicinal plants during pregnancy according to indications
… The overall aim was to preserve valuable information about medicinal plants for women’s …

Use of medicinal plants with teratogenic and abortive effects by pregnant women in a city in Northeastern Brazil

CRF de Araújo, FG Santiago, MI Peixoto… - Revista Brasileira de …, 2016 - thieme-connect.com
… In the present study, 21.9% of pregnant women used medicinal plants in the first trimester,
and their fetuses were, thus, more vulnerable to the risk of malformations. During the second …

Traditional practices and medicinal plants use during pregnancy by Anyi-Ndenye women (Eastern Côte d'Ivoire)

DF Malan, DFR Neuba - African journal of reproductive health, 2011 - journals.co.za
medicine concerning this aspect of health. Therefore, the plants used by pregnant women
need … This study analyzes the salience of plants used, the associated practices and reasons of …

Use of medicinal plants and synthetic medicines by pregnant women in Kerman, Iran

M Saber, N Khanjani, M Zamanian… - … of Iranian medicine, 2019 - journalaim.com
medicinal plants was 71.3% in pregnant women. The most common used medicinal plants
… The most important mentioned reason for taking these medicinal plants during pregnancy