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Title
  • Anti-fertility plants of the Pacific / R.C. Cambie and A.A. Brewis.
Author
Cambie, R. C.
Publication
Collingwood, Vic., Australia : CSIRO Pub., 1997.

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Additional Authors
Brewis, Alexandra
Description
ix, 181 p. : ill. (some col.), maps; 28 cm.
Alternative Title
Anti fertility plants of the Pacific
Subject
  • Contraceptive Agents, Female > chemistry
  • Ethnobotany > Pacific Area
  • Materia medica, Vegetable > Pacific Area
  • Medicinal plants > Pacific Area
  • Oral contraceptives > Pacific Area
  • Pacific Islands
  • Plants, Medicinal
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references and index.
Processing Action (note)
  • committed to retain
Contents
[1]. The Pacific context -- History of Pacific herbalism -- History of anti-fertility practices in the Pacific -- Current use of anti-fertility agents -- [2]. Fertility and anti-fertility compounds -- The reproductive cycle -- Mechanisms of anti-fertility agents -- Plant estrogens -- [3]. Fungi -- [4]. Ferns and fern allies -- [5]. Flowering plants -- Monocotyledons -- Dicotyledons -- [6]. Gymnospermae.
ISBN
0643059865
OCLC
37516320
Owning Institutions
Harvard Library