Abstract

A REVIEW ON HERBAL CONTRACEPTION

Mahaveer Kabra*, Sanjay Bhandari, Raman Gupta, Ami Sharma

Department of Pharmacology, Kota College of Pharmacy, Kota, Rajasthan, India.

ABSTRACT

One of the most critical problems of developing country like India is its geometrical increase in human population. About 90% of the world’s contraceptive users are women. It has, therefore become necessary to use biologically active botanical substances or fertilityregulating agents of plant origin which are ecofriendly in approach and interfere with the natural patterns of the reproduction. At present, for the study of natural herbal contraception become one of the focuses of modern contraceptive research. Herbal contraceptives are the category of herbs that have an antifertility effect. There are many different ways in which herbs can impair fertility.

Keywords: Herbal contraception, Plant origin, Fertility, Hormones, Gonadotropins.