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Abortifacients

Abortifacients

  • Mentha cervina
    Mentha cervina, also known as Hart's pennyroyal, a member of the mint genus, is a sprawling herb growing up to 30 cm tall.
  • Potassium permanganate
    Potassium permanganate is an inorganic chemical compound with the chemical formula KMnO4.
  • Apiole
    Apiole is a phenylpropene, also known as apiol, parsley apiol or parsley camphor.
  • Gemeprost
    Gemeprost (16, 16-dimethyl-trans-delta2 PGE1 methyl ester) is an analogue of prostaglandin E1.
  • Claviceps purpurea
    Claviceps purpurea is an ergot fungus that grows on the ears of rye and related cereal and forage plants.
  • Cantharidin
    Cantharidin is an odorless, colorless terpenoid secreted by many species of blister beetles, including broadly in genus Epicauta, and in species Lytta vesicatoria (Spanish fly).
  • Mifepristone
    Mifepristone, also known as RU-486, is a medication typically used with misoprostol to bring about an abortion.
  • Misoprostol
    Misoprostol, sold under the brandname Cytotec among others, is a medication used to start labor, cause an abortion, prevent and treat stomach ulcers, and treat postpartum bleeding due to poor contraction of the uterus.
  • Prostaglandin E2
    The naturally occurring prostaglandin E2 (PGE2 or PGE2) is known in medicine as dinoprostone.
  • Silphium
    Silphium (also known as silphion, laserwort, or laser) was a plant that was used in classical antiquity as a seasoning and as a medicine.
  • Aglepristone
    Aglepristone (INN) (brand name Alizine; former code names RU-46534, RU-534) is a steroidal antiprogestin (progesterone receptor full antagonist) related to mifepristone which is marketed by Virbac in several European countries for use in veterinary medicine.
  • Artemisia arborescens
    Artemisia arborescens (tree wormwood) is a species of flowering plant in the family Asteraceae, native to the Mediterranean region.
  • Prostaglandin F2alpha
    Prostaglandin F2α (PGF2α in prostanoid nomenclature), pharmaceutically termed dinoprost (INN), is a naturally occurring prostaglandin used in medicine to induce labor and as an abortifacient.