Jatropha Curcas L As Anti-Fertility Agent: A Review
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.37506/ijfmt.v16i4.18587Keywords:
: Jatropha curcas L, Anti-fertility, AgentAbstract
Introduction: The use of natural ingredients as contraception has long been known to the Indonesian people,
especially in rural areas, where people still inherit the habits of their ancestors. The plants used as contraception
contain compounds that are antifertility, antiimplantation, and antiestrogenic for both women and men. The
purpose of this study was to determine the effectiveness of the Jatropha curcas L as an antifertility agent with the
approach of several previous studies.
Methods: The method of this review used Prisma guidelines with scientific article searches using the Pubmed
database, Google Scholar, and Science direct. A search was done on Pubmed with keywords Jatropha curcas
[MeSH Terms] AND antifertility, Google scholar with keywords Jatropha curcas AND antifertility, Science direct
with keywords Jatropha curcas AND antifertility
Findings: The results of this review of several research articles that have been reviewed indicated that the
effectiveness of Jatropha (Jatropha curcas L) has an effect as an antifertility agent.
Conclusions: In short, there is a significant effect of using Jatropha curcas L as antifertility in the research finding.
The implications of the research can be implemented as the contraception for male.
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