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Science 29 November 1968:
Vol. 162. no. 3857, p. 1007
DOI: 10.1126/science.162.3857.1007
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Contraceptive Properties of Stevia rebaudiana

Gladys Mazzei Planas 1 and Joseph Kucacute 2

1 Faculty of Chemistry, University of the Republic, Montevideo, Uruguay
2 Department of Biochemistry, Purdue University, Lafayette, Indiana 47907

A water decoction of the plant Stevia rebaudiana Bertoni reduces fertility in adult female rats of proven fertility. The decoction continues to descrease fertility for at least 50 to 60 days after intake is stopped. The decoction did not affect appetite and apparently did not affect the health of adults rats.


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