Potential Antifertility plants and plant products

Plants, since times immemorial, have been used virtually by all cultures as a source of medicine. The widespread use of herbal remedies for healthcare is described in ancient texts such as the Vedas and the Bible. In recent years, demand for medicinal plants is increasing in both developing and developed countries due to growing recognition of natural products, as non-narcotic, without side effects, easily available at affordable prices and sometimes the only source of health care available. The fertility control is the most important and urgent mainstay of all biomedical and biosocial problems. The need for evolving more acceptable and effective means of contraception with nil or minimal side effects is more actually felt now, than ever before, in view of the frightening rate at which population is growing. This review helps in the reinvestigation of the plants with potential antifertility activities as the rising trend towards natural contraception. But it is important to find out the mechanism of action and clinical research on few selected plants listed in this review as these plants already reported potential antifertility activities.