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  2. Zingiberaceae - Wikipedia

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    Zingiberaceae (/ ˌ z ɪ n dʒ ɪ b ɪ ˈ r eɪ s i. iː /) or the ginger family is a family of flowering plants made up of about 50 genera with a total of about 1600 known species [4] of aromatic perennial herbs with creeping horizontal or tuberous rhizomes distributed throughout tropical Africa, Asia, and the Americas.

  3. Ovulatory shift hypothesis - Wikipedia

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    However, research has shown that human females may in fact experience subtle but distinct physiological, behavioral, and cognitive changes during the high-fertility phase of their ovulatory cycle, [2] [3] and that both men and other women can detect signals that indicate high-fertility in a woman, [14] which may indicate that humans have ...

  4. Body odour and sexual attraction - Wikipedia

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    Women's fertility shapes male mating behaviour, many studies have shown that being exposed to the scent of women's fertility led men to display greater implicit accessibility to mating-related concepts, males also judged the odours of women during the follicular phase as more pleasant and 'sexy' than odours during the luteal (non-ovulatory) phase.

  5. Ipomoea asarifolia - Wikipedia

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    Ipomoea asarifolia, known as the ginger-leaf morning-glory, [1] is a species of plant in the family Convolvulaceae, of the genus Ipomoea. Chemistry, toxicology, and pharmacology [ edit ]

  6. Female infertility - Wikipedia

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    Many women have reported finding treatment for infertility stressful and a cause of relationship difficulties with their partners. The fear of failure was the most important barrier to treatment. Females, in studied cases, typically experience more adverse effects of infertility and treatments than do males.

  7. Phytoestrogen - Wikipedia

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    Its name comes from the Greek phyto ("plant") and estrogen, the hormone which gives fertility to female mammals. The word "estrus" (Greek οίστρος) means "sexual desire", and "gene" (Greek γόνο) is "to generate". It has been hypothesized that plants use a phytoestrogen as part of their natural defense against the overpopulation of ...

  8. Zingiber - Wikipedia

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    Garden ginger's rhizome is the classic spice "ginger", and may be used whole, candied (known commonly as crystallized ginger), or dried and powdered. Other popular gingers used in cooking include cardamom and turmeric , [ 6 ] though neither of these examples is a "true ginger" – they belong to different genera in the family Zingiberaceae .

  9. Follicular phase - Wikipedia

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    The follicular phase, also known as the preovulatory phase or proliferative phase, [1] is the phase of the estrous cycle (or, in primates [2] for example, the menstrual cycle) during which follicles in the ovary mature from primary follicle to a fully mature graafian follicle.