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The effect of evening primrose oil on labor induction and cervical ripening: A systematic review and meta-analysis

Moradi, M., Niazi, A., Heydarian Miri, H. and Lopez, V. · Phytotherapy Research · 2021

Meta-analysis / review

Abstract

This systematic review and meta-analysis found that oral evening primrose oil (Oenothera biennis) did not significantly improve cervical ripening (Bishop score) for labour induction, illustrating the heterogeneous and often negative clinical evidence for EPO.

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Moradi, M., Niazi, A., Heydarian Miri, H. and Lopez, V (2021) 'The effect of evening primrose oil on labor induction and cervical ripening: A systematic review and meta-analysis', Phytotherapy Research, 35(10), pp. 5374-5383. doi:10.1002/ptr.7147

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