Antimalarial plants used by Hausa in northern Nigeria

Tropical Doctor

Volumn 27, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 12-16

  Etkin, Nina L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIMALARIAL ACTIVITY; BIODIVERSITY; DRUG CLASSIFICATION; DRUG ISOLATION; DRUG MECHANISM; HISTORY OF MEDICINE; HUMAN; MEDICINAL PLANT; NIGERIA; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; REVIEW; SPECIES DIFFERENCE;

ANIMALS; ANTIMALARIALS; CELLS, CULTURED; HUMANS; MALARIA; NIGERIA; PHYTOTHERAPY; PLANT EXTRACTS; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM;

PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM;

EID: 0030741815     PISSN: 00494755     EISSN: 17581133     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/00494755970270S106     Document Type: Article

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