Medicinal plants used by Rwandese traditional healers in refugee camps in Tanzania

Pharmaceutical Biology

Volumn 39, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 132-137

  Ramathal, D C ^a   Ngassapa, O D ^a  

^a MUHIMBILI UNIVERSITY OF HEALTH AND ALLIED SCIENCES   (Tanzania)

Author keywords

Kinyarwanda; Kirundi; Medicinal plants; Ngara; Refugee camps; Rwandese traditional healers

Indexed keywords

ACALYPHA VILLICAULIS EXTRACT; BLUMEA BREVIPES EXTRACT; CLUTIA ABYSSINICA EXTRACT; COLEUS KILIMANDSCHARI EXTRACT; CONYZA AEGYPTIACA EXTRACT; CRASSOCEPHALUM VITELLINUM EXTRACT; CYATHULA CYLINDRICA EXTRACT; DICOMA ANOMALA EXTRACT; EUPHORBIA TIRUCALI EXTRACT; GUIZOTIA SCABRA EXTRACT; GYNANDROPSIS GYNANDRA EXTRACT; HARUNGANA MADAGASCARIENSIS EXTRACT; HELICHRYSUM ODORATISSIMUM EXTRACT; HYGROPHILA SPICIFORMIS EXTRACT; LAGENARIA SPHAERICA EXTRACT; LEONOTIS NEPETIFOLIA EXTRACT; LEUCAS MARTINICENSIS EXTRACT; MARKHAMIA LUTEA EXTRACT; MORMODICA FOETIDA EXTRACT; OCIMUM URTICIFOLIUM EXTRACT; PENNISETUM PURPUREUM EXTRACT; PLANT EXTRACT; RHUS VULGARIS EXTRACT; SENECIO MANNII EXTRACT; THURNBERGIA ALATA EXTRACT; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; UNINDEXED DRUG; VERNONIA AMYGDALINA EXTRACT; VERNONIA FONTINALIS EXTRACT; ZEHNEIRA MINUTIFLORA EXTRACT;

ABORTION; ARTICLE; BURN; CONSTIPATION; CONVULSION; DIARRHEA; GONORRHEA; HUMAN; INFERTILITY; INTESTINE INFECTION; INTOXICATION; KIDNEY DISEASE; LEPROSY; LIVER DISEASE; MALARIA; MEDICAL PRACTICE; MEDICINAL PLANT; MENORRHAGIA; MICTURITION DISORDER; POSTPARTUM HEMORRHAGE; REFUGEE; RWANDA; SCABIES; TANZANIA; TRADITIONAL MEDICINE;

ACALYPHA; BLUMEA BREVIPES; CLUTIA; COLEUS; COLEUS KILIMANDSCHARI; CONYZA; CONYZA AEGYPTIACA; CRASSOCEPHALUM; CYATHULA; DICOMA; DICOMA ANOMALA; EUPHORBIA; EUPHORBIA TIRUCALI; FONTINALIS; GUIZOTIA; GUIZOTIA SCABRA; GYNANDROPSIS GYNANDRA; HARUNGANA MADAGASCARIENSIS; HELICHRYSUM ODORATISSIMUM; HYGROPHILA; LAGENARIA SPHAERICA; LEONOTIS NEPETIFOLIA; LEUCAS MARTINICENSIS; MARKHAMIA; MARKHAMIA LUTEA; MORMODICA; OCIMUM; PENNISETUM PURPUREUM; RHUS; RHUS VULGARIS; SENECIO; VERNONIA; VERNONIA AMYGDALINA;

EID: 0034835273     PISSN: 13880209     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1076/phbi.39.2.132.6251     Document Type: Article

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