Medicinal use and social status of the soap berry endod (Phytolacca dodecandra) in Ethiopia

Journal of Ethnopharmacology

Volumn 85, Issue 2-3, 2003, Pages 269-277

  Esser, Kjell B ^a   Semagn, Kassa ^b   Wolde Yohannes, Legesse ^b  

^a NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF LIFE SCIENCES   (Norway)

^b ADDIS ABABA UNIVERSITY   (Ethiopia)

Author keywords

Bilharzia; Ethiopia; Ethnobotany; Ethnopharmacology; Medicinal plants; Schistosomiasis; Soap berry

Indexed keywords

ANTHELMINTIC AGENT; DETERGENT; PHYTOLACCA DODECANDRA EXTRACT; PLANT EXTRACT; SOAP; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ABORTION; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANTHRAX; ARTICLE; BERRY; CHILD; DRUG INDICATION; DRUG RESEARCH; ETHIOPIA; FEMALE; GONORRHEA; HUMAN; INFECTION CONTROL; INTERVIEW; INTESTINE PARASITE; LEECH; MALE; MEDICINAL PLANT; PARASITOSIS; PHYTOLACCA DODECANDRA; PRURITUS; RABIES; SCHISTOSOMIASIS; SOCIAL STATUS; TILLAGE;

PHYTOLACCA DODECANDRA;

EID: 0037375181     PISSN: 03788741     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0378-8741(03)00007-2     Document Type: Article

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