Effects of Solanum melongena (garden egg) on some visual functions of visually active Igbos of Nigeria

Journal of Ethnopharmacology

Volumn 86, Issue 2-3, 2003, Pages 135-138

  Igwe, S A ^a   Akunyili, D N ^b   Ogbogu, C ^a  

^a ABIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (Nigeria)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NIGERIA   (Nigeria)

Author keywords

Convergence insufficiency; Miotic; Solanum melongena; Visual system

Indexed keywords

PLANT EXTRACT; SOLANUM MELONGENA EXTRACT; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ACCOMMODATION; ADULT; ANGIOSPERM; ARTICLE; AUBERGINE; BINOCULAR CONVERGENCE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG EFFECT; FOOD INTAKE; FRUIT; GLAUCOMA; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INTRAOCULAR PRESSURE; MALE; MEDICINAL PLANT; NIGERIA; NONHUMAN; NORMAL HUMAN; NUTRITION; PLANT SEED; PUPIL; VISION; VISUAL ACUITY; VISUAL DISORDER; VISUAL SYSTEM;

SOLANUM MELONGENA;

EID: 0037963985     PISSN: 03788741     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0378-8741(02)00364-1     Document Type: Article

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