Medicinal plants used to treat malaria in Southern Benin

Economic Botany

Volumn 58, Issue SUPPL., 2004, Pages

  Hermans, Merel ^a   Akoègninou, Akpovi ^b   Van Der Maesen, L Jos G ^a  

^a WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ABOMEY CALAVI   (Benin)

Author keywords

Benin; Flora of Benin; IC50 values (against Plasmodium falciparum); Malaria; Markets; Medicinal plants

Indexed keywords

PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM;

EID: 14244261077     PISSN: 00130001     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1663/0013-0001(2004)58[s239:mputtm]2.0.co;2     Document Type: Article

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