Nigerian antimalarial ethnomedicine 2: Ethnobotanical surveys of herbal remedies used in the treatment of febrile illnesses in the middle belt of Nigeria

Journal of Phytomedicine and Therapeutics

Volumn 7, Issue 1-2, 2002, Pages 26-39

  Ajaiyeoba, E O ^a   Osowole, O S ^a   Oduola, O O ^a   Ashidi, J S ^a   Akinboye, D O ^a   Gbotosho, G O ^a   Falade, C O ^a   Ogundahunsi, O A T ^a   Fawole, O I ^a   Bolaji, O M ^a   Falade, M O ^a   Oladepo, O O ^a   Itiola, O A ^a   Oduola, A M J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF IBADAN   (Nigeria)

Author keywords

Fever; Malaria; Middle belt; Nigeria; Tiv ethnomedicine

Indexed keywords

ANALGESIC AGENT; ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; ANTIMALARIAL AGENT; ANTIPYRETIC AGENT; CHLOROQUINE; CHLORPHENIRAMINE; FANSIDAR; HERBACEOUS AGENT; RAIN;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANNONA SENEGALENSIS; ARTICLE; AZADIRACHTA INDICA; BASIL; BRIDELIA MICRANTHA; BURKEA AFRICANA; CASSIA ALATA; CASSIA OCCIDENTALIS; CHILD; CISSUS; CITRON; CYMBOPOGON CITRATUS; DIARRHEA; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG USE; ERYTHRINA SENEGALENSIS; ETHNIC GROUP; ETHNOBOTANY; FEMALE; FEVER; FICUS THONNINGII; FOOD CONTAMINATION; HAEMATOSTAPHIS BARTERIA; HEADACHE; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; HYPERPYREXIA; IMPERATA CYLINDRICA; INSECT BITE; JATROPHA CURCAS; LOPHIRA ALATA; MALARIA; MALE; MEDICINAL PLANT; MUSCLE WEAKNESS; NAUCLEA LATIFOLIA; NIGERIA; NORMAL HUMAN; OCCIMUM BASILICUM; OCCIMUM GRATISSIMUM; PAPAYA; PILIOSTIMA THONNINGII; QUESTIONNAIRE; RURAL AREA; SEASONAL VARIATION; SENNA; STEROSPERMUM SUNTHIAMUM; SYMPTOM; TERMINALIA CATAPPA; TRADITIONAL MEDICINE; TREMA OCCIDENTALIS; TYPHOID FEVER; URBAN AREA; WATER CONTAMINATION; YELLOW FEVER;

EID: 20544470130     PISSN: 11181028     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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