An ethnopharmacological survey of plants used for wound healing in Dogonland, Mali, West Africa

Journal of Ethnopharmacology

Volumn 92, Issue 2-3, 2004, Pages 233-244

  Inngjerdingen, Kari ^a   Nergård, Cecilie Sogn ^a   Diallo, Drissa ^b   Mounkoro, Pakuy Pierre ^c   Paulsen, Berit Smestad ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

^b Department of Traditional Medicine ^*  (Mali)

^c CRMT   (Mali)

Author keywords

Dogonland; Mali; Medicinal plants; Wound healing

Indexed keywords

ACACIA NILOTICA EXTRACT; ADANSONIA DIGITATA EXTRACT; BAUHINIA RETICULATA EXTRACT; BAUHINIA RUFESCENS EXTRACT; BLEPHARIS LINARIAEFOLIA EXTRACT; BOMBAX COSTATUM EXTRACT; CALOTROPIS PROCERA EXTRACT; CARALLUMA DALZIELII EXTRACT; CASSIA ITALICA EXTRACT; CASSIA PODOCARPA EXTRACT; CASSIA SIEBERIANA EXTRACT; CHAMAESYCE HIRTA EXTRACT; CUCURBITA PEPO EXTRACT; ENTADA AFRICANA EXTRACT; EUPHORBIA SUDANICA EXTRACT; FAIDHERBIA LABIDA EXTRACT; LANNEA MICROCARPA EXTRACT; PARKIA BIGLOBOSA EXTRACT; PHASEOLUS VULGARIS EXTRACT; PLANT EXTRACT; PROSOPIS AFRICANA EXTRACT; SABA SENEGALENSIS EXTRACT; SECURINEGA VIROSA EXTRACT; SESAMUM INDICUM EXTRACT; SPONDIAS MOMBIN EXTRACT; STRYCHNOS SPINOSA EXTRACT; TAMARINDUSN INDICA EXTRACT; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; UNINDEXED DRUG; WATERMELON EXTRACT; XIMENIA AMERICANA EXTRACT;

AFRICA; ANTIINFLAMMATORY ACTIVITY; BURN; CONJUNCTIVITIS; ETHNOPHARMACOLOGY; HEMORRHOID; HUMAN; INSECT BITE; INSECT STING; MASTITIS; MEDICINAL PLANT; MYCOSIS; OTITIS; REVIEW; SCABIES; SNAKEBITE; WOUND; WOUND HEALING; WOUND INFECTION;

EID: 2342666177     PISSN: 03788741     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jep.2004.02.021     Document Type: Article

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