Plectranthus: A review of ethnobotanical uses

Journal of Ethnopharmacology

Volumn 103, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 1-24

  Lukhoba, Catherine W ^a   Simmonds, Monique S J ^b   Paton, Alan J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NAIROBI   (Kenya)

^b ROYAL BOTANIC GARDENS   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Coleus; Ethnobotanical uses; Plectranthus

Indexed keywords

PLANT EXTRACT; PLECTRANTHUS AEGYPTICUS EXTRACT; PLECTRANTHUS ALPINUS EXTRACT; PLECTRANTHUS AMBIGUUS EXTRACT; PLECTRANTHUS AMBOINICUS EXTRACT; PLECTRANTHUS ASIRENSIS EXTRACT; PLECTRANTHUS BARBATUS EXTRACT; PLECTRANTHUS BEDDOMEI EXTRACT; PLECTRANTHUS CANINUS EXTRACT; PLECTRANTHUS COERULEUS EXTRACT; PLECTRANTHUS CONGESTUS EXTRACT; PLECTRANTHUS DECURRENS EXTRACT; PLECTRANTHUS DEFOLIATUS EXTRACT; PLECTRANTHUS ECKLONII EXTRACT; PLECTRANTHUS EDULIS EXTRACT; PLECTRANTHUS ELEGANS EXTRACT; PLECTRANTHUS ESCULENTUS EXTRACT; PLECTRANTHUS FRUTICOSUS EXTRACT; PLECTRANTHUS GLANDULOSUS EXTRACT; PLECTRANTHUS GRALLATUS EXTRACT; PLECTRANTHUS HAIDIENSIS EXTRACT; PLECTRANTHUS HEREROENSIS EXTRACT; PLECTRANTHUS IGNIARIUS EXTRACT; PLECTRANTHUS INSIGNIS EXTRACT; PLECTRANTHUS KAMERUNENSIS EXTRACT; PLECTRANTHUS LACTIFLORUS EXTRACT; PLECTRANTHUS LANCEOLATUS EXTRACT; PLECTRANTHUS LANUGINOSUS EXTRACT; PLECTRANTHUS LAXIFLORUS EXTRACT; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; UNINDEXED DRUG;

ABDOMINAL PAIN; ALLERGY; ANGINA PECTORIS; ANIMAL FOOD; ANTIFUNGAL ACTIVITY; ANTIMICROBIAL ACTIVITY; ANTIVIRAL ACTIVITY; ASTHMA; BACKACHE; BLEEDING; BRONCHITIS; BRONCHODILATING ACTIVITY; BRONCHOPNEUMONIA; BURN; CLADISTICS; COMMON COLD; CONGESTIVE HEART FAILURE; CONJUNCTIVITIS; CONVULSION; COUGHING; DEPRESSION; DIARRHEA; DIGESTIVE SYSTEM DISEASE; DNA SEQUENCE; DRUG ACTIVITY; DRUG EFFECT; DRUG ISOLATION; DYSPEPSIA; EAR INFECTION; EPILEPSY; ETHNOBOTANY; EYE INFECTION; EYE INFLAMMATION; FEVER; FOOD ANALYSIS; GASTROINTESTINAL INFECTION; GENE MAPPING; GENETIC VARIABILITY; HORTICULTURE; HYPERTENSION; INDIGESTION; INSECT BITE; INSOMNIA; LARYNGITIS; MALARIA; MENINGITIS; MENTAL DEFICIENCY; MICTURITION DISORDER; MOUTH INFECTION; MUSCLE STIFFNESS; MUSCULOSKELETAL DISEASE; MYALGIA; NAUSEA; OTITIS; PAIN; PHARYNGITIS; PHYLOGENY; PLECTRANTHUS; PNEUMONIA; PRURITUS; RASH; REVIEW; RHEUMATIC DISEASE; SENSORY DYSFUNCTION; SKIN ALLERGY; SKIN INFECTION; SKIN ULCER; SNAKEBITE; STOMACH PAIN; TAXONOMY; THORAX PAIN; TINEA; TONSILLITIS; TOOTH DISEASE; UROGENITAL TRACT INFECTION; VOMITING; WOUND;

ANIMALS; DIGESTIVE SYSTEM DISEASES; FEMALE UROGENITAL DISEASES; HUMANS; INFECTION; MALE UROGENITAL DISEASES; PAIN; PHYLOGENY; PHYTOTHERAPY; PLECTRANTHUS; RESPIRATORY TRACT DISEASES; SKIN DISEASES;

ANIMALIA; COLEUS; INSECTA; PLECTRANTHUS; PLECTRANTHUS AMBIGUUS; PLECTRANTHUS AMBOINICUS; PLECTRANTHUS BARBATUS; PLECTRANTHUS COERULEUS; PLECTRANTHUS ELEGANS; PLECTRANTHUS ESCULENTUS; PLECTRANTHUS FRUTICOSUS; PLECTRANTHUS HEREROENSIS; PLECTRANTHUS LAXIFLORUS;

EID: 27944462676     PISSN: 03788741     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jep.2005.09.011     Document Type: Review

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