Evaluation of ethnomedical claims and brine shrimp toxicity of some plants used in Tanzania as traditional medicines

African Journal of Traditional, Complementary and Alternative Medicines

Volumn 3, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 48-58

  Moshi, Mainen J ^a   Mbwambo, Zakaria H ^a   Nondo, Ramadhani S O ^a   Masimba, Pax J ^a   Kamuhabwa, Appolinary ^a   Kapingu, Modest C ^a   Thomas, Pascal ^a   Richard, Marco ^a  

^a MUHIMBILI UNIVERSITY OF HEALTH AND ALLIED SCIENCES   (Tanzania)

Author keywords

Drug discovery approaches; Ethnomedical claims; Toxicity

Indexed keywords

ACACIA AMYTHETHOPHYLLA EXTRACT; AFZELIA QUANZENSIS EXTRACT; ALBIZIA HARVEYI EXTRACT; ASPARAGUS FLAGELLARIS EXTRACT; BRIDELIA DUVIGNEAUDII EXTRACT; BURKEA AFRICANA EXTRACT; CASSIA ABBREVIATA EXTRACT; CATUNAREGUM SPINOSA EXTRACT; CHRYSOPHYLLUM BANGWEOLENSE EXTRACT; CISSUS CORNIFOLIA EXTRACT; CLERODENDRON UNCINATA EXTRACT; COMBRETUM MOLLE EXTRACT; DALBERGIA MELANOXYLON; DALBERGIA MELANOXYLON EXTRACT; DIOSCOREA DUMETORUM EXTRACT; DIOSPYROS ZOMBENSIS EXTRACT; EKEBERGIA BENGUELENSIS EXTRACT; ERYTHRINA ABYSSINICA EXTRACT; EUCLEA NATALENSIS EXTRACT; EUPHORBIA GRANTII EXTRACT; EUPHORBIA TIRUCALLI EXTRACT; FICUS FISCHERI EXTRACT; FLACOURTIA INDICA EXTRACT; GREWIA BICOLOR EXTRACT; HEXALOBUS MONOPETALUS EXTRACT; HOLARRHENA FEBRIFUGA EXTRACT; HYMENODICTYON PARVIFOLIUM EXTRACT; PHYLLANTHUS ENGLERI EXTRACT; PLANT EXTRACT; PSOROSPERMUM FEBRIFUGUM EXTRACT; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; UNINDEXED DRUG;

ABDOMINAL PAIN; ACACIA; ACACIA AMYTHETHOPHYLLA; ACQUIRED IMMUNE DEFICIENCY SYNDROME; AFZELIA QUANZENSIS; ALBIZIA HARVEYI; ANNONACEAE; ANTINEOPLASTIC ACTIVITY; ARTEMIA; ARTICLE; ASPARAGUS; ASPARAGUS FLAGELLARIS; ASTHMA; BRIDELIA DUVIGNEAUDII; BURKEA AFRICANA; CAESALPINIA; CANCER; CASSIA ABBREVIATA; CATUNAREGUM SPINOSA; CHRYSOPHYLLUM BANGWEOLENSE; CISSUS; CISSUS CORNIFOLIA; CLERODENDRON UNCINATA; COMBRETUM; COMBRETUM MOLLE; DALBERGIA; DIABETES MELLITUS; DIOSCOREA DUMETORUM; DIOSPYROS ZOMBENSIS; EBENACEAE; EKEBERGIA BENGUELENSIS; EPILEPSY; ERYTHRINA; ERYTHRINA ABYSSINICA; EUCLEA NATALENSIS; EUPHORBIA; EUPHORBIA GRANTII; EUPHORBIA TIRUCALLI; FICUS; FICUS FISCHERI; FISH; FLACOURTIA INDICA; FLACOURTIACEAE; GONORRHEA; GREWIA; GREWIA BICOLOR; GUTTIFERAE; HEXALOBUS MONOPETALUS; HOLARRHENA; HOLARRHENA FEBRIFUGA; HYMENODICTYON PARVIFOLIUM; LC 50; LEGUME; LETHALITY; MALARIA; MELIACEAE; NONHUMAN; PARALYSIS; PERSIMMON; PHYLLANTHUS; PHYLLANTHUS ENGLERI; PSOROSPERMUM FEBRIFUGUM; PSYCHOSIS; RABBIT; RUBIACEAE; SAPOTACEAE; SCHISTOSOMIASIS; SENNA; STROKE; SYPHILIS; TANZANIA; TOXICITY TESTING; TRADITIONAL MEDICINE; VERBENACEAE; YAM;

EID: 33748879348     PISSN: 01896016     EISSN: 01896016     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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