The perception and practice of traditional medicine in the treatment of cancers and inflammations by the Hausa and Fulani tribes of Northern Nigeria

Journal of Ethnopharmacology

Volumn 111, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 625-629

  Abubakar, M S ^a   Musa, A M ^a   Ahmed, A ^a   Hussaini, I M ^b  

^a AHMADU BELLO UNIVERSITY   (Nigeria)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Cancer; Inflammation; Medicinal plants; Traditional medicine

Indexed keywords

ANNONA SENEGALENSIS EXTRACT; ARISTOLOCHIA ALBIDA EXTRACT; BAUHINIA RUFESCENS EXTRACT; BOSWELLIA DALZIELLI EXTRACT; CALOTROPIS PROCERA EXTRACT; CASSIA EXTRACT; CEIBA PENTANDRA EXTRACT; CISSUS IBUENSIS EXTRACT; CISSUS QUADRANGULARIS EXTRACT; COCHLOSPERMUM TINCTORIUM EXTRACT; COMMIPHORA DALZIELLI EXTRACT; CUSSONIA BARTERI EXTRACT; DANIELLIA OLIVERI EXTRACT; DETARIUM SENEGALENSE EXTRACT; DYSCHORISTE PERROTTETII EXTRACT; ERYTHROPHLEUM GUINEENSE EXTRACT; GUIERA SENEGALENSIS EXTRACT; HEERIA INSIGNIS EXTRACT; HELIOTROPIUM INDICUM EXTRACT; ISOBERLINIA DOKA EXTRACT; LANNEA MICROCARPA EXTRACT; LEPTADENIA HASTATA EXTRACT; MAERUA ANGOLENSIS EXTRACT; MAYTENUS SENEGALENSIS EXTRACT; NEWBOULDIA LAEVIS EXTRACT; PLANT EXTRACT; TERMINALIA MOLLIS EXTRACT; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; UNINDEXED DRUG; VOACANGA ZENKERI EXTRACT; XYLOPIA AETHIOPICA EXTRACT;

ADULT; AGED; ALLERGIC CONJUNCTIVITIS; ARTHRITIS; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; CANCER; CARBUNCLE; FEMALE; FIBROSIS; FURUNCULOSIS; HUMAN; INFLAMMATION; LEUKEMIA; LOW BACK PAIN; MALE; MEDICAL PRACTICE; PAIN; PLANT IDENTIFICATION; POSTPARTUM PAIN; RHEUMATIC DISEASE; SKIN CANCER; THORAX PAIN; TRADITIONAL MEDICINE; WOUND INFECTION;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CROSS-CULTURAL COMPARISON; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE SURVEYS; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; INFLAMMATION; MALE; MEDICINE, AFRICAN TRADITIONAL; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASMS; NIGERIA; PHYTOTHERAPY; PLANT EXTRACTS; PLANTS, MEDICINAL;

EID: 34247204962     PISSN: 03788741     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jep.2007.01.011     Document Type: Article

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