Ethnobotanical information of medicinal plants used for treatment of cancer in the Eastern Cape Province, South Africa

Current Science

Volumn 92, Issue 7, 2007, Pages 906-908

  Koduru, Srinivas ^a   Grierson, D S ^a   Afolayan, A J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FORT HARE   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Cancer; Herbal medicine; Medicinal plants; Solanum aculeastrum

Indexed keywords

HYACINTHACEAE; HYPOXIDACEAE; SOLANUM; SOLANUM ACULEASTRUM;

EID: 34247512092     PISSN: 00113891     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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