Kenyan medicinal plants used as antivenin: A comparison of plant usage

Journal of Ethnobiology and Ethnomedicine

Volumn 2, Issue , 2006, Pages

  Owuor, Bethwell O ^a   Kisangau, Daniel P ^b  

^a CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY OF EASTERN AFRICA   (Kenya)

^b UNIVERSITY OF DAR ES SALAAM   (Tanzania)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PLANT EXTRACT; SNAKE VENOM; VENOM ANTISERUM;

ADULT; AFRICAN MEDICINE; AGED; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DRUG ANTAGONISM; FEMALE; HUMAN; KENYA; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PERCEPTION; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUESTIONNAIRE; RURAL POPULATION; SNAKEBITE;

ADULT; AGED; ANIMALS; ANTIVENINS; FEMALE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; KENYA; MALE; MEDICINE, AFRICAN TRADITIONAL; MIDDLE AGED; PLANT EXTRACTS; QUESTIONNAIRES; RURAL POPULATION; SNAKE BITES; SNAKE VENOMS; SOCIAL PERCEPTION;

EID: 34250868324     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17464269     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1746-4269-2-7     Document Type: Article

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