Ethnopharmacological survey of the Bunda district, Tanzania: Plants used to treat infectious diseases

Journal of Ethnopharmacology

Volumn 113, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 457-470

  Maregesi, Sheila Mgole ^a,b   Ngassapa, Olipa David ^a   Pieters, Luc ^b   Vlietinck, Arnold J ^b  

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

^b UNIVERSITY OF ANTWERP   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Bunda, Tanzania; Infectious diseases; Medicinal plants; Traditional medicine

Indexed keywords

BALANITES AEGYPTIACA EXTRACT; BARLERIA ERANTHEMOIDES EXTRACT; BLEPHARIS PANDURIFORMIS EXTRACT; BOSCIA ANGUSTIFOLIA EXTRACT; CHENOPODIUM AMBROSIOIDES EXTRACT; CHENOPODIUM OPULIFOLIUM EXTRACT; COMBRETUM ADENOGONIUM EXTRACT; CROTALARIA RETUSA EXTRACT; ELAEODENDRON SCHLECHTERANUM EXTRACT; EMILIA COCCINEA EXTRACT; EUPHORBIA HETEROPHYLLA EXTRACT; EUPHORBIA TIRUCALLI EXTRACT; FELICIA GRANTII EXTRACT; HOSLUNDIA OPPOSITA EXTRACT; KIGELIA AFRICANA EXTRACT; LANNEA HUMILIS EXTRACT; LANNEA SCHWEINFURTHII EXTRACT; LEONOTIS NEPETIFOLIA EXTRACT; MAERUA EDULIS EXTRACT; OZOROA RETICULATA EXTRACT; PLANT EXTRACT; PLECTRANTHUS KILIMANDSCHARI EXTRACT; SENECIO DISCIFOLIUS EXTRACT; SENNA SIAMEA EXTRACT; TERMINALIA MOLLIS EXTRACT; TITHONIA DIVERSIFOLIA EXTRACT; TRICHODESMA ZEYLANICUM EXTRACT; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; UNINDEXED DRUG; VERNONIA CINERASCENS EXTRACT; ZALEYA PENTANDRA EXTRACT;

ABSCESS; ANEMIA; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; BALANITES AEGYPTIACA; BARLERIA ERANTHEMOIDES; BLEPHARIS PANDURIFORMIS; BOSCIA ANGUSTIFOLIA; CANCER; CATARACT; CELLULITIS; CHENOPODIUM AMBROSIOIDES; CHENOPODIUM OPULIFOLIUM; CHEST INFECTION; COMBRETUM ADENOGONIUM; CONVULSION; COUGHING; CROTALARIA RETUSA; DIARRHEA; DRUG SAFETY; DYSENTERY; DYSMENORRHEA; ELAEODENDRON SCHLECHTERANUM; EMILIA COCCINEA; ETHNOBOTANY; ETHNOPHARMACOLOGY; EUPHORBIA HETEROPHYLLA; EUPHORBIA TIRUCALLI; EXPERIENCE; EYE INFECTION; FELICIA GRANTII; FEMALE INFERTILITY; FEVER; GONORRHEA; HEMORRHOID; HOSLUNDIA OPPOSITA; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; IMMINENT ABORTION; IMPOTENCE; INFECTION; JAUNDICE; KIGELIA AFRICANA; LABOR PAIN; LANNEA HUMILIS; LANNEA SCHWEINFURTHII; LEGUME; LEONOTIS NEPETIFOLIA; MAERUA EDULIS; MALARIA; MEDICINAL PLANT; MENTAL DISEASE; MYCOSIS; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; OZOROA RETICULATA; PLANT LEAF; PLANT MORPHOLOGY; PLECTRANTHUS KILIMANDSCHARI; PNEUMONIA; SCHISTOSOMIASIS; SENECIO DISCIFOLIUS; SENNA SIAMEA; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASE; SKIN INFECTION; STOMACH PAIN; SYPHILIS; TANZANIA; TERMINALIA MOLLIS; THRUSH; TINEA PEDIS; TITHONIA DIVERSIFOLIA; TONSILLITIS; TRADITIONAL MEDICINE; TRICHODESMA ZEYLANICUM; TUBERCULOSIS; VAGINAL ULCER; VAGINITIS; VERNONIA CINERASCENS; WOUND INFECTION; ZALEYA PENTANDRA;

COMMUNICABLE DISEASES; ETHNOPHARMACOLOGY; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; MEDICINE, AFRICAN TRADITIONAL; PHYTOTHERAPY; PLANTS, MEDICINAL; TANZANIA;

PAPILIONOIDEAE;

EID: 34548456769     PISSN: 03788741     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jep.2007.07.006     Document Type: Article

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