The use of Toddalia asiatica (L) Lam. (Rutaceae) in traditional medicine practice in East Africa

Journal of Ethnopharmacology

Volumn 115, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 257-262

  Orwa, J A ^a   Jondiko, I J O ^b   Minja, R J A ^c   Bekunda, M ^d  

^a KENYA MEDICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Kenya)

^b MASENO UNIVERSITY   (Kenya)

^c UNIVERSITY OF DAR ES SALAAM   (Tanzania)

^d MAKERERE UNIVERSITY   (Uganda)

Author keywords

East Africa; Toddalia asiatica; Traditional health practitioners; Traditional medicine

Indexed keywords

PLANT EXTRACT; TODDALIA ASIATICA EXTRACT; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AFRICA; AMEBIASIS; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; BACKACHE; BACTERIAL INFECTION; BLEEDING; BRONCHITIS; BURN; COUGHING; DIARRHEA; FOOD POISONING; HEALTH PRACTITIONER; HUMAN; KENYA; LIVER DISEASE; MALARIA; MEDICINAL PLANT; PNEUMONIA; PROSTATE DISEASE; QUESTIONNAIRE; RASH; RUTACEAE; SEMI STRUCTURED INTERVIEW; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASE; SNAKEBITE; SORE THROAT; STOMACH DISEASE; TANZANIA; THORAX PAIN; TODDALIA ASIATICA; TOOTH PAIN; TRADITIONAL MEDICINE; TUBERCULOSIS; TYPHOID FEVER; UGANDA; ULCER; VALIDATION STUDY; VOMITING; WOUND HEALING;

ADULT; ETHNOBOTANY; FEMALE; HUMANS; KENYA; MALE; MEDICINE, AFRICAN TRADITIONAL; MIDDLE AGED; PHYTOTHERAPY; PLANT EXTRACTS; QUESTIONNAIRES; RUTACEAE; TANZANIA; UGANDA;

RUTACEAE; TODDALIA ASIATICA;

EID: 37249088814     PISSN: 03788741     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jep.2007.09.024     Document Type: Article

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