En route to biopiracy? Ethnobotanical research on anti diabetic medicinal plants in the Eastern Cape Province, South Africa

African Journal of Biotechnology

Volumn 6, Issue 25, 2007, Pages 2945-2952

  Tonye Mahop, M ^a   Mayet, M ^b  

^a QUEEN MARY UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b African Center for Biosafety (ACB) Johannesburg   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Benefit sharing; Biodiversity; Biopiracy; Ethnobotanical research; Policy

Indexed keywords

ANTIDIABETIC AGENT; ARTEMISIA AFRA EXTRACT; BRACHYLAENA DISCOLOR EXTRACT; BUDDLEJACEAE EXTRACT; BULBINE FRUTESCENS EXTRACT; BULBINE NATALENSIS EXTRACT; CATHARANTHUS ROSEUS EXTRACT; HELICHRYSUM NUDIFOLIUM EXTRACT; HELICHRYSUM ODORATISSIMUM EXTRACT; HELICHRYSUM PETIOLARE EXTRACT; HETEROMORPHA ARBORESCENS EXTRACT; HYPOXIS COLCHICIFOLIA EXTRACT; HYPOXIS HEMEROCALLIDEA EXTRACT; PLANT EXTRACT; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VERNONIA AMYGDALINA EXTRACT; VERNONIA OLIGOCEPHALA EXTRACT;

ARTEMISIA AFRA; BRACHYLAENA DISCOLOR; BUDDLEJACEAE; BULBINE FRUTESCENS; BULBINE NATALENSIS; CATHARANTHUS ROSEUS; DIABETES MELLITUS; E-MAIL; ETHNOBOTANY; HELICHRYSUM NUDIFOLIUM; HELICHRYSUM ODORATISSIMUM; HELICHRYSUM PETIOLARE; HERB; HETEROMORPHA ARBORESCENS; HUMAN; HYPOXIS COLCHICIFOLIA; HYPOXIS HESMEROCALLIDEA; INTERNET; MEDICINAL PLANT; NONHUMAN; PATENT; RESEARCH; REVIEW; RURAL AREA; SOUTH AFRICA; VERNONIA AMYGDALINA; VERNONIA OLIGOCEPHALA;

EID: 38049113096     PISSN: None     EISSN: 16845315     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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