Traditional medicinal uses and essential oil composition of leaves and rhizomes of korarima (Aframomum corrorima (Braun) P.C.M. Jansen) from southern Ethiopia

South African Journal of Botany

Volumn 74, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 181-185

  Eyob, S ^a   Appelgren, M ^a   Rohloff, J ^b   Tsegaye, A ^c   Messele, G ^d  

^a NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF LIFE SCIENCES   (Norway)

^b NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Norway)

^c HAWASSA UNIVERSITY   (Ethiopia)

^d ETHIOPIAN INSTITUTE OF AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH   (Ethiopia)

Author keywords

caryophyllene; pinene; terpinene; Aframomum corrorima; Korarima; Traditional use

Indexed keywords

BIOCHEMICAL COMPOSITION; ESSENTIAL OIL; LEAF; MEDICINAL PLANT; RHIZOME; TRADITIONAL MEDICINE;

AFRICA; EAST AFRICA; ETHIOPIA; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA;

AFRAMOMUM;

EID: 41649084539     PISSN: 02546299     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.sajb.2007.10.007     Document Type: Article

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