Survey of analgesic plants used by tradipractitioners in Congo Brazzaville

International Journal of Botany

Volumn 4, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 176-185

  Banzouzi, J T ^a,b,e   Makambila Koubemba, M C ^c   Prost, A ^a   Mbatchi, B ^a,d   Abena, A A ^d  

^a Centre d'Etudes et de Recherche Médecins d'Afrique   (Congo)

^b INSTITUT DE CHIMIE DES SUBSTANCES NATURELLES   (France)

^c Centre d'Etude des Ressources Végétales   (Congo)

^d Fondation Congolaise pour la Recherche Médicale Faculté des Sciences de la Santé University Marien Ngouabi   (Congo)

^e CNRS   (France)

Author keywords

Africa; Analgesic; Congo; Plants; Psychotropic; Traditional medicine

Indexed keywords

EID: 41649102409     PISSN: 18119700     EISSN: 18119719     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3923/ijb.2008.176.185     Document Type: Article

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