Ethnobotanical survey and testing of plants traditionally used against hematophagous insects in Eritrea

Journal of Ethnopharmacology

Volumn 95, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 95-101

  Waka, Maedot ^a,b   Hopkins, Richard James ^a   Curtis, Chris ^c  

^a SWEDISH UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES   (Sweden)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ASMARA   (Eritrea)

^c LONDON SCHOOL OF HYGIENE AND TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Anopheles gambiae s.s.; Nicotiana glauca; Ocimum forskolei; Otostegia integrifolia; Repellent; Salvia shimperi

Indexed keywords

CALPURNEA AUREA EXTRACT; HOT WATER; NEORAUTANENIA MITIS EXTRACT; NICOTIANA GLAUCA EXTRACT; OCIMUM FORSKOLEI EXTRACT; OTOSTEGIA INTEGRIFOLIA EXTRACT; PLANT EXTRACT; SALVIA SCHIMPERI EXTRACT; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANGIOSPERM; ANOPHELES; ARTICLE; BLOOD ANALYSIS; DISTILLATION; DRUG POTENCY; ERITREA; ETHNOBOTANY; FLEA; GOAT; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INSECT BITE; LEGUME; MALARIA; MOSQUITO;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANIMALS; DRUG EVALUATION, PRECLINICAL; ERITREA; ETHNOBOTANY; HUMANS; INSECT BITES AND STINGS; INSECT REPELLENTS; INSECTS; MEDICINE, AFRICAN TRADITIONAL; MIDDLE AGED; OCIMUM; PLANT EXTRACTS; PLANT LEAVES; PLANT SHOOTS;

EID: 4544256041     PISSN: 03788741     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jep.2004.07.003     Document Type: Article

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