Ethnoveterinary use of southern African plants and scientific evaluation of their medicinal properties

Journal of Ethnopharmacology

Volumn 119, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 559-574

  McGaw, L J ^a   Eloff, J N ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PRETORIA   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Ethnoveterinary medicine; Livestock disease; South Africa; Traditional remedies

Indexed keywords

PLANT EXTRACT;

ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; BIOASSAY; BIOLOGICAL ACTIVITY; CHEMICAL MODIFICATION; CISSUS QUADRANGULARIS; COMBRETUM; COMBRETUM CAFFRUM; COUGHING; DIARRHEA; DRUG SCREENING; ETHNOPHARMACOLOGY; GUNNERA PERPENSA; JATROPHA; JATROPHA ZEYHERI; MEDICINAL PLANT; NONHUMAN; PELTOPHORUM AFRICANUM; PLANT; REPRODUCTION; SALIX CAPENSIS; SKIN DISEASE; SOUTH AFRICA; STANDARDIZATION; VETERINARY MEDICINE; WILLOW; WOUND; ZIZIPHUS MUCRONATA;

ANIMALS; INDICATORS AND REAGENTS; MEDICINE, AFRICAN TRADITIONAL; PHYTOTHERAPY; PLANTS, MEDICINAL; SOUTH AFRICA; VETERINARY MEDICINE;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 53449083087     PISSN: 03788741     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jep.2008.06.013     Document Type: Article

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