An ethnobotanical study of plants used for the treatment of eye infections in the Eastern Cape Province, South Africa

Pakistan Journal of Biological Sciences

Volumn 11, Issue 16, 2008, Pages 2051-2053

  Pendota, S C ^a   Grierson, D S ^a   Afolayan, A J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FORT HARE   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Eye infections; Herbal medicine; Hippobromus pauciflorus; Medicinal plants

Indexed keywords

AFRICAN MEDICINE; ANGIOSPERM; ARTICLE; CLASSIFICATION; ETHNOBOTANY; EYE DISEASE; SOUTH AFRICA;

ANGIOSPERMS; ETHNOBOTANY; EYE DISEASES; MEDICINE, AFRICAN TRADITIONAL; SOUTH AFRICA;

HIPPOBROMUS PAUCIFLORUS; SAPINDACEAE;

EID: 57649178491     PISSN: 10288880     EISSN: 18125735     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3923/pjbs.2008.2051.2053     Document Type: Article

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