Antisickling activities of two ethnomedicinal plant recipes used for the management of sickle cell anaemia in Ibadan, Nigeria

African Journal of Biotechnology

Volumn 8, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 020-025

  Egunyomi, A ^a   Moody, J O ^a   Eletu, O M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF IBADAN   (Nigeria)

Author keywords

Antisickling activities; Ethnophytomedicines; Sickle cell anaemia

Indexed keywords

ALSTONIA BOONEI EXTRACT; ANOGEISSUS LEIOCARPUS EXTRACT; ANTISICKLING AGENT; CALLIANDRA PORTORICENSIS EXTRACT; CASSIA FISTULA EXTRACT; CHASMANTHERA DEPENDENS EXTRACT; CITRUS MEDICA EXTRACT; DETARIUM MICROCARPUM EXTRACT; EUPHORBIA LATERIFOLIA EXTRACT; GONGRONEMA LATIFOLIUM EXTRACT; KHAYA IVORENSIS EXTRACT; LANNEA WELWITSCHII EXTRACT; LOPHIRA ALATA EXTRACT; MANGIFERA INDICA EXTRACT; MICRODESMIS KEAYANA EXTRACT; OLAX SUBSCORPOIDEA EXTRACT; PLANT EXTRACT; PLUMBAGO ZEYLANICA EXTRACT; RAUVOLFIA VOMITORIA EXTRACT; SECURIDACA LONGEPEDUNCULATA EXTRACT; TERMINALIA EXTRACT; TERMINALIA SUPERBA EXTRACT; TETRAPLEURA TETRAPTERA EXTRACT; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; UNINDEXED DRUG; UVARIA AFZELIIT EXTRACT; UVARIA CHAMAE EXTRACT; VERNONIA AMYGDALINA EXTRACT; VITELLARIA PARADOXA EXTRACT; XYLOPIA AETHIOPICA EXTRACT; ZANTHOPHYLLUM XANTHOXYLOIDES EXTRACT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BLOOD SAMPLING; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG EFFECT; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG INHIBITION; ERYTHROCYTE; FEMALE; HUMAN; IN VITRO STUDY; MALE; MEDICINAL PLANT; NIGERIA; SICKLE CELL ANEMIA;

EID: 58649116237     PISSN: None     EISSN: 16845315     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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