Medicinal plants of Aguambu - Bamumbu in the Lebialem highlands, southwest province of Cameroon

African Journal of Pharmacy and Pharmacology

Volumn 3, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 001-013

  Focho, D A ^a   Ndam, W T ^a   Fonge, B A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF DSCHANG   (Cameroon)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BUEA   (Cameroon)

Author keywords

Biodiversity; Ethnobotany; Lebialem highlands; Medicinal plants

Indexed keywords

ACANTHUS MONTANUS EXTRACT; ADENIA CISSAMPELOIDES EXTRACT; AEOLLANTHUS PUBESCENS EXTRACT; AFRAMOMUM AULACOCARPUS EXTRACT; AFRAMOMUM DANIELLII EXTRACT; AFRAMOMUM MELENGUETA EXTRACT; AFRAMOMUM PRUINOSUM EXTRACT; AGAURIA SALICIFOLIA EXTRACT; AGERATUM CONYZOIDES EXTRACT; ALANGIUM CHINENSE EXTRACT; ALBIZIA ADIANTHIFOLIA EXTRACT; ALBIZIA CORIARA EXTRACT; ALBIZIA LEBBECK EXTRACT; ALCHEMILLA CRYPTANTHA EXTRACT; ALOE BARBADENSE EXTRACT; ALSTONIA BOONEI EXTRACT; ASPILIA AFRICANA EXTRACT; BASELLA ALBA EXTRACT; BEGONIA SCHAEFLERI EXTRACT; BIOPHYTUM PETERSIANUM EXTRACT; BRIDELIA MICRANTHA EXTRACT; BRYOPHYLLUM PINNATUM EXTRACT; BULBOPHYLLUM EXTRACT; CARAPA GRANDIFOLIA EXTRACT; CELSIA LEDERMANNII EXTRACT; CHYTRANTHUS GILLETII EXTRACT; GARLIC EXTRACT; ONION EXTRACT; PLANT EXTRACT; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; UNINDEXED DRUG;

ABDOMINAL PAIN; ABSCESS; ACANTHUS MONTANUS; ADENIA CISSAMPELOIDES; AEOLLANTHUS PUBESCENS; AFRAMOMUM AULACOCARPUS; AFRAMOMUM DANIELLII; AFRAMOMUM MELENGUETA; AFRAMOMUM PRUINOSUM; AFRICA; AGAURIA SALICIFOLIA; AGERATUM CONYZOIDES; ALANGIUM CHINENSE; ALBIZIA ADIANTHIFOLIA; ALBIZIA CORIARA; ALBIZIA LEBBECK; ALCHEMILLA CRYPTANTHA; ALOE BARBADENSE; ALSTONIA BOONEI; ARTICLE; ASPILIA AFRICANA; BASELLA ALBA; BEGONIA SCHAEFLERI; BIOPHYTUM PETERSIANUM; BRIDELIA MICRANTHA; BRYOPHYLLUM PINNATUM; BULBOPHYLLUM; BURN; CARAPA GRANDIFOLIA; CELSIA LEDERMANNII; CHYTRANTHUS GILLETII; CINCHONA LEDGERIANA; CONSTIPATION; COUGHING; DIARRHEA; DIGESTIVE SYSTEM DISEASE; DYSENTERY; DYSMENORRHEA; DYSPNEA; EPILEPSY; ETHNOBOTANY; FEVER; FLATULENCE; GARLIC; GASTRITIS; HEADACHE; HEART PALPITATION; HERNIA; HUMAN; INFERTILITY; INFLAMMATION; INFUSION; INTERVIEW; LEG SWELLING; MANIA; MEDICAL LITERATURE; MEDICINAL PLANT; MENSTRUAL IRREGULARITY; MYCOSIS; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; ONION; PERTUSSIS; PLANT LEAF; QUESTIONNAIRE; RHEUMATIC DISEASE; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASE; SKIN DISEASE; STOMACH PAIN; THORAX DISEASE; THRUSH; TYPHUS; UROGENITAL TRACT DISEASE; WORM INFECTION; WOUND;

EID: 67650769500     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19960816     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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