Traditional antimalarial phytotherapy remedies in herbal markets in southern Ghana

Journal of Ethnopharmacology

Volumn 126, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 492-499

  Asase, Alex ^a   Oppong Mensah, Gloria ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GHANA   (Ghana)

Author keywords

Antimalarial plants; Ghana; Herbal markets

Indexed keywords

ALSTONIA BOONEI EXTRACT; ANTHOCLEISTA NOBILIS EXTRACT; AZADIRACHTA INDICA EXTRACT; BOMBAX BUONOPOZENSE EXTRACT; CARICA PAPAYA EXTRACT; CLEISTOPHOLIS PATENS EXTRACT; CYMBOPOGON CITRATUS EXTRACT; DNA; GUAVA EXTRACT; INDIGOFERA EXTRACT; KHAYA SENEGALENSIS EXTRACT; LANDOLPHIA EXTRACT; MANGIFERA INDICA EXTRACT; MOMORDICA CHARANTIA EXTRACT; MORINDA LUCIDA EXTRACT; MUSA PARADISIACA EXTRACT; NAUCLEA LATIFOLIA EXTRACT; PETERSIANTHUS MACROCARPUS EXTRACT; PHYLLANTHUS AMARUS EXTRACT; PICRALIMA NITIDA EXTRACT; PLANT EXTRACT; PYCNANTHUS ANGOLENSIS EXTRACT; SPATHODEA CAMPANULATA EXTRACT; TERMINALIA CATAPA EXTRACT; TERMINALIA IVORENSIS EXTRACT; TETRAPLEURA TETRAPTERA EXTRACT; TRICHILIA MONADELPHA EXTRACT; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; UNINDEXED DRUG; VERNONIA AMYGDALINA EXTRACT; ZANTHOXYLUM ZANTHOXYLOIDES EXTRACT;

ADULT; ALSTONIA; ALSTONIA BOONEI; ANNONACEAE; ANTHOCLEISTA NOBILIS; ANTIMALARIAL ACTIVITY; APOCYNACEAE; ARTICLE; BIGNONIACEAE; BOMBAX; BOMBAX BUONOPOZENSE; CLEISTOPHOLIS PATENS; CONTROLLED STUDY; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; COST OF ILLNESS; DNA BARCODING; DRUG COST; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG ISOLATION; DRUG MARKETING; DRUG NOMENCLATURE; DRUG RESEARCH; DRUG SAFETY; DRUG SCREENING; DRUG SYNTHESIS; ETHNIC GROUP; FEMALE; GHANA; GROUPS BY AGE; HERBAL MEDICINE; HUMAN; INDIGOFERA; KHAYA SENEGALENSIS; LANDOLPHIA; LECYTHIDACEAE; LOGANIACEAE; MALARIA; MALE; MELIACEAE; MORINDA; MORINDA LUCIDA; MUSA PARADISIACA; MUSACEAE; MYRISTICACEAE; NONHUMAN; ORGANOLEPTIC PROPERTY; PETERSIANTHUS MACROCARPUS; PHYTOCHEMISTRY; PHYTOTHERAPY; PICRALIMA NITIDA; PRESCRIPTION; PYCNANTHUS ANGOLENSIS; QUESTIONNAIRE; SPATHODEA CAMPANULATA; SPECIES IDENTIFICATION; TERMINALIA; TERMINALIA CATAPA; TERMINALIA IVORENSIS; TETRAPLEURA; TETRAPLEURA TETRAPTERA; TRADITIONAL MEDICINE; TRICHILIA MONADELPHA; ZANTHOXYLUM; ZANTHOXYLUM ZANTHOXYLOIDES;

ANTIMALARIALS; GHANA; MEDICINE, AFRICAN TRADITIONAL; PHYTOTHERAPY; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; SPECIES SPECIFICITY;

INDIGOFERA; MORINDA LUCIDA; NAUCLEA LATIFOLIA;

EID: 70449622739     PISSN: 03788741     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jep.2009.09.008     Document Type: Article

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