Medicinal plants used by traditional medicine practitioners in the treatment of tuberculosis and related ailments in Uganda

Journal of Ethnopharmacology

Volumn 127, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 130-136

  Tabuti, John R S ^a   Kukunda, Collins B ^b   Waako, Paul J ^a  

^a MAKERERE UNIVERSITY   (Uganda)

^b Sustainable Use of Plant Diversity   (Uganda)

Author keywords

Cultural diversity; Ethnobotany; Herbal medicine; Pharmacognosy; Phytotherapy; Primary health care; Traditional knowledge

Indexed keywords

ACACIA HOCKII EXTRACT; ACACIA MEARNSII EXTRACT; ACACIA POLYACANTHA EXTRACT; ACANTHUS PUBESCENS EXTRACT; ACHYRANTHES ASPERA EXTRACT; ASPARAGUS AFRICANUS EXTRACT; ASPILIA AFRICANA EXTRACT; AZADIRACHTA INCIDA EXTRACT; BIDENS PILOSA EXTRACT; CAPPARIS TOMENTOSA EXTRACT; CARICA PAPAYA EXTRACT; CARISSA EDULIS EXTRACT; EUCALYPTUS EXTRACT; EUCLEA DIVINORUM EXTRACT; GARDENIA TERNIFOLIA EXTRACT; GARLIC EXTRACT; HERBACEOUS AGENT; IBOZA RIPARIA EXTRACT; KALANCHOE EXTRACT; LANTANA TRIFOLIA EXTRACT; MANGIFERA INDICA EXTRACT; MAYTENUS SENEGALENSIS EXTRACT; MOMORDICA FOETIDA EXTRACT; OCIMUM SUAVE EXTRACT; PERSEA AMERICANA EXTRACT; PLANT EXTRACT; TRAGIA SUBSESSILIS EXTRACT; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; WARBURGIA SALUTARIS EXTRACT; ZANTHOXYLUM CHALYBEUM EXTRACT;

ACACIA HOCKII; ACACIA MEARNSII; ACACIA POLYACANTHA; ARTICLE; ASPARAGUS AFRICANUS; ASPILIA AFRICANA; AVOCADO; AZADIRACHTA INCIDA; CAPPARIS TOMENTOSA; CARISSA EDULIS; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG MIXTURE; DRUG PACKAGING; DRUG SAFETY; GARDENIA TERNIFOLIA; HEALTH SURVEY; HOSLUNDIA OPPOSITA; HUMAN; IBOZA RIPARIA; INTERVIEW; KALANCHOE; KNOWLEDGE; LANTANA TRIFOLIA; MAYTENUS SENEGALENSIS; MEDICAL PRACTICE; MEDICINAL PLANT; MOMORDICA FOETIDA; OCIMUM SUAVE; PHYSICIAN; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; QUESTIONNAIRE; TRADITIONAL MEDICINE; TRAGIA SUBSESSILIS; TUBERCULOSIS; UGANDA; WARBURGIA SALUTARIS; ZANTHOXYLUM CHALYBEUM;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BIOLOGICAL SPECIMEN BANKS; DRUG COMPOUNDING; DRUG STORAGE; ETHNOBOTANY; ETHNOPHARMACOLOGY; FEMALE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; MALE; MEDICINE, AFRICAN TRADITIONAL; MIDDLE AGED; MYCOBACTERIUM; PHYTOTHERAPY; PLANT STRUCTURES; PLANTS, MEDICINAL; TISSUE EXTRACTS; TUBERCULOSIS; UGANDA;

ACACIA; EUCALYPTUS; MOMORDICA FOETIDA; OCIMUM SUAVE; PERSEA AMERICANA; WARBURGIA SALUTARIS; ZANTHOXYLUM CHALYBEUM;

EID: 72149129181     PISSN: 03788741     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jep.2009.09.035     Document Type: Article

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