Tamarindus indica L. (Fabaceae): Patterns of use in traditional African medicine

Journal of Ethnopharmacology

Volumn 127, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 573-588

  Havinga, Reinout M ^a   Hartl, Anna ^a   Putscher, Johanna ^a   Prehsler, Sarah ^a   Buchmann, Christine ^a   Vogl, Christian R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NATURAL RESOURCES AND LIFE SCIENCES   (Austria)

Author keywords

Africa; Diarrhoea; Ethnobotany; Laxative; Traditional medicine (TM); Wound healing

Indexed keywords

ABRUS PRECATORIUS EXTRACT; HERBACEOUS AGENT; LAXATIVE; PLANT EXTRACT; PTEROCARPUS ANGIOLENSIS EXTRACT; TAMARINDUS INDICA EXTRACT; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ABDOMINAL PAIN; ABNORMAL URINE COMPOSITION; ABRUS; ABSCESS; AFRICAN MEDICINE; ANCYLOSTOMIASIS; ANTIINFLAMMATORY ACTIVITY; ASTHMA; BACTERIAL INFECTION; BARK; BIRD DISEASE; BRONCHITIS; COMMON COLD; CONSTIPATION; COUGHING; DIABETES MELLITUS; DIARRHEA; DYSENTERY; EPILEPSY; ETHNOPHARMACOLOGY; FEVER; FRUIT; FRUIT HUSK; GASTROINTESTINAL DISEASE; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HEALTH CARE; HEART DISEASE; HELMINTHIASIS; HEPATITIS A; HUMAN; HYPOTENSION; INFERTILITY; INFLAMMATION; JAUNDICE; LEPROSY; MALARIA; MEASLES; MUMPS; NONHUMAN; OTALGIA; PLANT LEAF; PLANT ROOT; PTEROCARPUS; RESPIRATORY TRACT DISEASE; REVIEW; SCHISTOSOMIASIS; SLEEP DISORDER; STOMACH PAIN; SYPHILIS; TAMARIND; THORAX PAIN; VERTIGO; VOMITING; WOUND; YELLOW FEVER;

AFRICA; CROSS-CULTURAL COMPARISON; ETHNOPHARMACOLOGY; HUMANS; MEDICINE, AFRICAN TRADITIONAL; PHYTOTHERAPY; PLANT EXTRACTS; PLANT STRUCTURES; TAMARINDUS;

FABACEAE; TAMARINDUS INDICA;

EID: 76149085822     PISSN: 03788741     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jep.2009.11.028     Document Type: Review

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