Herbalism and resources for the development of ethnopharmacology in Mount Cameroon region

African Journal of Pharmacy and Pharmacology

Volumn 3, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 078-086

  Ndenecho, E N ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF YAOUNDÉ I   (Cameroon)

Author keywords

Ethno pharmacology; Herbalism; Indigenous knowledge; Medicinal plants; Sustainability; Threats

Indexed keywords

ANCISTROCLADUS KORUPENSIS EXTRACT; ANTHOCYANIN; BIFLAVONOID; COUMANIN; ESERIDINE; HERBACEOUS AGENT; PALMATINE; PHYSOSTIGMINE; PLANT EXTRACT; PLANT GLYCOSIDE; SAPONIN; SAPONISIDE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AFRICAN TRYPANOSOMIASIS; ALSTONIA BOONEI; ANCISTROCLADUS KORUPENSIS; ANNICKIA CHLORANTHA; APPENDICITIS; ARTHRITIS; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; BACKACHE; BAILLONELLA TOXISPERMA; BARK; BIOMEDICINE; BLINDNESS; BRONCHITIS; BRYOPHYLLUM PINNATUM; BURN; CAMEROON; CANARIUM SCHWEINFURTHII; CEIBA PENTANDRA; CONJUNCTIVITIS; CONVULSION; COSTUS AFER; COUGHING; DIABETES MELLITUS; DIARRHEA; DRUG INDICATION; DRUG USE; DYSENTERY; DYSPEPSIA; ECZEMA; EREMOMASTAX SPECIOSA; ETHNOPHARMACOLOGY; EYE INJURY; EYE MALFORMATION; FEVER; FRACTURE; FURUNCULOSIS; GARCIANIA MANNII; GARCINIA KOLA; GLAUCOMA; GONORRHEA; HEADACHE; HEART PALPITATION; HEARTBURN; HEMORRHOID; HEPATITIS B; HERBAL MEDICINE; HERNIA; HYPERTENSION; INFLUENZA; JAUNDICE; KIGELIA AFRICANA; LEGUME PAPILLIONACEAE; LEPROSY; LIVER DISEASE; MAGNIFERA INDICA; MALARIA; MEASLES; MEDICINAL PLANT; MILICIA EXCELSA; MYCOSIS; NAUCLEA DIDERRICHII; NEWBOULDIA LAEVIS; PIPER GUINEENSIS; PLANT LEAF; PLANT ROOT; PLANT SEED; PLANT STEM; PREMENSTRUAL SYNDROME; PROSTATE DISEASE; PTEROCARPUS SOYAUXII; PYGEUM; RAUWOLFIA VOMITORIA; RHEUMATIC DISEASE; RICINODENDRON HEUDELOTII; SENNA ALATA; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASE; SKIN INFECTION; SKIN INFLAMMATION; SKIN ULCER; SMALLPOX; SNAKEBITE; SORE THROAT; SPILANTHES FILICAULIS; STOMACH DISEASE; STOMACH PAIN; STROPHANTHUS GRATUS; SYPHILIS; TETRAPLEURA TETRAPTERA; THORAX PAIN; TOOTH PAIN; TRADITIONAL MEDICINE; TYPHOID FEVER; VASCULAR DISEASE; VOACANGA AFRICANA; WOUND; YELLOW FEVER;

EID: 77951209115     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19960816     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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