Phytochemicals and uses of Moringa oleifera leaves in Ugandan rural communities

Journal of Medicinal Plants Research

Volumn 4, Issue 9, 2010, Pages 753-757

  Kasolo, Josephine N ^a   Bimenya, Gabriel S ^a   Ojok, Lonzy ^a   Ochieng, Joseph ^a   Ogwal Okeng, Jasper W ^a  

^a MAKERERE UNIVERSITY COLLEGE OF HEALTH SCIENCES   (Uganda)

Author keywords

Herbal medicine; Medicinal plant extracts; Phytochemicals; Uganda

Indexed keywords

AGLYCONE; ALCOHOL; ALKALOID; ANTHRAQUINONE DERIVATIVE; COUMARIN DERIVATIVE; ETHER; FLAVONOID; GALLIC ACID DERIVATIVE; MORINGA OLEIFERA EXTRACT; PHYTOSTEROL; SAPONIN; SUGAR; TANNIN DERIVATIVE; TRITERPENOID; WATER;

ACQUIRED IMMUNE DEFICIENCY SYNDROME; ADULT; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; BONE DISEASE; BRONCHITIS; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; COLITIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIABETES MELLITUS; DRUG IDENTIFICATION; DRUG INDICATION; DRUG USE; FEMALE; FEVER; GASTRITIS; HEALTH SURVEY; HEARTBURN; HERBAL MEDICINE; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; HYPERTENSION; IMPOTENCE; INFLUENZA; MALARIA; MALE; NONHUMAN; PHYTOCHEMISTRY; PLANT LEAF; PROTEIN CALORIE MALNUTRITION; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; RURAL AREA; SEPSIS; SKIN DISEASE; SOLVENT EXTRACTION; STOMACH ULCER; SYPHILIS; UGANDA; ULCER; WORM INFECTION;

MORINGA OLEIFERA;

EID: 77953385004     PISSN: 19960875     EISSN: 19960875     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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