Ethnobotany and phytomedicine of the upper Nyong valley forest in Cameroon

African Journal of Pharmacy and Pharmacology

Volumn 3, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 144-150

  Jiofack, T ^a   Ayissi, I ^b   Fokunang, C ^c   Guedje, N ^d   Kemeuze, V ^a  

^a Millennium Ecologic Museum   (Cameroon)

^b Cameron Wildlife Consevation Society (CWCS Cameroon)   (Cameroon)

^c UNIVERSITY OF YAOUNDÉ I   (Cameroon)

^d National Herbarium of Cameroon   (Cameroon)

Author keywords

Conservation; Diseases; Ethnobotanical uses; Nyong valley; Posterity

Indexed keywords

ABRUS EXTRACT; ACANTHOSPERMUM HISPIDUM EXTRACT; ACANTHUS MONTANUS EXTRACT; ACNELLA CAULIRHIZA EXTRACT; AFRAMOMUM MELEGUETA EXTRACT; AFZELIA BELLA EXTRACT; ALBIZIA ADIANTHIFOLIA EXTRACT; ALBIZIA FERRUGINEA EXTRACT; ALBIZIA ZYGIA EXTRACT; ALCHORNEA CORDIFOLIA EXTRACT; ALCHORNEA FLORIBUNDA EXTRACT; ALCHORNEA LAXIFLORA EXTRACT; ALSTONIA BOONEI EXTARCT; AMPELOCISSUS EXTRACT; AMPHIMAS PTEROCARPOIDES EXTRACT; ANONIDIUM MANNII EXTRACT; ANTHOCLEISTA VOGELII EXTARCT; ANTROCARYON KLAINEANUM EXTRACT; ASPILIA AFRICANA EXTRACT; AZADIRACHTA INDICA EXTRACT; BAILLONELLA TOXISPERMA EXTARCT; BIDENS PILOSA EXTRACT; BOERHAVIA COCCINEA EXTRACT; BRIDELIA FERRUGINEA EXTRACT; BRIDELIA MICRANTHA EXTRACT; BRYOPHYLLUM PINNATUM EXTRACT; BUCHHOLZIA CORIACEA EXTRACT; CAPSICUM FRUTESCENS EXTRACT; CARAPA PROCERA EXTRACT; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; UNINDEXED DRUG;

ABDOMINAL PAIN; ABRUS; ABSCESS; ACANTHOSPERMUM HISPIDUM; ACANTHUS MONTANUS; ACNELLA CAULIRHIZA; AFRAMOMUM MELEGUETA; AFZELIA BELLA; ALBIZIA ADIANTHIFOLIA; ALBIZIA FERRUGINEA; ALBIZIA ZYGIA; ALCHORNEA CORDIFOLIA; ALCHORNEA FLORIBUNDA; ALCHORNEA LAXIFLORA; ALSTONIA BOONEI; AMENORRHEA; AMPELOCISSUS; AMPHIMAS PTEROCARPOIDES; ANEMIA; ANONIDIUM MANNII; ANOREXIA; ANTHOCLEISTA VOGELII; ANTROCARYON KLAINEANUM; ARTICLE; ASPILIA AFRICANA; ASTHENIA; AZADIRACHTA INDICA; BAILLONELLA TOXISPERMA; BARK; BIDENS PILOSA; BIODIVERSITY; BOERHAVIA COCCINEA; BRIDELIA FERRUGINEA; BRIDELIA MICRANTHA; BRONCHITIS; BRYOPHYLLUM PINNATUM; BUCHHOLZIA CORIACEA; CAMEROON; CAPSICUM FRUTESCENS; CARAPA PROCERA; CONSTIPATION; COUGHING; DERMATITIS; DIABETES MELLITUS; DIAPER DERMATITIS; DIARRHEA; DOG BITE; DYSENTERY; DYSMENORRHEA; DYSTOCIA; EDEMA; EPILEPSY; ETHNOBOTANY; EYE PAIN; FLOWER; FOREST; GASTRITIS; GENERALIZED EDEMA; GONORRHEA; HELMINTHIASIS; HEMORRHOID; HEPATITIS; HUMAN; IMPOTENCE; INFERTILITY; INFLAMMATION; LOW BACK PAIN; MALARIA; MALE INFERTILITY; MEDICAL INFORMATION; MEDICINAL PLANT; MENORRHAGIA; MENSTRUATION DISORDER; MICTURITION DISORDER; MUMPS; NONHUMAN; PELVIC INFLAMMATORY DISEASE; PHARYNGITIS; PHYTOMEDICINE; PLANT LEAF; PLANT SEED; PLANT STEM; PNEUMONIA; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASE; SNAKEBITE; SOCIOECONOMICS; SPLENOMEGALY; SYPHILIS; TOOTH PAIN; TYPHOID FEVER; ULCER; URINARY TRACT INFECTION; VISUAL DISORDER; WILDLIFE CONSERVATION; WOUND;

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DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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