Ethnobotanical study on some Malaysian anti-malarial plants: A community based survey

Journal of Ethnopharmacology

Volumn 132, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 362-364

  Al Adhroey, Abdulelah H ^a   Nor, Zurainee M ^a   Al Mekhlafi, Hesham M ^a   Mahmud, Rohela ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MALAYA   (Malaysia)

Author keywords

Ethnobotanical survey; Malaria; Malaysia

Indexed keywords

ALSTONIA ANGUSTILOBA EXTRACT; ANTIMALARIAL AGENT; AZADIRACHTA INDICA EXTRACT; BETEL EXTRACT; BRUCEA JAVANICA EXTRACT; CASSIA SIAMEA EXTRACT; COCOS NUCIFERA EXTRACT; CURCUMA DOMESTICA EXTRACT; ELATERIOSPERMUM TAPOS EXTRACT; EURYCOMA LONGIFOLIA EXTRACT; HIBISCUS ROSA SINENSIS EXTRACT; LABISIA PUMILA EXTRACT; LANGUAS GALANGA EXTRACT; LANSIUM DOMESTICUM EXTRACT; MORINDA CITRIFOLIA EXTRACT; NIGELLA SATIVA EXTRACT; OCIMUM TENUIFLORUM EXTRACT; PHYLLANTHUS NIRURI EXTRACT; TINOSPORA CRISPA EXTRACT; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AESCHYNANTHUS; ALSTONIA; ALSTONIA ANGUSTILOBA; ARTICLE; BASIL; CASSIA SIAMEA; COCONUT; CURCUMA DOMESTICA; CURCUMA LONGA; ELATERIOSPERMUM TAPOS; ETHNOBOTANY; FEMALE; HIBISCUS; HIBISCUS ROSA SINENSIS; HUMAN; LABISIA PUMILA; LANGUAS GALANGA; LANSIUM DOMESTICUM; MALARIA; MALAYSIA; OCIMUM TENUIFLORUM; PROPHYLAXIS; SENNA; TINOSPORA; TINOSPORA CRISPA;

ANTIMALARIALS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; ETHNOBOTANY; HUMANS; MALARIA; MALAYSIA; PLANT EXTRACTS; PLANTS, MEDICINAL; QUESTIONNAIRES;

EID: 77957811264     PISSN: 03788741     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jep.2010.08.006     Document Type: Article

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