Use of traditional medicinal plants by indigenous people in mekele town, capital city of tigray regional state of Ethiopia

Journal of Medicinal Plants Research

Volumn 4, Issue 17, 2010, Pages 1799-1804

  Yirga, Gidey ^a  

^a MEKELLE UNIVERSITY   (Ethiopia)

Author keywords

Ethno botany; Medicinal plants; Mekele; Traditional healers

Indexed keywords

ALOE BARBADENSIS EXTRACT; CITRUS AURANTIFOLIA EXTRACT; CORDIA AFRICANA EXTRACT; CROTON MACROSTACHYUS EXTRACT; CUCURBITA PEPO EXTRACT; DATURA INNOXIA EXTRACT; ENTADA ABYSSINICA EXTRACT; HERBACEOUS AGENT; OLEA EUROPAEA EXTRACT; PHYTOLACCA DODECANDRA EXTRACT; PLANT EXTRACT; RHUS GLUTINOSA EXTRACT; SCHINUS MOLLE EXTRACT; SOLANUM INSANUM EXTRACT; TRIGONELLA FOENUM GRAECUM EXTRACT; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VERBASCUM SINAITICUM EXTRACT; VERNONIA AMYGDALINA EXTRACT; ZIZIPHUS SPINA EXTRACT;

ADULT; ARTICLE; AWARENESS; CORDIA AFRICANA; CROTON MACROSTACHYUS; DIARRHEA; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG ISOLATION; DRUG SYNTHESIS; ENTADA ABYSSINICA; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; ETHIOPIA; ETHNOBOTANY; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; HYPERTHERMIA; INDIGENOUS PEOPLE; KNOWLEDGE; MALE; MEDICINAL PLANT; RHUS GLUTINOSA; SCHINUS MOLLE; SEMI STRUCTURED INTERVIEW; SOLANUM INSANUM; TRADITIONAL MEDICINE; VERBASCUM SINAITICUM; VOMITING; ZIZIPHUS SPINA;

OVIS ARIES;

EID: 78149375284     PISSN: 19960875     EISSN: 19960875     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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