Traditional anti-fever phytotherapies in Sagamu and Remo north districts in Ogun State, Nigeria

Journal of Herbs, Spices and Medicinal Plants

Volumn 16, Issue 3-4, 2010, Pages 203-218

  Adeyemi, Abiodun A ^a   Gbolade, Adebayo A ^a   Moody, Jones O ^b   Ogbole, Omonike O ^a   Fasanya, Monsurat T ^a  

^a OLABISI ONABANJO UNIVERSITY   (Nigeria)

^b UNIVERSITY OF IBADAN   (Nigeria)

Author keywords

ethnobotanical survey; Malaria; typhoid; yellow fever

Indexed keywords

ALSTONIA BOONEI EXTRACT; ANANAS COMOSUS EXTRACT; ANTIPYRETIC AGENT; AZADIRACHTA INDICA EXTRACT; BAMBOSA VULGARIS EXTRACT; CAJANUS CAJAN EXTRACT; CARICA PAPAYA EXTRACT; CHROMOLAENA ODORATA EXTRACT; CITRUS AURANTIFOLIA EXTRACT; CITRUS PARADISI EXTRACT; CYMBOGOGON CITRATUS EXTRACT; CYMBOPOGON CITRATUS EXTRACT; ENANTIA CHLORANTHA EXTRACT; GARCINIA KOLA EXTRACT; GARLIC EXTRACT; GOSSYPIUM HIRSUTUM EXTRACT; GUAVA EXTRACT; HIPPOCRATEA INDICA EXTRACT; LAWSONIA INERMIS EXTRACT; MANGIFERA INDICA EXTRACT; MORINDA LUCIDA EXTRACT; MUCUNA SOLAN EXTRACT; MUSA SAPIENTUM EXTRACT; NICOTIANA TABACUM EXTRACT; PHYLLANTHUS AMARUS EXTRACT; PLANT EXTRACT; SARCOCEPHALUS LATIFOLIUS EXTRACT; SENNA OCCIDENTALIS EXTRACT; TERMINALIA CATAPPA EXTRACT; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; UNINDEXED DRUG;

DISEASE TREATMENT; ETHNOBOTANY; ETIOLOGY; MALARIA; MEDICINAL PLANT; QUESTIONNAIRE SURVEY; SEASONALITY; STATE ROLE; TYPHOID; YELLOW FEVER;

ALSTONIA BOONEI; ANANAS COMOSUS; ANGIOSPERM; ARTICLE; BAMBOSA VULGARIS; CHROMOLAENA ODORATA; COLD; CYMBOGOGON CITRATUS; ENANTIA CHLORANTHA; GOSSYPIUM HIRSUTUM; GRAPEFRUIT; HEALTH SURVEY; HIPPOCRATEA INDICA; HUMAN; MALARIA; MEDICINAL PLANT; MORINDA; MORINDA LUCIDA; MUCUNA SOLAN; MUSA SAPIENTUM; NIGERIA; PIGEONPEA; QUESTIONNAIRE; SARCOCEPHALUS LATIFOLIUS; SEMI STRUCTURED INTERVIEW; SENNA OCCIDENTALIS; TERMINALIA CATAPPA; TYPHOID FEVER; YELLOW FEVER;

CARICA PAPAYA; CITRUS AURANTIIFOLIA; CYMBOPOGON CITRATUS; ENANTIA CHLORANTHA; LAWSONIA INERMIS; MORINDA LUCIDA;

EID: 78249288789     PISSN: 10496475     EISSN: 15403580     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10496475.2010.511075     Document Type: Article

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