The trade of medicinal plants by muthi shops and street vendors in the Limpopo Province, South Africa

Journal of Medicinal Plants Research

Volumn 5, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 558-564

  Moeng, E T ^a   Potgieter, M J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LIMPOPO   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Limpopo province; Medicinal plants; Muthi shops; Muthi traders; Street vendors

Indexed keywords

HERBACEOUS AGENT;

ACQUIRED IMMUNE DEFICIENCY SYNDROME; ALEPIDEA AMATYMBICA; ARTICLE; BARK; COMMERCIAL PHENOMENA; COMMON COLD; DRIMIA SANQUINEA; EUCOMIS PALLIDIFLORA; FEMALE INFERTILITY; GYNECOLOGIC DISEASE; HELICHRYSUM KRAUSSII; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; HYPOXIS OBTUSA; IMPOTENCE; INFLUENZA; KIRKIA WILMSII; MARKET; MEDICINAL PLANT; NONHUMAN; PLANT LEAF; PLANT ROOT; SECURIDACA LONGIPENDUNCULATA; SIPHONOCHILUS AETHIOPICUS; SOUTH AFRICA; SPECIES CONSERVATION; SURVIVAL; ULCER; WOUND;

EID: 79953687374     PISSN: 19960875     EISSN: 19960875     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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