Medical pluralism on Mfangano Island: Use of medicinal plants among persons living with HIV/AIDS in Suba District, Kenya

Journal of Ethnopharmacology

Volumn 135, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 501-509

  Nagata, Jason M ^a,b   Jew, Alan R ^c   Kimeu, John M ^d   Salmen, Charles R ^a,b   Bukusi, Elizabeth A ^b,e   Cohen, Craig R ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d INSTITUTE OF PRIMATE RESEARCH   (Kenya)

^e KENYA MEDICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Kenya)

Author keywords

Africa; Ethnobotany; Herbal medicine; Herbalists; HIV AIDS; Kenya; Luo; Medicinal plants; Nyanza Province; Suba; Traditional remedies

Indexed keywords

ANTIRETROVIRUS AGENT; HERBACEOUS AGENT;

ABRUS; ACQUIRED IMMUNE DEFICIENCY SYNDROME; ADULT; ALOE; APOCYNACEAE; ARTICLE; AZADIRACHTA INDICA; BALANITES; BIDENS PILOSA; CAPPARACEAE; CAPPARIS; COCONUT; COMMIPHORA; CORCHORUS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; CYMBOPOGON CITRATUS; DRUG USE; EUPHORBIA; FEMALE; FICUS; GARLIC; GINGER; GUAVA; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; IPOMOEA; KENYA; LANTANA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL PLURALISM; MEDICINAL PLANT; MELIA AZEDARACH; MELON; OLACACEAE; PAPAYA; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PLECTRANTHUS; POISON IVY; SOUR ORANGE; THEVETIA; TITHONIAN; VITACEAE;

ADOLESCENT; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HISTORY, 16TH CENTURY; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; KENYA; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PHYTOTHERAPY; PLANTS, MEDICINAL; YOUNG ADULT;

APOCYNACEAE; AZADIRACHTA INDICA; CARISSA EDULIS; CHIRA; MELIACEAE; OLACACEAE; XIMENIA AMERICANA;

EID: 79955691578     PISSN: 03788741     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jep.2011.03.051     Document Type: Article

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