Plants used for treating respiratory infections in rural Maputaland, KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa

Journal of Ethnopharmacology

Volumn 135, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 696-710

  York, T ^a   De Wet, H ^a   Van Vuuren, S F ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ZULULAND   (South Africa)

^b UNIVERSITY OF THE WITWATERSRAND   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Ethnobotany; Maputaland; Respiratory infections; South Africa

Indexed keywords

ACANTHOSPERMUM GLABRATUM EXTRACT; ALOE MARLOTHII EXTRACT; BRACHYLAENA DISCOLOR EXTRACT; BRIDELIA CATHARTICA EXTRACT; CITRUS LIMON EXTRACT; CLAUSENA ANISA EXTRACT; CLEMATIS BRACHIATA EXTRACT; COMBRETUM MOLLE EXTRACT; CYPERUS ARTICULATUS EXTRACT; EKEBERGIA CAPENSIS EXTRACT; ERYTHRINA CAFFRA EXTRACT; EUCALYPTUS GRANDI EXTRACT; EUCALYPTUS GRANDIS EXTRACT; EUPHORBIA TIRUCALLI EXTRACT; GUAVA EXTRACT; HELICHRYSUM KRAUSSII EXTRACT; HERBACEOUS AGENT; HYPOXIS EXTRACT; KRAUSEOLA MOSAMBICINA EXTRACT; LIPPIA JAVANICA EXTRACT; OZOROA OBOVATA EXTRACT; PARINARI CAPENSIS EXTRACT; PLECTRANTHUS NEOCHILUS EXTRACT; SANSEVIERIA HYACINTHOIDES EXTRACT; SCADOXIS PUNICEUS EXTRACT; SCLEROCARYA BIRREA EXTRACT; SENECIO DELTOIDEUS EXTRACT; SENECIO SERRATULLOIDES EXTRACT; TETRADENIA RIPARIA EXTRACT; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; UNINDEXED DRUG;

ARTICLE; DRUG INFORMATION; DRUG SYNTHESIS; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HUMAN; LUNG INFECTION; MEDICINAL PLANT; RELIGION; RURAL AREA; SHRUB; SOUTH AFRICA; STRUCTURED QUESTIONNAIRE;

DATA COLLECTION; ETHNOBOTANY; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; MEDICINE, TRADITIONAL; PHYTOTHERAPY; PLANT EXTRACTS; PLANTS, MEDICINAL; QUESTIONNAIRES; RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTIONS; RURAL POPULATION; SOUTH AFRICA;

ACANTHOSPERMUM; ALOE MARLOTHII; EUCALYPTUS GRANDIS; LIPPIA JAVANICA; PARINARI; PLECTRANTHUS; SENECIO; TETRADENIA RIPARIA;

EID: 79957480024     PISSN: 03788741     EISSN: 18727573     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jep.2011.03.072     Document Type: Article

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