Medicinal uses of Berberis holstii Engl. (Berberidaceae) in Malawi, the only African endemic barberry

Journal of Medicinal Plants Research

Volumn 5, Issue 8, 2011, Pages 1367-1373

  Maliwichi Nyirenda, Cecilia Promise ^a,b   Maliwichi, Lucy Lynn ^c   Franco, Miguel ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MALAWI   (Malawi)

^b Indigenous Knowledge Centre   (Malawi)

^c UNIVERSITY OF VENDA   (South Africa)

^d UNIVERSITY OF PLYMOUTH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Berberis holstii Engl. (Berberidaceae); Ethnobotany; Ethnomedicine; Medicinal plants; Nyika national park

Indexed keywords

PLANT MEDICINAL PRODUCT;

AFRICA; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; BACKACHE; BARK; BERBERIS; BERBERIS HOLSTII; CONTROLLED STUDY; COUGHING; DRUG INDICATION; DRUG RESEARCH; DRUG SYNTHESIS; DRUG USE; DRUG UTILIZATION; FEMALE; HEMATURIA; HUMAN; MALARIA; MALE; MENORRHAGIA; PLANT GROWTH; PLANT LEAF; PLANT ROOT; PNEUMONIA; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASE; SORE THROAT; STOMACH PAIN; UNSPECIFIED SIDE EFFECT;

BERBERIDACEAE; BERBERIS; BERBERIS HOLSTII; BERBERIS VULGARIS;

EID: 79957773936     PISSN: 19960875     EISSN: 19960875     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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