Traditional plants used for medicinal purposes by local communities around the Northern sector of Kibale National Park, Uganda

Journal of Ethnopharmacology

Volumn 136, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 236-245

  Namukobe, Jane ^a   Kasenene, John M ^a   Kiremire, Bernard T ^a   Byamukama, Robert ^a   Kamatenesi Mugisha, Maud ^a   Krief, Sabrina ^b   Dumontet, Vincent ^c   Kabasa, John D ^d  

^a MAKERERE UNIVERSITY   (Uganda)

^b Université Paris Diderot   (France)

^c CNRS   (France)

^d Faculty of Veterinary Medicine   (Uganda)

Author keywords

Diseases; Kibale National Park; Medicinal plants; People; Treatment; Uganda

Indexed keywords

ACACIA HOCKII EXTRACT; ACMELLA CAULIRHIZA EXTRACT; AFRAMOMUM ANGUSTIFOLIUM EXTRACT; AGERATUM CONYZOIDES EXTRACT; ALBIZIA CORIARIA EXTRACT; ALBIZIA CORIARIA WELW EXTRACT; ALOE VERA EXTRACT; ASPARAGUS AFRICANUS EXTRACT; BASELLA ALBA EXTRACT; BIDENS PILOSA EXTRACT; BLIGHIA UNIJUGATA EXTRACT; BRACHIARIA DECUMBENS EXTRACT; CAJANUS CAJAN EXTRACT; CALLISTEMON CITRINUS EXTRACT; CAMELLIA SINENSIS EXTRACT; CANNA INDICA EXTRACT; CASSIA DIDYMOBOTRYA EXTRACT; CASSIA MIMOSOIDES EXTRACT; CASSIA OCCIDENTALIS EXTRACT; CATHA EDULIS EXTRACT; CENTELLA ASIATICA EXTRACT; CESTRUM NOCTURNUM EXTRACT; CHENOPODIUM OPULIFOLIUM EXTRACT; CHENOPODIUM PROCERUM EXTRACT; CITROPSIS ARTICULATA EXTRACT; CITRUS LIMONUM EXTRACT; GARLIC EXTRACT; PLANT EXTRACT; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; UNINDEXED DRUG; VERNONIA AMYGDALINA EXTRACT;

ALBIZIA CORIARIA WELW; ANISAKIASIS; ARTICLE; CONSTIPATION; COUGHING; DIARRHEA; DRUG DEVELOPMENT; DRUG TARGETING; DYSMENORRHEA; EPISTAXIS; EYE INFECTION; FEVER; HEADACHE; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HEART DISEASE; HERNIA; HUMAN; MALARIA; MALE INFERTILITY; MEASLES; MEDICINAL PLANT; MYALGIA; NONHUMAN; PHYTOCHEMISTRY; PLANT LEAF; PNEUMONIA; SEMI STRUCTURED INTERVIEW; SNAKEBITE; STOMACH PAIN; TINEA PEDIS; TRADITIONAL MEDICINE; UGANDA; ULCER; WORM INFECTION; WOUND; YELLOW FEVER;

HUMANS; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; MEDICINE, AFRICAN TRADITIONAL; PHYTOTHERAPY; PLANT EXTRACTS; PLANT LEAVES; PLANTS, MEDICINAL; UGANDA;

ALBIZIA; CORIARIA; VERNONIA AMYGDALINA;

EID: 79958121162     PISSN: 03788741     EISSN: 18727573     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jep.2011.04.044     Document Type: Article

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