Plants used for treatment of malaria in communities around the Bobiri forest reserve in Ghana

Journal of Herbs, Spices and Medicinal Plants

Volumn 17, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 85-106

  Asase, Alex ^a   Asafo Agyei, Tonny ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GHANA   (Ghana)

Author keywords

antimalarial; conservation; medicinal plant; traditional medicine

Indexed keywords

ALCHORNEA CORDIFOLIA EXTRACT; ALSTONIA BOONEI EXTRACT; AMARANTHUS SPINOSUS EXTRACT; ANANAS COMOSUS EXTRACT; ANNONA MURICATA EXTRACT; ANTIMALARIAL AGENT; BIDENS PLOSA EXTRACT; CARICA PAPAYA EXTRACT; CHROMOLAENA ODORATA EXTRACT; CLEISTOPHOLIS PATENS EXTRACT; ECLLIPTA ALBA EXTRACT; FUNTUMIA ELASTICA EXTRACT; JATROPHA GOSSYPIFOLIA EXTRACT; JUSTICIA FLAVA EXTRACT; MANGIFERA INDICA EXTRACT; MAREYA SPICATA EXTRACT; MOMRDICA CHARANTIA EXTRACT; OCIMUM BASILICUM EXTRACT; OCIMUM GRATISSIMUM EXTRACT; PERSEA AMERICANA EXTRACT; PHYLLANTHUS NIRURI EXTRACT; PLANT EXTRACT; RICINUS COMMINUS EXTRACT; SENNA ALATA EXTRACT; SENNA OCCIDENTALIS EXTRACT; SPATHODEA CAMPANULATA EXTRACT; TERMINALIA CATAPA EXTRACT; TETRAPLEURA TETRAPTERA EXTRACT; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; UNINDEXED DRUG; VERNONIA AMYGDALINA EXTRACT;

ALTERNATIVE AGRICULTURE; CONSERVATION MANAGEMENT; INDIGENOUS POPULATION; MALARIA; MEDICINAL PLANT; NATURE RESERVE; QUESTIONNAIRE SURVEY; SPECIES DIVERSITY; TRADITIONAL MEDICINE;

ADULT; ALCHORNEA CORDIFOLIA; ALSTONIA BOONEI; AMARANTHUS SPINOSUS; ANANAS COMOSUS; ARTICLE; AVOCADO; BARK; BIDENS PLOSA; CHROMOLAENA ODORATA; CLEISTOPHOLIS PATENS; ECLLIPTA ALBA; FEMALE; FLOWER; FOREST; FRUIT; FUNTUMIA ELASTICA; GHANA; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; JATROPHA GOSSYPIFOLIA; JUSTICIA FLAVA; MALARIA; MALE; MAREYA SPICATA; MEDICINAL PLANT; MOMRDICA CHARANTIA; PLANT LEAF; PLANT STEM; RICINUS COMMINUS; SENNA ALATA; SENNA OCCIDENTALIS; SPATHODEA CAMPANULATA; STRUCTURED QUESTIONNAIRE; TERMINALIA CATAPA; TETRAPLEURA TETRAPTERA;

ASHANTI; BOBIRI FOREST RESERVE; GHANA;

EID: 79958795222     PISSN: 10496475     EISSN: 15403580     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10496475.2011.581132     Document Type: Article

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