Ethnopharmacological survey of medicinal plants used in women infertility treatment in Fossong-Wentcheng and Foto villages, Western Region of Cameroon;Enquête ethnopharmacologique des plantes utilisées dans le traitement de l'infertilité féminine dans les localités de Fossong-Wentcheng et Foto, Cameroun

Phytotherapie

Volumn 10, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 25-34

  Telefo, P B ^a   Lemfack, M C ^a   Bayala, B ^b   Lienou, L L ^a   Goka, C S ^a   Yemele, M D ^a   Mouokeu, C ^a   Tagne, S R ^a   Moundipa, F P ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF DSCHANG   (Cameroon)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE OUAGADOUGOU   (Burkina Faso)

^c UNIVERSITY OF YAOUNDÉ I   (Cameroon)

Author keywords

Ethnopharmacological survey; Medicinal plants; Traditional recipes; Woman Infertility

Indexed keywords

AFRAMOMUM LETESTUANUM; ARTICLE; CAMEROON; CRINUM DISTICHUM; EREMOMASTAX SPECIOSA; ETHNOPHARMACOLOGY; FEMALE; FEMALE INFERTILITY; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; JUSTICIA INSULARIS; MEDICAL LITERATURE; MEDICINAL PLANT; NONHUMAN; REGISTER; TRADITIONAL MEDICINE;

EID: 84857645453     PISSN: 16248597     EISSN: 17652847     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10298-011-0678-6     Document Type: Article

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