Ethnomedicine of the Kagera Region, north western Tanzania. Part 3: Plants used in traditional medicine in Kikuku village, Muleba District

Journal of Ethnobiology and Ethnomedicine

Volumn 8, Issue , 2012, Pages

  Moshi, Mainen J ^a   Otieno, Donald F ^b   Weisheit, Anke ^c  

^a MUHIMBILI UNIVERSITY OF HEALTH AND ALLIED SCIENCES   (Tanzania)

^b MOI UNIVERSITY   (Kenya)

^c MBARARA UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Uganda)

Author keywords

Asteraceae; Ethnomedicine; Euphorbiaceae; Kagera region; Kikuku village

Indexed keywords

ASTERACEAE; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); EUPHORBIACEAE; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS;

PLANT MEDICINAL PRODUCT;

AFRICAN MEDICINE; ARTICLE; ASTERACEAE; EUPHORBIACEAE; HUMAN; INFECTION; MALE; MEDICINAL PLANT; PHYTOTHERAPY; TANZANIA;

ASTERACEAE; EUPHORBIACEAE; HUMANS; INFECTION; MALE; MEDICINE, AFRICAN TRADITIONAL; PHYTOTHERAPY; PLANT PREPARATIONS; PLANTS, MEDICINAL; TANZANIA;

EID: 84859193432     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17464269     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1746-4269-8-14     Document Type: Article

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