Medicinal plants use in central Togo (Africa) with an emphasis on the timing

Pharmacognosy Research

Volumn 4, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 92-103

  Tchacondo, Tchadjobo ^a   Karou, Simplice D ^a   Agban, Amégninou ^a   Bako, Mamouda ^a   Batawila, Komlan ^a   Bawa, Moctar L ^a   Gbeassor, Mensavi ^a   De Souza, Comlan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LOMÉ   (Togo)

Author keywords

Chronobiology; chronotherapy; folk medicine; herbal concoctions; plant administration; traditional healers

Indexed keywords

ACANTHOSPERMUM HISPIDUM EXTRACT; ALTERNANTHERA PUNGENS EXTRACT; ANACARDIC ACID; ANNONA SENEGALENSIS EXTRACT; ANTHOCLEISTA DJALONENSIS EXTRACT; ARISTOLOCHIA ALBIDA EXTRACT; BORASSUS AETHIOPUM EXTRACT; BURKEA AFRICANA EXTRACT; CARICA PAPAYA EXTRACT; CASSIA OCCIDENTALIS EXTRACT; CHRYSANTHELLUM INDICUM EXTRACT; ELAEIS GUINEENSIS EXTRACT; ERYTHROPHLEUM AFRICANUM EXTRACT; JATROPHA CURCAS EXTRACT; JATROPHA GOSSYPIIFOLIA EXTRACT; KHAYA SENEGALENSIS EXTRACT; KIGELIA AFRICANA EXTRACT; LOPHIRA LANCEOLATA EXTRACT; MANGIFERA INDICA EXTRACT; MOMORDICA CHARANTIA EXTRACT; PARINARI CURATELLIFOLIA EXTRACT; PARINARI SENEGALENSIS EXTRACT; PILIOSTIGMA THONNINGII EXTRACT; PLANT EXTRACT; PTELEOPSIS SUBEROSA EXTACT; SARCOCEPHALUS LATIFOLIUS EXTRACT; STEREOSPERMUM KUNTHIANUM EXTRACT; TERMINALIA AVICENNIOIDES EXTRACT; TRICHILIA EMETICA EXTRACT; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; UNINDEXED DRUG;

ABDOMINAL PAIN; ABSCESS; ADULT; AFRICA; ANTHOCLEISTA DJALONENSIS; ARTICLE; BARK; CONSTIPATION; COUGHING; DIABETES MELLITUS; DIARRHEA; EPILEPSY; EUPHORBIACEAE; FEMALE; FEMALE INFERTILITY; FRACTURE; HARVESTING; HEADACHE; HEMORRHOID; HERBAL MEDICINE; HERNIA; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; INFERTILITY; INTESTINE INFECTION; KHAYA SENEGALENSIS; LACTATION DISORDER; MALARIA; MALE; MALE INFERTILITY; MEDICINAL PLANT; MELIACEAE; MENTAL DISEASE; PLANT LEAF; PLANT ROOT; PLANT STEM; PRURITUS; SARCOCEPHALUS LATIFOLIUS; SEMI STRUCTURED INTERVIEW; SICKLE CELL; SICKLE CELL ANEMIA; SINUSITIS; SNAKEBITE; STOMACH PAIN; SYPHILIS; TRADITIONAL MEDICINE; TRICHILIA EMETICA; TYPHOID FEVER; ULCER; VAGINA DISCHARGE; VISUAL DISORDER;

EID: 84859806627     PISSN: None     EISSN: 09748490     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4103/0974-8490.94724     Document Type: Article

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