Ethnopharmacological survey of native remedies commonly used against infectious diseases in the tropical island of Mauritius

Journal of Ethnopharmacology

Volumn 143, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 548-564

  Nunkoo, D Hema ^a   Mahomoodally, M Fawzi ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MAURITIUS   (Mauritius)

Author keywords

Ethnopharmacology; Herbal remedy; Infectious diseases; Mauritius; Natural remedies; Zootherapy

Indexed keywords

ACALYPHA INDICA; ADULT; AGE; AGED; ANIMAL PRODUCT; ARTICLE; CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; ETHNOBOTANY; ETHNOPHARMACOLOGY; FEMALE; GENDER; HELIX ASPERSA; HERBAL MEDICINE; HUMAN; INCOME; INFECTION; INTERVIEW; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MARRIAGE; MAURITIUS; MEDICINAL PLANT; NATIVE REMEDY; OCCUPATION; QUESTIONNAIRE; TRADITIONAL MEDICINE; ZINGIBERACEAE;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANIMALS; COMMUNICABLE DISEASES; ETHNOPHARMACOLOGY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MAURITIUS; MEDICINE, TRADITIONAL; MIDDLE AGED; PHYTOTHERAPY; PLANT PREPARATIONS; PLANTS, MEDICINAL; QUESTIONNAIRES;

ACALYPHA INDICA; ANGUILLA JAPONICA; ANIMALIA; BOS TAURUS; HELIX ASPERSA; PERIPLANETA AMERICANA; ZINGIBERACEAE;

EID: 84866032079     PISSN: 03788741     EISSN: 18727573     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jep.2012.07.013     Document Type: Article

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