Ethnobotanical study of plants used in treating hypertension in Edo State of Nigeria

Journal of Ethnopharmacology

Volumn 144, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 1-10

  Gbolade, Adebayo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BENIN   (Nigeria)

Author keywords

Acalypha godseffiana; Allium sativum; Edo State; Ethnobotanical study; Hypertension; Persea americana; Zingiber officinale

Indexed keywords

ABRUS PRECATORIUS EXTRACT; ACALYPHA GODSEFFIANA EXTRACT; AFRAMOMUM MELEGUETA EXTRACT; BRYOPHYLLUM PINNATUM EXTRACT; CAJANUS CAJANS EXTRACT; CAPSICUM FRUTESCENS EXTRACT; CARICA PAPAYA EXTRACT; CASSIA TORA EXTRACT; CHASMANTHERA DEPENDENS EXTRACT; DIOSCOREA BULBIFER EXTRACT; EUPHORBIA HIRTA EXTRACT; GARLIC EXTRACT; GINGER EXTRACT; GLYCINE MAX EXTRACT; GONGRONEMA LATIFOLIUM EXTRACT; HUNTERIA UMBELLATA EXTRACT; ICACINA TRICHANTHA EXTRACT; MUSA PARADISIACA EXTRACT; ONION EXTRACT; PERSEA AMERICANA EXTRACT; PHYLLANTHUS AMARUS EXTRACT; PLANT EXTRACT; RAUWOLFIA VOMITORIA EXTRACT; SIDA ACUTA EXTRACT; SYZYGIUM AROMATICUM EXTRACT; TALINUM TRIANGULARE EXTRACT; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; UNINDEXED DRUG; VERNONIA AMYGDALINA EXTRACT; VISCUM ALBUM EXTRACT; ZEA MAYS EXTRACT;

ABRUS; ACALYPHA GODSEFFIANA; ADULT; AFRAMOMUM MELEGUETA; ANTIHYPERTENSIVE THERAPY; ARTICLE; AVOCADO; BRYOPHYLLUM PINNATUM; CAJANUS CAJANS; CAPSICUM FRUTESCENS; CHASMANTHERA DEPENDENS; CLOVE; DIALUM GUINEENSE; DIALUM GUINEENSE EXTRACT; DIOSCOREA BULBIFERA; ETHNOBOTANY; EUPHORBIA HIRTA; FEMALE; GARLIC; GINGER; GONGRONEMA LATIFOLIUM; GUINEA PEPPER; GYMNANTHEMUM AMYGDALINUM; HUMAN; HUNTERIA UMBELLATA; HYPERTENSION; ICACINA TRICHANTHA; MAIZE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICINAL PLANT; MUSA PARADISIACA; NIGERIA; ONION; PAPAYA; PHYLLANTHUS AMARUS; PLANT LEAF; QUESTIONNAIRE; RAUWOLFIA VOMITORIA; SEMI STRUCTURED INTERVIEW; SENNA TORA; SIDA ACUTA; SOYBEAN; TALINUM TRIANGULARE; VISCUM ALBUM; XYLOPIA AETHIOPICA;

ADULT; ANTIHYPERTENSIVE AGENTS; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION; MALE; MEDICINE, AFRICAN TRADITIONAL; MIDDLE AGED; NIGERIA; PHYTOTHERAPY; PLANT PREPARATIONS; PLANTS, MEDICINAL; QUESTIONNAIRES; YOUNG ADULT;

ACALYPHA; AFRAMOMUM MELEGUETA; ALLIUM; ALLIUM SATIVUM; HUNTERIA UMBELLATA; PERSEA AMERICANA; RAUVOLFIA VOMITORIA; SIDA ACUTA; VISCUM ALBUM; ZINGIBER OFFICINALE;

EID: 84867516807     PISSN: 03788741     EISSN: 18727573     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jep.2012.07.018     Document Type: Article

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