Uses of multiple plants prescriptions for treatment of malaria by some communities in southern Ghana

Journal of Ethnopharmacology

Volumn 144, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 448-452

  Asase, Alex ^a   Hesse, Dede N ^a   Simmonds, Monique S J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GHANA   (Ghana)

^b ROYAL BOTANIC GARDENS   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Anti malarial plants; Antiplasmodial activity; Kakum National Park

Indexed keywords

AFRAMOMUM MELEGUETA EXTRACT; ALCHORNEA CORDIFOLIA EXTRACT; ALSTONIA BOONEI EXTRACT; ANANAS COMOSUS EXTRACT; ANNONA MURICATA EXTRACT; ANOPYXIS KLAINEANA EXTRACT; ANTIMALARIAL AGENT; AZARDIRACHTA INDICA EXTRACT; CARICA PAPAYA EXTRACT; CASSIA ALATA EXTRACT; CASSIA SIAMEA EXTRACT; CITRUS AURANTIFOLIA EXTRACT; CITRUS SINENSIS EXTRACT; COCOS NUCIFERA EXTRACT; CYMPOBOGON CITRATUS EXTRACT; ERYTHROPHLEUM IVORENSE EXTRACT; EUCALYPTUS EXTRACT; GUAVA EXTRACT; HOSLUNDIA OPPOSITA EXTRACT; JUSTICIA FLAVA EXTRACT; MANGIFERA INDICA EXTRACT; MAREYA MICRANTHA EXTRACT; MONODORA MYRISTICA EXTRACT; MORINDA LUCIDA EXTRACT; OCIMUM VIRIDE EXTRACT; PIPER GUINEENSE EXTRACT; PLANT EXTRACT; ROTHMANNIA HISPIDA EXTRACT; TAPINANTHUS DODONEIFOLIUS EXTRACT; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; UNINDEXED DRUG;

ARTICLE; BARK; FRUIT; GHANA; HUMAN; MALARIA; MEDICINAL PLANT; PLANT LEAF; PLANT ROOT; PLANT STEM; PRESCRIPTION; QUESTIONNAIRE; SOLVENT EXTRACTION;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANTIMALARIALS; FEMALE; GHANA; HUMANS; MALARIA; MALE; MEDICINE, AFRICAN TRADITIONAL; MIDDLE AGED; PHYTOTHERAPY; PLANT PREPARATIONS; PLANTS, MEDICINAL; QUESTIONNAIRES;

EID: 84868197453     PISSN: 03788741     EISSN: 18727573     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jep.2012.09.028     Document Type: Article

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