Medicinal plants used by the Bapedi traditional healers to treat diarrhoea in the Limpopo Province, South Africa

Journal of Ethnopharmacology

Volumn 144, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 395-401

  Semenya, S S ^a   Maroyi, A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LIMPOPO   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Bapedi traditional healers; Diarrhoea; Ethnobotanical survey; Limpopo Province; South Africa

Indexed keywords

ACACIA SENEGAL EXTRACT; CARISSA EDULIS EXTRACT; COMMIPHORA MARLOTHII EXTRACT; DICOMA ANOMALA EXTRACT; DOMBEYA ROTUNDIFOLIA EXTRACT; GREWIA BICOLOR EXTRACT; GUAVA EXTRACT; GYMNOSPORIA SENEGALENSIS EXTRACT; HELICHRYSUM CAESPITITIUM EXTRACT; HERBACEOUS AGENT; OSYRIS LANCEOLATA EXTRACT; OZOROA SPHAEROCARPA EXTRACT; PLANT EXTRACT; PUNICA GRANATUM EXTRACT; SACCHARUM OFFICINARUM EXTRACT; SANSEVIERIA HYACINTHOIDES EXTRACT; SCLEROCARYA BIRREA EXTRACT; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VIGNA UNGUICULATA EXTACT; XIMENIA AMERICANA EXTRACT;

AFRICAN MEDICINE; ANACARDIACEAE; ARTICLE; ASTERACEAE; BARK; DIARRHEA; FABACEAE; FRUIT; HERBAL MEDICINE; HUMAN; MALVACEAE; MEDICINAL PLANT; MONOTHERAPY; PERICARP; PLANT GROWTH; PLANT LEAF; PLANT ROOT; PLANT SEED; PLANT TUBER; SOUTH AFRICA; SPECIES;

ADULT; AGED; ANTIDIARRHEALS; DATA COLLECTION; DIARRHEA; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MEDICINE, AFRICAN TRADITIONAL; MIDDLE AGED; PHYTOTHERAPY; PLANT PREPARATIONS; PLANTS, MEDICINAL; SOUTH AFRICA; YOUNG ADULT;

ACACIA SENEGAL; ANACARDIACEAE; ASTERACEAE; COMMIPHORA; DOMBEYA ROTUNDIFOLIA; FABACEAE; GREWIA BICOLOR; MALVACEAE; PUNICA GRANATUM;

EID: 84868200145     PISSN: 03788741     EISSN: 18727573     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jep.2012.09.027     Document Type: Article

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