Herbal medicine commonly used against non-communicable diseases in the tropical island of Mauritius

Journal of Herbal Medicine

Volumn 2, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 113-125

  Chintamunnee, Vedamrita ^a   Mahomoodally, M Fawzi ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MAURITIUS   (Mauritius)

Author keywords

Demographic factors; Herbal remedies; Mauritius; Non communicable diseases

Indexed keywords

ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT; ADULT; AGE; ANISE; ARTICLE; ASTERACEAE; AZADIRACHTA INDICA; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DISEASES; FABACEAE; FEMALE; GASTROINTESTINAL TOXICITY; HERBAL MEDICINE; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; INCOME; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MAURITIUS; MOMORDICA CHARANTIA; NON COMMUNICABLE DISEASE; PLANT LEAF; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RUTACEAE;

EID: 84869509367     PISSN: 22108033     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.hermed.2012.06.001     Document Type: Article

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