Ethnobotanical survey for potential anti-malarial plants in south-western Nigeria

Journal of Ethnopharmacology

Volumn 144, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 618-626

  Dike, I Precious ^a   Obembe, O Olawole ^a   Adebiyi, F Ezekiel ^a  

^a Centre for Economic Policy and Development Research   (Nigeria)

Author keywords

Anti malarial; Ethnobotany; Ludwigia peruviana; Persea americana; South western Nigeria

Indexed keywords

ALDEHYDE DERIVATIVE; ALKALOID; ALSTONIA CONGENSIS EXTRACT; ANACARDIC ACID; ANTIMALARIAL AGENT; AVOCADO EXTRACT; AZADIRACHTA INDICA EXTRACT; BENZOPHENONE DERIVATIVE; BIFLAVONOID; CARBOHYDRATE DERIVATIVE; CARICA PAPAYA EXTRACT; CYMBOPOGON CITRATUS EXTRACT; DACRYODES EDULIS EXTRACT; FICUS EXASPERATE EXTRACT; FLAVONOID; GARCINIA KOLA EXTRACT; GEDUNIN; GLYCOSIDE; GUAVA EXTRACT; HERBACEOUS AGENT; ISOPRENOID; LUDWIGIA PERUVIANA EXTRACT; MANGIFERA INDICA EXTRACT; MORINDA LUCIDA EXTRACT; MORMORDICA CHARANTIA EXTRACT; NAUCLEA LATIFOLIA EXTRACT; SAPONIN DERIVATIVE; TANNIN DERIVATIVE; TERPENOID DERIVATIVE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; XANTHONE DERIVATIVE;

ADULT; AGED; AGRICULTURAL WORKER; ALSTONIA CONGENSIS; ARTICLE; AVOCADO; AZADIRACHTA INDICA; CYMBOPOGON CITRATUS; DRUG ISOLATION; ETHNOBOTANY; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HERBAL MEDICINE; HUMAN; LUDWIGIA PERUVIANA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALARIA; MALE; NAUCLEA LATIFOLIA; NIGERIA; QUESTIONNAIRE; SEMI STRUCTURED INTERVIEW; TRADITIONAL MEDICINE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANGIOSPERMS; ANTIMALARIALS; ETHNOBOTANY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALARIA; MALE; MEDICINE, AFRICAN TRADITIONAL; MIDDLE AGED; NIGERIA; PHYTOTHERAPY; PLANTS, MEDICINAL; QUESTIONNAIRES; YOUNG ADULT;

ALSTONIA CONGENSIS; AZADIRACHTA INDICA; CYMBOPOGON CITRATUS; LUDWIGIA PERUVIANA; NAUCLEA LATIFOLIA; PERSEA AMERICANA;

EID: 84870289924     PISSN: 03788741     EISSN: 18727573     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jep.2012.10.002     Document Type: Article

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