Ethnobotanical study of medicinal plants used for the treatment of malaria in plateau of Allada, Benin (West Africa)

Journal of Ethnopharmacology

Volumn 146, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 154-163

  Yetein, Marius H ^a   Houessou, Laurent G ^a   Lougbégnon, Toussaint O ^a   Teka, Oscar ^a   Tente, Brice ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ABOMEY CALAVI   (Benin)

Author keywords

Ethnobotany; Fidelity level; Informant consensus factor; Medicinal plants; Rubiaceae

Indexed keywords

ANTIMALARIAL AGENT; PLANT MEDICINAL PRODUCT;

ACANTHOSPERMUM HISPIDUM; ARTICLE; BENIN; CAESALPINIACEAE; CHAMAECRISTA ROTUNDIFOLIA; DIALIUM GUINEENSE; DICHAPETALUM MADAGASCARIENSE; HIBISCUS SURATTENSIS; HUMAN; LEMON; MALARIA; MEDICINAL PLANT; NONHUMAN; PAPAYA; RUBIACEAE; SARCOCEPHALUS LATIFOLIUS; STRUCTURED QUESTIONNAIRE; TRADITIONAL HEALER; TRADITIONAL MEDICINE; UVARIA CHAMAE;

ANTIMALARIALS; BENIN; ETHNOBOTANY; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; MALARIA; MEDICINE, AFRICAN TRADITIONAL; PHYTOTHERAPY; PLANTS, MEDICINAL;

CAESALPINIOIDEAE; DICHAPETALUM MADAGASCARIENSE; RUBIACEAE;

EID: 84874116765     PISSN: 03788741     EISSN: 18727573     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jep.2012.12.022     Document Type: Article

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