Traditional medicinal plants in Nigeria - Remedies or risks

Journal of Ethnopharmacology

Volumn 150, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 614-618

  Awodele, O ^a   Popoola, T D ^a   Amadi, K C ^a   Coker, H A B ^a   Akintonwa, A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LAGOS   (Nigeria)

Author keywords

Health risks; Heavy metals; Medicinal plants; Nigeria; Pollution

Indexed keywords

CADMIUM; CHROMIUM; HEAVY METAL; LEAD; NICKEL; ZINC;

AGERATUM CONYZOIDES; ALCHORNEA CORDIFOLIA; AMARANTHUS BRASILIENSIS; ARTICLE; ASPILIA AFRICANA; ATOMIC ABSORPTION SPECTROMETRY; CHROMOLAENA ODORATA; HEALTH HAZARD; MEDICINAL PLANT; NIGERIA; NONHUMAN; PLANT LEAF; PLANT ROOT; SOIL POLLUTION; TRADITIONAL MEDICINE;

AGERATUM CONYZOIDES; ALCHORNEA CORDIFOLIA; AMARANTHUS; ASPILIA AFRICANA; CHROMOLAENA ODORATA;

HEALTH RISKS; HEAVY METALS; MEDICINAL PLANTS; NIGERIA; POLLUTION;

ANGIOSPERMS; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; MEDICINE, TRADITIONAL; METALS, HEAVY; NIGERIA; PLANT LEAVES; PLANT ROOTS; PLANTS, MEDICINAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; SOIL POLLUTANTS;

EID: 84887412607     PISSN: 03788741     EISSN: 18727573     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jep.2013.09.015     Document Type: Article

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