Quantifying the domestic market in herbal medicine in Benin, West Africa

Journal of Ethnopharmacology

Volumn 151, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 1100-1108

  Quiroz, Diana ^a,b   Towns, Alexandra ^a   Legba, Sènan Ingrid ^c   Swier, Jorik ^b   Brière, Solène ^b   Sosef, Marc ^d   Van Andel, Tinde ^a  

^a NATURALIS BIODIVERSITY CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ABOMEY CALAVI   (Benin)

^d BOTANIC GARDEN MEISE   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Herbal market; Plant conservation; Trade; Traditional medicine; Vodoun

Indexed keywords

HERBACEOUS AGENT;

ARTICLE; BARK; BENIN; DRUG MARKETING; ENDANGERED SPECIES; ETHNOBOTANY; ETHNOPHARMACOLOGY; FRUIT; HERBAL MEDICINE; MEDICINAL PLANT; NONHUMAN; PLANT LEAF; PLANT ROOT; PLANT SEED; SPECIES IDENTIFICATION; URBAN AREA; WOODY PLANT; XYLOPIA; ZANTHOXYLUM;

CAESALPINIA BONDUC; KHAYA SENEGALENSIS; MONDIA WHITEI; MONODORA MYRISTICA; PTELEOPSIS; PTELEOPSIS SUBEROSA; SARCOCEPHALUS LATIFOLIUS; SCHREBERA; XYLOPIA AETHIOPICA; ZANTHOXYLUM ZANTHOXYLOIDES;

HERBAL MARKET; PLANT CONSERVATION; TRADE; TRADITIONAL MEDICINE; VODOUN;

BENIN; COMMERCE; MEDICINE, AFRICAN TRADITIONAL; PLANTS, MEDICINAL;

EID: 84895068528     PISSN: 03788741     EISSN: 18727573     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jep.2013.12.019     Document Type: Article

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