Ethnobotanical survey of medicinal plants used in the management of skin disorders among the Xhosa communities of the Amathole District, Eastern Cape, South Africa

Journal of Ethnopharmacology

Volumn 153, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 220-232

  Afolayan, Anthony J ^a   Grierson, Donald S ^a   Mbeng, Wilfred O ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FORT HARE   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Eastern Cape; Ethnobotanical survey; Medicinal plants; Skin disorders; Xhosa

Indexed keywords

CARPOBROTUS EDULIS EXTRACT; HERBACEOUS AGENT; PLANT EXTRACT; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ACNE; ADULT; AGED; ALOE; ALOE FEROX MILL; AMARYLLIDACEAE; APOCYNACEAE; ARTICLE; ASTERACEAE; BARK; BURN; CONSENSUS; ECZEMA; ETHNOBOTANY; EUPHORBIACEAE; FABACEAE; FEMALE; FRUIT; FURUNCULOSIS; HAIR GROWTH; HAIR LOSS; HUMAN; HYGIENE; INFORMANT CONSENSUS FACTOR; INSECT BITE; INTERVIEW; KNOWLEDGE; MALE; MEDICINAL PLANT; MIDDLE AGED; NORMAL HUMAN; PLANT LEAF; POACEAE; QUANTITATIVE STUDY; RASH; RUBIACEAE; RURAL POPULATION; RUTACEAE; SCABIES; SKIN DISEASE; SKIN INFECTION; SKIN IRRITATION; SKIN ODOR; SKIN ULCER; SNAKEBITE; SOLANACEAE; SORE THROAT; SOUTH AFRICA; TINEA; TRADITIONAL HEALER; TRADITIONAL MEDICINE; VERY ELDERLY; WOUND; WRINKLE; ADOLESCENT; AFRICAN MEDICINE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CHEMISTRY; INFORMATION PROCESSING; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYTOTHERAPY; PROCEDURES; SKIN DISEASES; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; DATA COLLECTION; ETHNOBOTANY; FEMALE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; MALE; MEDICINE, AFRICAN TRADITIONAL; MIDDLE AGED; PHYTOTHERAPY; PLANT EXTRACTS; PLANTS, MEDICINAL; SKIN DISEASES; SOUTH AFRICA; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84896944407     PISSN: 03788741     EISSN: 18727573     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jep.2014.02.023     Document Type: Article

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