Ethnopharmacological surveys and pharmacological studies of plants used in traditional medicine in the treatment of HIV/AIDS opportunistic diseases in Gabon

Journal of Ethnopharmacology

Volumn 162, Issue , 2015, Pages 306-316

  Feuya Tchouya, Guy Raymond ^a   Souza, Alain ^a   Tchouankeu, Jean Claude ^b   Yala, Jean Fabrice ^a   Boukandou, Marlaine ^c   Foundikou, Hibrahim ^a   Nguema Obiang, Giresse Delphang ^a   Fekam Boyom, Fabrice ^b   Mabika, Rolande Mabika ^a   Zeuko'O Menkem, Elisabeth ^b   Tantoh Ndinteh, Derek ^d   Lebibi, Jacques ^a  

^a University of Masuku   (Gabon)

^b UNIVERSITY OF YAOUNDÉ I   (Cameroon)

^c Institute of Pharmacopoeia and Traditional Medicine   (Gabon)

^d UNIVERSITY OF JOHANNESBURG   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Antimicrobial agents; Data analysis; HIV AIDS; In vitro analysis; Keywords; Medicinal plants; Pharmacognosy

Indexed keywords

ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; PLANT EXTRACT; PLANT MEDICINAL PRODUCT; POLYPHENOL; TANNIN DERIVATIVE;

ABSCESS; ACQUIRED IMMUNE DEFICIENCY SYNDROME; ADULT; ANEMIA; ANTIBACTERIAL ACTIVITY; ANTIMICROBIAL ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; BROTH DILUTION; COUGHING; DIARRHEA; DRUG INDUSTRY; ETHNOPHARMACOLOGY; FATIGUE; FEMALE; GABON; HEALTH SURVEY; HEPATITIS; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; IN VITRO STUDY; KLEBSIELLA PNEUMONIAE; MALE; MEDICINAL PLANT; MICROBIOLOGY; MINIMUM INHIBITORY CONCENTRATION; OPPORTUNISTIC INFECTION; PHYLLANTHUS; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; RASH; RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTION; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASE; STOMACH PAIN; TRADITIONAL MEDICINE; TUBERCULOSIS; TYPHOID FEVER; VOMITING; BACTERIUM; CHEMISTRY; CLASSIFICATION; DRUG EFFECTS; HIV INFECTIONS; PHYTOTHERAPY;

ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; BACTERIA; ETHNOPHARMACOLOGY; GABON; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; PHYTOTHERAPY; PLANT EXTRACTS; PLANTS, MEDICINAL;

EID: 84921828639     PISSN: 03788741     EISSN: 18727573     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jep.2014.12.052     Document Type: Article

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