Ethnobotanical survey of medicinal plants used for traditional maternal healthcare in Katsina state, Nigeria

South African Journal of Botany

Volumn 97, Issue , 2015, Pages 165-175

  Kankara, Sulaiman Sani ^a,b   Ibrahim, Mohd H ^b   Mustafa, Muskhazli ^b   Go, Rusea ^b  

^a UMARU MUSA YAR'ADUA UNIVERSITY   (Nigeria)

^b UNIVERSITY PUTRA MALAYSIA   (Malaysia)

Author keywords

Ethnobanical survey; Katsina State; Maternal healthcare; Medicinal plants; Traditional

Indexed keywords

BIOTECHNOLOGY; DICOTYLEDON; ETHNOBOTANY; HEALTH CARE; LEAF; LEGUME; MATERNAL HEALTH; MEDICINAL PLANT; QUESTIONNAIRE SURVEY; TRADITIONAL MEDICINE; WILD POPULATION; WOUNDING;

KATSINA; NIGERIA;

ACACIA NILOTICA; ANACARDIACEAE; ASTERACEAE; FABACEAE; MALVACEAE;

EID: 84922355328     PISSN: 02546299     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.sajb.2015.01.007     Document Type: Article

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