Toxicity studies of medicinal plants used in sub-Saharan Africa

Journal of Ethnopharmacology

Volumn 174, Issue , 2015, Pages 618-627

  Boukandou Mounanga, Marlaine ^a   Mewono, Ludovic ^b   Aboughe Angone, Sophie ^a  

^a National Center of Technological and Scientific Research   (Gabon)

^b Groupe de Recherche en Immunologie   (Gabon)

Author keywords

Plants; Sub Saharan Africa; Toxicity; Traditional medicine

Indexed keywords

HERBACEOUS AGENT;

AFRICA SOUTH OF THE SAHARA; ALTERNATIVE MEDICINE; APHANIA SENEGALENSIS; ARTEMISIA; ARTEMISIA MACIVERAE; ARTICLE; CARYOPHYLLACEAE; CHRYSOPHYLLUM PRUNIFORME; CUPRESSUS; CUPRESSUS SEMPERVIRENS; DRUG TOXICITY; GENOTOXICITY; HEART INJURY; HEMOLYSIS; HERNIARIA CINEREA; HUMAN; INULA; INULA VISCOSA; LIVER TOXICITY; LUNG INJURY; MEDICINAL PLANT; NEPHROTOXICITY; NERIUM OLEANDER; NEUROTOXICITY; NONHUMAN; QUASSIA AMARA; SAPINDACEAE; SAPOTACEAE; SEMECARPUS ANACARDIUM; SIMAROUBACEAE; TESTIS INJURY; TRADITIONAL MEDICINE; AFRICAN MEDICINE; ANIMAL; TOXICITY;

AFRICA SOUTH OF THE SAHARA; ANIMALS; HUMANS; MEDICINE, AFRICAN TRADITIONAL; PLANTS, MEDICINAL;

EID: 84947023401     PISSN: 03788741     EISSN: 18727573     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jep.2015.06.005     Document Type: Article

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