Medicinal plants: An invaluable, dwindling resource in sub-Saharan Africa

Journal of Ethnopharmacology

Volumn 174, Issue , 2015, Pages 595-606

  Moyo, Mack ^a   Aremu, Adeyemi O ^a   Van Staden, Johannes ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KWAZULU NATAL   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Biodiversity; Biotechnology; Conservation; Cultivation; Ethnobotany; Herbal medicine; Micropropagation

Indexed keywords

AFRICA; AFRICA SOUTH OF THE SAHARA; AIZOACEAE; ANNONACEAE; ANTIDIABETIC ACTIVITY; ANTIINFLAMMATORY ACTIVITY; ANTIOXIDANT ACTIVITY; APIACEAE; APOCYNACEAE; ARTICLE; AWARENESS; BIGNONIACEAE; BIODIVERSITY; BIOTECHNOLOGICAL PROCEDURES; BIOTECHNOLOGY; BURSERACEAE; CLUSIACEAE; COMBRETACEAE; CONVOLVULACEAE; DATA BASE; ENDEMIC SPECIES; ETHNOBOTANY; EUPHORBIACEAE; GERANIACEAE; HERBAL MEDICINE; HYPERICACEAE; HYPOXIDACEAE; INHERITANCE; LEGUME; MALVACEAE; MEDICINAL PLANT; MELIACEAE; MICROPROPAGATION; MORINGACEAE; NONHUMAN; PEDALIACEAE; PHYLLANTHACEAE; PLANT TISSUE CULTURE; ROSACEAE; RUBIACEAE; RUTACEAE; SPECIES CULTIVATION; STRELITZIACEAE; VALIDATION STUDY; XANTHORRHOEACEAE; ZINGIBERACEAE; ZYGOPHYLLACEAE; ANIMAL; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; ETHNOPHARMACOLOGY; HUMAN; PHYTOTHERAPY; TRENDS;

AFRICA SOUTH OF THE SAHARA; ANIMALS; CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES; ETHNOBOTANY; ETHNOPHARMACOLOGY; HUMANS; PHYTOTHERAPY; PLANTS, MEDICINAL;

EID: 84947028923     PISSN: 03788741     EISSN: 18727573     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jep.2015.04.034     Document Type: Article

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