Wild plants, pregnancy, and the food-medicine continuum in the southern regions of Ghana and Benin

Journal of Ethnopharmacology

Volumn 179, Issue , 2016, Pages 375-382

  Towns, Alexandra M ^a   Van Andel, Tinde ^b  

^a LEIDEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

African indigenous vegetables (AIVs); Herbal decoctions; Medicinal foods; Medicinal teas; Prenatal health; Strengthening; West Africa

Indexed keywords

ASCORBIC ACID; FATTY ACID; FOOD ADDITIVE; IRON; KAOLIN; PROTEIN; PLANT MEDICINAL PRODUCT;

AGERATUM CONYZOIDES; ANTIINFLAMMATORY ACTIVITY; ANTIMALARIAL ACTIVITY; ANTIMICROBIAL ACTIVITY; ANTIOXIDANT ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; BENIN; CASSAVA; CHAMAECRISTA; CHAMAECRISTA ROTUNDIFOLIA; DICHAPETALUM MADAGASCARIENSE; DIODELLA SARMENTOSA; ELAEIS GUINEENSIS; FLUEGGEA VIROSA; GHANA; GYMNANTHEMUM AMYGDALINUM; HERBAL TEA; HETEROTIS ROTUNDIFOLIA; HUMAN; KHAYA SENEGALENSIS; NEPHROLEPIS BISERRATA; NEWBOULDIA LAEVIS; PAVETTA CORYMBOSA; PLANT LEAF; PREGNANCY; QUESTIONNAIRE; RICINODENDRON HEUDELOTII; SARCOCEPHALUS LATIFOLIUS; SCHWENCKIA AMERICANA; SECAMONE AFZELII; SECURIDACA; SECURIDACA LONGIPEDUNCULATA; SPATHODEA CAMPANULATA; TREE; WILD PLANT; XYLOPIA; XYLOPIA AETHIOPICA; ZANTHOXYLUM ZANTHOXYLOIDES; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; DIET THERAPY; ETHNOPHARMACOLOGY; FEMALE; FOOD; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS;

BENIN; ETHNOPHARMACOLOGY; FEMALE; FOOD; GHANA; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; PLANT PREPARATIONS; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS;

EID: 84955254476     PISSN: 03788741     EISSN: 18727573     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jep.2016.01.005     Document Type: Article

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