Medicinal foods and beverages among Maasai agro-pastoralists in northern Tanzania

Journal of Ethnopharmacology

Volumn 216, Issue , 2018, Pages 191-202

  Roulette, Casey J ^a   Njau, Efrem Fred A ^b   Quinlan, Marsha B ^c   Quinlan, Robert J ^c   Call, Douglas R ^c,d  

^a SAN DIEGO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b National Herbarium of Tanzania   (Tanzania)

^c WASHINGTON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d NELSON MANDELA AFRICAN INSTITUTION OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Tanzania)

Author keywords

Antimicrobial; Food medicines; Pregnancy and lactation; Psychoactive substances; Sub Saharan Africa; Teratogens

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ALBIZIA; ALBIZIA ANTHELMINTICA; ALMAJANI; ANACARDIACEAE; ANTIMICROBIAL ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; BREAST MILK; CROTON; CROTON MACROSTACHYUS; DOMBEYA ROTUNDIFOLIA; ENGOSIKIRYANJOI; FEMALE; FOOD; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; LANNEA FULVA; MAASAI (PEOPLE); MALE; MALVACEAE; MEDICINAL FOOD; MEDICINAL PLANT; MEDICINAL TEA; MOTORI; OKITI; OLCHURAI; PAPPEA CAPENSIS; RUTACEAE; SAPINDACEAE; TANZANIA; VACHELLIA NILOTICA; VEPRIS UGUENENSIS; ZANTHOXYLUM; ZANTHOXYLUM CHALYBEUM; AFRICAN MEDICINE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; BEVERAGE; BLACK PERSON; CHEMISTRY; CLASSIFICATION; ETHNOLOGY; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MIDDLE AGED; MIGRATION; ORAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; PHYTOTHERAPY; PSYCHOLOGY; RISK FACTOR; SEX FACTOR;

ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; PLANT EXTRACT; PSYCHOTROPIC AGENT;

ADMINISTRATION, ORAL; ADULT; AFRICAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; ANTI-INFECTIVE AGENTS; BEVERAGES; FEMALE; FOOD; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; MALE; MEDICINE, AFRICAN TRADITIONAL; MIDDLE AGED; PHYTOTHERAPY; PLANT EXTRACTS; PLANTS, MEDICINAL; PSYCHOTROPIC DRUGS; RISK FACTORS; SEX FACTORS; TANZANIA; TRANSIENTS AND MIGRANTS;

EID: 85041414146     PISSN: 03788741     EISSN: 18727573     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jep.2018.01.022     Document Type: Article

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