A survey of toxic plants on the market in the district of Bamako, Mali: Traditional knowledge compared with a literature search of modern pharmacology and toxicology

Journal of Ethnopharmacology

Volumn 96, Issue 1-2, 2005, Pages 183-193

  Maiga, Ababacar ^a,b   Diallo, Drissa ^b   Fane, Seydou ^b   Sanogo, Rokia ^b   Paulsen, Berit Smestad ^a   Cisse, Boubacar ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

^b Mali ^*  (Mali)

Author keywords

Bamako; Herbal market; Mali; Toxic plants; Traditional use

Indexed keywords

ACACIA NILOTICA EXTRACT; ACACIA SENEGAL EXTRACT; ANOGEISSUS LEIOCARPUS EXTRACT; CASSIA ALTA EXTRACT; CASSIA SIEBERIANA EXTRACT; DANIELLA OLIVERI EXTRACT; ENTADA AFRICANA EXTRACT; GARDENIA TERNIFOLIA EXTRACT; HERBACEOUS AGENT; KHAYA SENEGALENSIS EXTRACT; MITRAGYNA INERMIS EXTRACT; NAUCLEA LATIFOLIA EXTRACT; OPILIA CELTIDIFOLIA EXTRACT; PLANT EXTRACT; PTELOPSIS SUBEROSA EXTRACT; SECURIDACA LONGEPEDONCULATA EXTRACT; SWARTZIA MADAGASCARIENSIS EXTRACT; TRICHILIA ROKA EXTRACT; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VERNONIA COLORATA EXTRACT; VERNONIA KOTSHCHYANA EXTRACT; XIMENIA AMERICA EXTRACT;

ABDOMINAL PAIN; ACACIA NILOTICA; ACACIA SENEGAL; ANOGEISSUS LEIOCARPUS; CASSIA ALATA; CASSIA SIEBERIANA; DANIELLA OLIVERI; DIARRHEA; DRUG ACTIVITY; DRUG EFFECT; ENTADA AFRICANA; GARDENIA TERNIFOLIA; HEMOLYSIS; HERBAL MEDICINE; HUMAN; INFORMATION; KHAYA SENEGALENSIS; MALI; MARKET; METHODOLOGY; MITRAGYNA INERMIS; NAUCLEA LATIFOLIA; OPILIA CELTIDIFOLIA; PHYTOTOXICITY; PLANT; PTELEOPSIS SUBEROSA; QUESTIONNAIRE; REVIEW; SALIVATION; SCIENTIFIC LITERATURE; SECURIDACA LONGEPEDONCULATA; SIDE EFFECT; SWARTZIA MADAGASCARIENSIS; TRADITIONAL MEDICINE; TREMOR; TRICHILIA ROKA; VERNONIA COLORATA; VERNONIA KOTSCHYANA; VOMITING; XIMENIA AMERICA;

EID: 9644295621     PISSN: 03788741     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jep.2004.09.005     Document Type: Article

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