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| Title: | Ethno-medico-botanical survey of medicinal plants used in the treatment of asthma in the Nkongsamba Region, Cameroon |
| Authors: | Noumi, Emmanuel |
| Keywords: | Ethnomedicine
Asthma
Antiasthmatic activity
Cameroon |
| Issue Date: | Jul-2010 |
| Publisher: | CSIR |
| IPC Code: | Int. Cl.8: A61K36/00, A61P9/00, A61P11/00, A61P11/06, A61P11/08 |
| Abstract: |
The paper provides a
brief account of 29 plants from 24 families used by the Mbo community of Nkongsamba, Cameroon, as traditional herbal
medicines, in the treatment of asthma. Many of the plant species claimed to be
remedies against asthma by the population are highly effective when compared
with the published literature on ethnomedicine or on pharmacology in different
regions of Africa. Two plants (Cannabis sativa and Datura metel) are dangerous in the case of overdose and one (Persea americana)
contra-indicated in pregnancy.
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| Page(s): | 491-495 |
| ISSN: | 0975-1068 (Online); 0972-5938 (Print) |
| Source: | IJTK Vol.09(3) [July 2010]
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