Medicinal Plants in Tropical West Africa
Title | Medicinal Plants in Tropical West Africa PDF eBook |
Author | Bep Oliver-Bever |
Publisher | Cambridge University Press |
Pages | 398 |
Release | 1986-01-23 |
Genre | Health & Fitness |
ISBN | 9780521268158 |
First published in 1986, this book describes the most important medicinal plants in tropical West Africa and similar humid tropical climates. After a short introduction about early traditional medicine, the bulk of the book gives an account of locally occurring plants, grouped by their medicinal actions. Plants that affect the cardiovascular and nervous systems are discussed, as are those with antibiotic, insecticidal and molluscicidal properties. Those which affect the hormonal systems of humans are catalogued and so are others that act as adrenal-cortex, sex and thyroid hormones. There is a full botanical index, which includes the commonly found synonyms for many of the plants and the work is illustrated by the author's own water colours. It may be of particular interest and use to pharmacists, biochemists, botanists and pharmacologists and of great value to those who exploit locally available resources in treating diseases in tropical areas.
Medicinal Plants of West Africa
Title | Medicinal Plants of West Africa PDF eBook |
Author | Edward S. Ayensu |
Publisher | |
Pages | 344 |
Release | 1978 |
Genre | Health & Fitness |
ISBN |
The Biodiversity of African Plants
Title | The Biodiversity of African Plants PDF eBook |
Author | Xander van der Maesen |
Publisher | Springer Science & Business Media |
Pages | 864 |
Release | 2012-12-06 |
Genre | Science |
ISBN | 9400902859 |
Proceedings of the XIVth AETFAT Congress, 22-27 August 1994, Wageningen, the Netherlands
Handbook of African Medicinal Plants, Second Edition
Title | Handbook of African Medicinal Plants, Second Edition PDF eBook |
Author | Maurice M. Iwu |
Publisher | CRC Press |
Pages | 458 |
Release | 1993-02-18 |
Genre | Science |
ISBN | 9780849342660 |
Handbook of African Medicinal Plants provides a comprehensive review of over 1,000 species of plants employed in indigenous African medicine. It gives a concise description of the materia medica of an enormous and extensively varied continent, with well over 2,000 distinct tribes and several distinct floras. A detailed pharmacognostical profile of the major herbs is presented, including the common name, synonyms, African names, habitat and distribution, medicinal uses, chemical constituents, and published pharmacologic activity. This extensive catalog of plants is presented both in alphabetic order and according to family. References are cited from over 600 publications, and photographs and sketches illustrate many of the plants. The book also provides an introduction to African cosmology and beliefs as they relate to healing and the use of herbs. Handbook of African Medicinal Plants is an invaluable, practical desk reference that should be on the bookshelf of every pharmacognosist, ethnobiologist, botanist, ecologist, phytochemist, pharmacologist, and scientist interested in tropical plant utilization as a tool for the conservation of biodiversity and as a source of new drug leads.
Medicinal Plants of East Africa
Title | Medicinal Plants of East Africa PDF eBook |
Author | J. O. Kokwaro |
Publisher | University of Nairobi Press |
Pages | 22 |
Release | 2009 |
Genre | Health & Fitness |
ISBN | 9966846840 |
Medicinal Plants of East Africa is a revised edition of the book first published in 1976 on herbal remedies and he traditional medical practice of East Africa. The book covers the rich diversity of plants found in Kenya, Tanzania and Uganda, from sea to alpine plants. East Africa also has a rich ethnic diversity and a large number of herbalists whose traditional knowledge and practices are also covered in the book. Over 1500 species are described and for the first time over 200 of these herbs have been illustrated. Also included are maps detailing where the herbs were collected and an ethnographic map detailing the tribes of each herbalist whose knowledge is contained in the book. John Kokwaro is an Eminent Professor of Botany and a research specialist on herbal remedies at the University of Nairobi.
Medicinal plants 2
Title | Medicinal plants 2 PDF eBook |
Author | Schmelzer, G.H. & Gurib-Fakim, A. |
Publisher | PROTA |
Pages | 384 |
Release | 2008 |
Genre | Africa, Sub-Saharan |
ISBN | 9290815205 |
PROTA 11 deals with the medicinal plants of Tropical Africa. Because the group is very large, it has been subdivided into 4 volumes. This volume, PROTA 11(2), describes 409 medicinal plants in 146 review articles. All articles are illustrated with geographic distribution maps and many with botanical line drawings.
Handbook of African Medicinal Plants
Title | Handbook of African Medicinal Plants PDF eBook |
Author | Maurice M. Iwu |
Publisher | CRC Press |
Pages | 446 |
Release | 2014-02-04 |
Genre | Health & Fitness |
ISBN | 1466571985 |
With over 50,000 distinct species in sub-Saharan Africa alone, the African continent is endowed with an enormous wealth of plant resources. While more than 25 percent of known species have been used for several centuries in traditional African medicine for the prevention and treatment of diseases, Africa remains a minor player in the global natural