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Towards a rational scientific basis for herbal medicine : a phytochemist's two-decade contribution

Title
Towards a rational scientific basis for herbal medicine : a phytochemist's two-decade contribution / Ivan Addae-Mensah.
Author
Addae-Mensah, I., 1942-
Publication
Accra, Ghana : Published for the University of Ghana, Legon by Ghana Universities Press, 1992.

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Description
62 pages : illustrations; 22 cm
Subject
  • Medicinal plants > Africa
  • Materia medica, Vegetable > Africa
  • Herbs > Therapeutic use
  • Botany, Medical > Africa
  • Plants, Medicinal
  • Herbal Medicine
Note
  • "An Inaugural Lecture delivered at the University of Ghana, Legon on 18th April, 1991."
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references (p. 49-57).
Contents
Acknowledgement -- Introduction -- Herbalists and primary health care -- Efficacy of herbal medicines -- Possible benefits of herbal medical research -- Need for rational approach for herbal research -- Some of our research results -- Bridelia -- Zanthoxylum -- Cryptolepis -- Artemisia -- Piper -- Tabernaemontana -- Hexalobus -- Lippia -- Toxic herbal medicines -- Conclusion -- Notes and references -- Glossary of medical and pharmalogical terms.
ISBN
  • 9964302029
  • 9964302037
  • 996430237 (canceled/invalid)
LCCN
94189229
OCLC
ocm31429549
Owning Institutions
Columbia University Libraries