Medicinal plants used to treat malaria in Madagascar

Two-hundred thirty-nine Madagascan medicinal plants have been either retrieved from computerized ethnobotany information or identified in our own ethnomedicine work as having antimalarial properties. Such a high rate percent of plants compared to those used empirically to treat other diseases reflec...

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Veröffentlicht in:	Journal of ethnopharmacology 1992-09, Vol.37 (2), p.117-127
Hauptverfasser:	Rasoanaivo, P., Petitjean, A., Ratsimamanga-Urverg, S., Rakoto-Ratsimamanga, A.
Format:	Artikel
Sprache:	eng
Schlagworte:	antimalarial plants antimalarials Antimalarials - chemistry Biological and medical sciences ethnobotany ethnomedicine General pharmacology Humans Madagascar malaria Malaria - drug therapy Medical sciences medicinal plants medicinal properties Pharmacognosy. Homeopathy. Health food Pharmacology. Drug treatments Plants, Medicinal - chemistry Tropical medicine
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Zusammenfassung:	Two-hundred thirty-nine Madagascan medicinal plants have been either retrieved from computerized ethnobotany information or identified in our own ethnomedicine work as having antimalarial properties. Such a high rate percent of plants compared to those used empirically to treat other diseases reflects the importance and the complication of this major tropical disease in Madagascar.
ISSN:	0378-8741 1872-7573
DOI:	10.1016/0378-8741(92)90070-8