A textbook of medicinal plants from Nigeria
By: edited by Tolu Odugbemi
Publisher: University of Lagos Press
Published: 2008
Place of publication: Lagos, Nigeria
Language: eng
Number of pages: 628
ISBN-13: 9789784871297
Subjects: Medicinal plants; Textbooks; Vegetable Materia medica; Traditional medicine
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Medicinal plants from Nigeria : an overview / Tolu Odugbemi and Abiodun Ayoola; title: History and practice of traditional medicine and its challenges / Toyin Ogundipe and Glory O. Ajayi; title: Faith and the uses of medicinal plants / Taiwo Ipaye and Tolu Odugbemi, Jnr.; title: Names and uses of plants in the Qur'an / M.A. Bidmos; title: Reminiscences on the uses of medicinal plants from Nigeria / Oyewale Tomori; title: The role of traditional medicine among the Yoruba of south-west Nigeria / Peter Osin Fabeku and Odunayo Akinsulire; title: Some medicinal plants used as traditional recipes for some disorders among northern communities in Nigeria / Sambo B. Zailani and Ali Habeeb Ahmed; title: The diversity of uses of medicinal plants in Nigeria / Nneoma Idika and Mary-Theresa Niemogha; title: Calabashes as receptacles of traditional medicine and repositories of culture amongst the Yoruba people of south-west Nigeria / Peju Layiwola; title: Taxonomy of Nigerian medicinal plants / M.O. Soladoya and O.O. Oyesiku; title: Cultivation and propagation of medicinal plants in Nigeria / Akeem Bablola Kadiri; title: Conservation and sustainable uses of medicinal plants in Nigeria / J. Dele Olowokudejo; title: Medicinal plants as sources of lead compounds in drug discovery / Abiodun Ayoola; title: Phytochemical screening of bioactive agents in medicinal plants / H.A.B. Coker, S.A. Adesegun and M.O. Sofidiya; title: Separation techniques in medicinal plants research / H.A.B. Coker and Abiodun Ayoola; title: Uses of medicinal plants for the treatment of malaria and gastrointestinal parasitic infections / Wellington Oyibo, A.F. Fagbenro-Beyioka and U. Igbasi; title: Physiological actions of some medicinal plants / I.I. Olatunji-Bello and B.O. Iranloye; title: Antiviral properties of African medicinal plants / S.A. Omilabu; title: Importance of medicinal plants in agriculture and in pest control (insecticides) / Winifred Ayinke Makanjuola; title: Medicinal plants used in treating eye infections in Nigeria / M. Ogunlesi, W. Okiei and M. Ademoye; title: Factors that may be responsible for the ineffectiveness of medicinal plants when used in therapy / Ibukun Aibinu, Eyitayo Adenipekun and Toyin O. Adelowotan; title: Marketing Nigerian medicinal plants / Bolajoko Dixon-Ogbechi; title: Economic benefits of medicinal plants / Tinuola O. Odugbemi and Babatunde Odugbemi; title: Pictures of medicinal plants / Tolu Odugbemi and Odunayo Akinsulire; title: Medicinal plants species, family names and uses / Tolu Odugbemi and Odunayo Akinsulire.