African indigenous medical knowledge and human health / edited by Charles Wambebe.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Wambebe, Charles, editor.

Taylor & Francis eBooks.

School of Medicine Library Fund.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Alternative medicine--Africa.

Alternative medicine.

Traditional medicine--Africa.

Traditional medicine.

Materia medica, Vegetable.

Ethnopharmacology.

Africa.

Ethnopharmacology--Africa.

Materia medica, Vegetable--Africa.

Medicine, Traditional.

Complementary Therapies.

Phytotherapy.

Medical Subjects:

Medicine, Traditional.

Complementary Therapies.

Ethnopharmacology.

Phytotherapy.

Africa.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xvi, 229 pages.)

Place of Publication:

Boca Raton, FL : CRC Press, Taylor & Francis Group, [2018]

System Details:

text file

Contents:

Chapter 1 Traditional Medicine Situation in Africa: Where Are We? p. 1 / Ossy MJ Kasilo and Jean-Baptiste Nikiema and Abayneh Desta and André Lona

Chapter 2 Intellectual Property Rights and Traditional Medical Knowledge in Africa: Issues and Development p. 51 / Wend Wendland and Fei Jiao

Chapter 3 African Medicinal Plants and Traditional Medical Knowledge: Access and Benefit Sharing in the Context of Research and Development p. 65 / Gerard Bodeker and Emma Weisbord and Drissa Diallo and Robert Byamukama and Charlotte I.E.A. van't Klooster

Chapter 4 Using Appropriate Methodology and Technology for Research and Development of African Traditional Medicines p. 87 / Philippe Rasoanaivo and Merlin Wilcox and Bertrand Graz

Chapter 5 Development and Commercialization of Asiaticoside in Madagascar p. 115 / Philippe Rasoanaivo and Alain Loiseau and Lucile Allorge-Boiteau and Vinany Loharanombato

Chapter 6 Neem, Azadirachta indica p. 131 / Sunita Facknath

Chapter 7 Commercialization of Plant-Based Medicines in South Africa: Case Study of Aloe ferox p. 143 / David R. Katerere

Chapter 8 The Story of Niprisan: A Clinically Effective Phytomedicine for the Management of Sickle Cell Disorder p. 151 / Charles Wambebe

Chapter 9 Moringa: The Miracle Plant p. 165 / Charles Wambebe

Chapter 10 African Traditional Medicine: The Way Forward p. 193 / Kofi Busia.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Electronic reproduction. London Available via World Wide Web.

Description based on print version record.

Local Notes:

Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the School of Medicine Library Fund.

ISBN:

9781315177472

1315177471

Publisher Number:

99975665431

Access Restriction:

Restricted for use by site license.