Citation

Houghton PJ, Osibogun IM. J. Ethnopharmacol. 1993; 39(1): 1-29.

Affiliation

Chelsea Department of Pharmacy, King's College London, UK.

Copyright

(Copyright © 1993, Elsevier Publishing)

DOI

unavailable

PMID

8331959

Abstract

A list of flowering plants used for the treatment of snakebite has been complied from a variety of literature sources. Details of the geographical area and parts used are given and the basis for the reputed activity discussed. Methods of testing the reputed activity of such plants are reviewed and the identity and mode of action of the chemical substances which might be responsible is discussed for some of the plants listed.

Language: en