Traditional pharmacology and medicine in Africa
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 14739276 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Peter A G M De Smet (0000-0003-1762-6547, Royal Dutch Pharmacists Association, corresponding author) |
| Year | 1998 |
| Volume | 63 |
| Issue | 1-2 |
| Pages | 1-175 |
| Publication date | 1998-11-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Journal of Ethnopharmacology (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0378-8741 • E-ISSN: 1872-7573 |
| Publisher | Elsevier BV (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1016/s0378-8741(98)00031-2 |
| PMID | 10340784 |
| OpenAlex | W123162058 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 7 |
| References cited | 319 |
Amusement · Psychotherapist · Traditional medicine · African Botany and Ecology Studies · Complementary and Alternative Medicine Studies · Ethnobotanical and Medicinal Plants Studies · History · Medicine · Psychology
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History and Cultural Comparisons between African and Traditional Chinese Medicine
Traditional usage, phytochemistry and pharmacology of the South African medicinal plant Boophone disticha (L.f.) Herb. (Amaryllidaceae)
Why ritual plant use has ethnopharmacological relevance
Cytotoxicity of 91 Kenyan indigenous medicinal plants towards human CCRF-CEM leukemia cells
Disease, demons and masks in the Iron Age Mediterranean
Uses of medicinal plants by Haitian immigrants and their descendants in the Province of Camagüey, Cuba
Diseases in antiquity
Ife in the history of West African sculpture.
Bwiti
Global mortality, disability, and the contribution of risk factors
Africa
Plants used in traditional medicine in Eastern Tanzania. VI. Angiosperms (Sapotaceae to Zingiberaceae)
Active principles of Tetradenia riparia. I. Antimicrobial activity of 8(14),15-sandaracopimaradiene-7α,18-diol
Active principles of Tetradenia riparia . IV. Anthelmintic activity of 8(14),15-sandaracopimaradiene-7α,18-diol
Account of the Native Africans in the Neighbourhood of Sierra Leone
Smashing Pots
Pipes anciennes à fumer des fouilles de Mdaga (Tchad)
Study of Costus lucanusianus
Hypoxidaceae. Medicinal uses and the norlignan constituents
Tabernaemontana crassa as a traditional local anesthetic agent
Ethnobotany of Apocynaceae species in Kenya
Antiviral activity of galangin isolated from the aerial parts of Helichrysum aureonitens
Search for antifungal, molluscicidal and larvicidal compounds from African medicinal plants
The pharmacology of psychoactive alkaloids from Ephedra and Catha
Biodiversity prospecting and benefit-sharing
Recent trends in research into African medicinal plants
South African traditional herbal medicines used during pregnancy and childbirth
Angolan medicinal plants used also as piscicides and/or soaps
The chewing of khat in Somalia
Biodiversity prospecting in Nigeria
Study of Rwandese medicinal plants used in the treatment of scabies
The inappropriate use of traditional medicines in South Africa
Medicinal plants in therapy
Analysis of a Maasai arrow poison
A general outlook on ethnopharmacology
Inventory of plants used in traditional medicine in Somalia. III. Plants of the families Lauraceae-Papilionaceae
Stem bark alkaloids of rauvolfia caffra
Medicinal plants used by the Fang traditional healers in Equatorial Guinea
Les Nivrées ou plantes ichtyotoxiques de la guyane française
Traditional methods used in the treatment of ophthalmic diseases among the Turkana tribe in north west Kenya
Traditional herbal medicine in Transkei
Arrow and dart poisons
Phytochemical investigation of Tabernaemontana crassa
Is there any danger in using traditional remedies
Some ethnopharmacological notes on African hallucinogens
Molluscicidal trials and correlation between the presence of Tetrapleura tetraptera in an area and the absence of the intermediate hosts of schistosomiasis and fascioliasis in Southwest Nigeria
Ambrosia maritima
The antimicrobial activity of 3,5,7-trihydroxyflavone isolated from the shoots of Helichrysum aureonitens
A semi-quantitative approach to the selection of appropriate candidate plant molluscicides — a South African application
Sympathetic Response to Betel Chewing
Drug-Taking Paraphernalia
Le Dyidé
Notes on the Diet of the Swazi in the Protectorate
Betel chewing incompletely understood in journal supplement
Smallpox
Art from Zaïre
Cameroon Tobacco Pipes
Mwona Figurines
The Art of Metal in Africa
Kakungu among the Yaka and Suku
African Furniture and Household Objects
The Stone Images of Esie, Nigeria
Sculpture from the Eastern Zaïre Forest Regions
A Treasury of African Art from the Harrison Eiteljorg Collection
The Rising of a New Moon
L'Art Holo du Haut-Kwango
Kunst und Religion der Lobi
The Art of Power the Power of Art
African Art at the Museum Rietberg, Zurich
Lega Culture
A Survey of Zairian Art
Yoruba
Mbwoolo Sculpture of the Yaka
Icons of the Mind
Suku Drinking Cups
Treasures of Ancient Nigeria
African Smoking and Pipes
Archaeological manioc (Manihot) from Coastal Peru
Food plants and masticants of the batemi of Ngorongoro District, Tanzania1
New perspectives on the origin and evolution of new world domesticated plants
Ethnobotany of the Turkana
The value of undiscovered pharmaceuticals in tropical forests
Representations on pre-columbian spindle whorls of the floral and fruit structure of economic plants
Some indigenous trees and shrubs used by local fishermen on the East African coast
Tabernanthe iboga
Phytomorphic representations of the ancient Peruvians
Human treponematosis and tuberculosis
Trephining in the South Seas
Response of parents to five killer diseases among children in a Yoruba community, Nigeria
Traditional birth attendants among the Annang of Nigeria
Isihlambezo
Elephantiasis
With a Prehistoric People
Concepts and management of deafness in the Yoruba medical system
Ancient Texans
Die Kusase. Eine medizinisch-ethnologische Studie uber einen Stamm in Nordghana
Black Gods and Kings. Yoruba Art at Ucla
Gelede. Art and Female Power among the Yoruba
Hausa Medicine
Earth Smoking-Pipes from South Africa and Central Asia
Aggression, Bravery, Endurance, and Drugs
The Court and the Kola Nut
The Iconography of South American Snuff Trays and Related Paraphernalia
Contributions on Trepanning or Trephination in Ancient and Modern Times
The Depiction of Gangosa on Efik-Ibibio Masks
Sujang
| Unique citing works | 7 |
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| Citations per year | 0,41 |
| Citation span | 2009 - 2025 (17) |
| Citation velocity | recent |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 6 |