A Swedish collection of medicinal plants from Cameroon.
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چکیده
A collection of 32 botanically identified medicinal plants from the slopes of Mt. Cameroon made by two Swedish settlers in the beginning of the last century is described and the literature is followed up. The drug names were found to be unaltered during the century passed.
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عنوان ژورنال:
- Journal of ethnopharmacology
دوره 102 3 شماره
صفحات -
تاریخ انتشار 2005