Traditional Medicines in Africa: An Appraisal of Ten Potent African Medicinal Plants M. Fawzi Mahomoodally * Author information ► Article notes ► Copyright and License information ► This article has been cited by other articles in PMC. Go to: Abstract The use of medicinal plants as a fundamental component of the African traditional healthcare system is perhaps the oldest and the most assorted of all therapeutic systems. In many parts of rural Africa, traditional healers prescribing medicinal plants are the most easily accessible and affordable health resource available to the local community and at times the only therapy that subsists. Nonetheless, there is still a paucity of updated comprehensive compilation of promising medicinal plants from the African continent. The major focus of the present review is to provide an updated overview of 10 promising medicinal plants from the African biodiversity which have short- as ...
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