Pharmacological activities of Prosopis africana fruits

ISBN-13: 9783845440347 / Angielski / Miękka / 100 str.

Joel Bosha; Isaac Asuzu

Opis

Herbal drugs are thought to be safer, affordable and more readily available.About 80% of the world population uses them. This book is an attempt to look at some pharmacological activities of the popular African iron wood, prosopis africana. It is used in folk medicine to treat body pains, diarrhea, dysentry and animal tyrpanosomosis. It was found to have local anaesthetic effect comparable to 2% lignocaine hci and analgesic effect comparable to 10mg/ml of feldine a common analgesic drug. The book will be of help to people interested in herbs and natural product, medical botanist, pharmacist, pharmacologist,enthnopharmacologist, natural product chemist, postgraduate and research students in pharmacology and the drug industry practitionals.

O autorze

Dr Bosha Joel A, born on 18th April, 1970 at Tse Dzor, Wukari LGA, Taraba State, Nigeria. He attended Deke Primary School,GSS Wukari, University of Maiduguri (DVM) and University of Nigeria Nsukka (MSc,Pharmacology/Toxicology). He is a PhD student with research interest in Phytopharmacology and diabetes.