Cnidoscolus Aconitifolius and Changes in Wistar Rats Liver Enzymes

ISBN-13: 9783659107498 / Angielski / Miękka / 2018 / 88 str.

Uzochukwu Ekeleme; Alloysius Ogodo; Nkechi C. Nwachukwu

Opis

The communicability and contagiousness of diseases are responsible for their transmission to other people. Consequence upon this fact, many people have been exploring so many health care methods and have made vast number of people stick to traditional medicine which employ the usage of herbs and plants in curing one disease or the other. This however is done without ascertaining the active ingredients of such vis-à-vis the right / appropriate dosage. One of the plant genera widely used traditionally for the treatment of many diseases is Cnidoscolus aconitifolius (family :Euphorbiaceae) . It has continued to be used as food, medicine and ornamental plant till date. Due to its ease of cultivation, potential productivity and above all its substantial nutritional value, the plant has spread all over the world including the tropics.