African indigenous medical knowledge and human health / edited by Charles Wambebe, Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Tshwane University of Technology, Pretoria, South Africa.
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TextPublisher: Boca Raton : Taylor & Francis, [2018]Copyright date: ©2018Description: 1 online resource (xiv, 233 pages)Content type: text Media type: computer Carrier type: online resourceISBN: 9781315177472; 9781351710480Subject(s): Alternative medicine -- Research -- Africa | Traditional medicine -- Research -- AfricaAdditional physical formats: Print version: : No titleDDC classification: 610.7206 LOC classification: R651 | .A37 2018Online resources: Click here to view. "A CRC title, part of the Taylor & Francis imprint, a member of the Taylor & Francis Group, the academic division of T&F Informa plc."
chapter 1 Traditional Medicine Situation in Africa -- Where Are We? / Ossy MJ Kasilo Jean-Baptiste Nikiema Abayneh Desta André Lona -- chapter 2 Intellectual Property Rights and Traditional Medical Knowledge in Africa -- Issues and Development / Wend Wendland Fei Jiao -- chapter 3 African Medicinal Plants and Traditional Medical Knowledge -- Access and Benefit Sharing in the Context of Research and Development / Gerard Bodeker Emma Weisbord Drissa Diallo Robert Byamukama Yahaya Sekagya Charlotte I.E.A. van't Klooster -- chapter 4 Using Appropriate Methodology and Technology for Research and Development of African Traditional Medicines / Rasoanaivo Philippe Merlin Wilcox Bertrand Graz -- chapter 5 Development and Commercialization of Asiaticoside in Madagascar / Philippe Rasoanaivo Alain Loiseau Lucile Allorge-Boiteau Vinany Loharanombato -- chapter 6 Neem, Azadirachta indica / Sunita Facknath -- chapter 7 Commercialization of Plant-Based Medicines in South Africa -- Case Study of Aloe ferox / David R. Katerere -- chapter 8 The Story of Niprisan -- A Clinically Effective Phytomedicine for the Management of Sickle Cell Disorder / Charles Wambebe -- chapter 9 Moringa -- The Miracle Plant / Charles Wambebe -- chapter 10 African Traditional Medicine -- The Way Forward / Kofi Busia.