Medicinal and Aromatic Plants of the World - Africa Volume 3 (eBook)

Foreword; Mohamed Neffati; Ákos Máthé and Hanen Najjaa 1. Introduction to Medicinal and Aromatic Plants in Africa; Ákos Máthé, Mohamed Neffati and Hanen Najjaa 2. A review of African medicinal and aromatic plants; B.E. Van Wyk 3. Traditional use of medicinal and aromatic plants in Africa; Olufunke O. Fajinmi, Olaoluwa O. Olarewaju and J. Van Staden 4. Medicinal and Aromatic Plants of World – Africa; Ossy MJ Kasilo, Mawuli Kofi-Tsekpo and Francis Gachathi 5. Some Important Aromatic and Medicinal Plants of Morocco; Saadia Zrira 6. Prunus africana (the African cherry); Mélissa Rousseau, Claire Delvaux, Ezekiel Edward Mwakalukwa, Lawrence Mbwambo, Marie Caroline Momo Solefack, Harisoa Bako Ravaomanalina, Coert Geldenhuys, Ntamwira Niranda Seintsheng and Hans Beeckman 7. Bird plum Berchemia discolor (Klotzsch) Hemsl; Ahmad Cheikhyoussef and Alfred Maroyi 8. Aromatic and Medicinal plants of Tunisian Arid and Desert Zone used in Traditional Medicine, for Drug Discovery and Biotechnological Applications; Hanen Najjaa, Abdelkarim Ben Arfa, Ákos Máthé and Mohamed Neffati 9. Promising indigenous and endemic medicinal plants from Mauritius; Mohamad Fawzi Mahomoodally, Ameenah Gurib-Fakim and Muhammad Zakariyyah Aumeeruddy 10. Some Wild Herbaceous Plants of Nigeria: Biological, Pharmacognostic and Phytochemical Review; Sunday E. Atawodi, Mubarak L. Liman, Olufunsho D. Olowoniyi and Godwin O. Adejo 11. Some Wild growing Medicinal Trees of Nigeria: Phytochemical, Pharmacological and Therapeutical Potentials; Sunday E. Atawodi, Olufunsho D. Olowoniyi, Godwin O. Adejo and Mubarak L. Liman 12. Biological, Pharmacognostic and Phytochemical Review of Some Cultivated Medicinal Plants of Nigeria; Sunday E. Atawodi, Olufunsho D. Olowoniyi, Godwin O. Adejo and Mubarak L. Liman 13. The halophytic genus Zygophyllum and Nitraria from North Africa: A phytochemical and pharmacological overview; Soumaya Bourgou, Wided Megdiche and Riadh Ksouri 14. In Vivo Anticandida Activity Of Three Traditionaly Used Medicinal Plants In East Africa; D.P. Kisangau, K. M. Hosea, H.V. M. Lyaruu, C. C. Josep, Z.H. Mbwambo, P.J. Masimba 15. Wild edible Allium from Arid zones of Tunisia: New perspectives of natural compounds; Najjaa Hanen, Abelkarim Ben Arfa and Mohamed Neffati 16. Utilization of Pteridophytes as Herbal Medicines in Sub-Saharan Africa; Alfred Maroyi