Ethnobotanical survey of medicinal plants used in the treatment of gastrointestinal disorders in the Eastern Cape Province, South Africa

O. O. Olajuyigbe; A. J. Afolayan

doi:10.5897/JMPR11.1707

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Ethnobotanical survey of medicinal plants used in the treatment of gastrointestinal disorders in the Eastern Cape Province, South Africa

O. O. Olajuyigbe and A. J. Afolayan*

Phytomedicine Research Centre, Department of Botany, University of Fort Hare, Alice, 5700, South Africa.
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Article Number - 1C9A2B717225
Vol.6(18), pp. 3415-3424 , May 2012
https://doi.org/10.5897/JMPR11.1707

Accepted: 11 April 2012
Published: 16 May 2012

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