Ethnomedicinal survey of medicinal plants used for the management of HIV/AIDS infection among local communities of Nkonkobe Municipality, Eastern Cape, South Africa

B. E. Omoruyi; G. Bradley; A. J. Afolayan

doi:10.5897/JMPR12.541

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Medicinal Plants Research

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Ethnomedicinal survey of medicinal plants used for the management of HIV/AIDS infection among local communities of Nkonkobe Municipality, Eastern Cape, South Africa

B. E. Omoruyi, G. Bradley and A. J. Afolayan*

School of Biological Sciences, University of Fort Hare, Alice 5700, South Africa.
Email: [email protected]

Article Number - C29F86A21378
Vol.6(19), pp. 3603-3608 , May 2012
https://doi.org/10.5897/JMPR12.541

Accepted: 06 April 2012
Published: 23 May 2012

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Ethnomedicinal survey of medicinal plants used for the management of HIV/AIDS infection among local communities of Nkonkobe Municipality, Eastern Cape, South Africa

B. E. Omoruyi, G. Bradley and A. J. Afolayan*

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