Toxicological studies of stem bark extract from Schefflera barteri Harms (Araliaceae)
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Toxicological studies of stem bark extract from Schefflera barteri Harms (Araliaceae)
BACKGROUND The use of herbal medicines as complements or alternatives to orthodox medicines has been on the increase. There has been the erroneous belief that these medicines are free from adverse effects. Schefflera barteri is popularly used in the West region of Cameroon for the treatment of various diseases such as diarrhea, spasm, pneumonia and animals bite. Considering the ethnopharmacolog...
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عنوان ژورنال: BMC Complementary and Alternative Medicine
سال: 2015
ISSN: 1472-6882
DOI: 10.1186/s12906-015-0581-z