A textbook of medicinal plants from Nigeria / edited by Tolu Odugbemi.

Lagos, Nigeria : University of Lagos Press, 2008.

xv, 628 pages : illustrations (chiefly colour) ; 25 cm

Medicinal plants from Nigeria : an overview / Tolu Odugbemi and Abiodun Ayoola -- History and practice of traditional medicine and its challenges / Toyin Ogundipe and Glory O. Ajayi -- Faith and the uses of medicinal plants / Taiwo Ipaye and Tolu Odugbemi, Jnr. -- Names and uses of plants in the Qur'an / M.A. Bidmos -- Reminiscences on the uses of medicinal plants from Nigeria / Oyewale Tomori -- The role of traditional medicine among the Yoruba of south-west Nigeria / Peter Osin Fabeku and Odunayo Akinsulire -- Some medicinal plants used as traditional recipes for some disorders among northern communities in Nigeria / Sambo B. Zailani and Ali Habeeb Ahmed -- The diversity of uses of medicinal plants in Nigeria / Nneoma Idika and Mary-Theresa Niemogha -- Calabashes as receptacles of traditional medicine and repositories of culture amongst the Yoruba people of south-west Nigeria / Peju Layiwola -- Taxonomy of Nigerian medicinal plants / M.O. Soladoya and O.O. Oyesiku -- Cultivation and propagation of medicinal plants in Nigeria / Akeem Bablola Kadiri -- Conservation and sustainable uses of medicinal plants in Nigeria / J. Dele Olowokudejo -- Medicinal plants as sources of lead compounds in drug discovery / Abiodun Ayoola -- Phytochemical screening of bioactive agents in medicinal plants / H.A.B. Coker, S.A. Adesegun and M.O. Sofidiya -- Separation techniques in medicinal plants research / H.A.B. Coker and Abiodun Ayoola -- Uses of medicinal plants for the treatment of malaria and gastrointestinal parasitic infections / Wellington Oyibo, A.F. Fagbenro-Beyioka and U. Igbasi -- Physiological actions of some medicinal plants / I.I. Olatunji-Bello and B.O. Iranloye -- Antiviral properties of African medicinal plants / S.A. Omilabu -- Importance of medicinal plants in agriculture and in pest control (insecticides) / Winifred Ayinke Makanjuola -- Medicinal plants used in treating eye infections in Nigeria / M. Ogunlesi, W. Okiei and M. Ademoye -- Factors that may be responsible for the ineffectiveness of medicinal plants when used in therapy / Ibukun Aibinu, Eyitayo Adenipekun and Toyin O. Adelowotan -- Marketing Nigerian medicinal plants / Bolajoko Dixon-Ogbechi -- Economic benefits of medicinal plants / Tinuola O. Odugbemi and Babatunde Odugbemi -- Pictures of medicinal plants / Tolu Odugbemi and Odunayo Akinsulire -- Medicinal plants species, family names and uses / Tolu Odugbemi and Odunayo Akinsulire.

Includes bibliographical references and index.