an investigation into the antibacterial activities of medicinal plants ...

CONTENTS
Page
ABSTRACT
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
i
iii
LIST OF ABREVIATIONS
LIST OF TABLES
LIST OF FIGURES
iv
vii
ix
CHAPTER 1
INTRODUCTION
1.1 Overview 1
1.2 Statement of the problem 4
1.3 Aim 4
1.4 Objectives 4
CHAPTER 2
LITERATURE REVIEW
2.1 TRADITIONAL MEDICINE
2.1.1 Traditional African herbal medicine 5
2.1.2 Herbalism and primary health care 7
2.1.3 Traditional herbalism and westernised biomedicine 8
2.2 MEDICINAL PLANTS
2.2.1 Importance of traditional medicinal plants 10
2.2.1.1 Ethnobotanical surveys 12
2.2.1.2 Phytomedicine and phytochemistry 13
2.2.1.3 Conservation of medicinal plants 15
2.2.2 Drug-herb interactions 16
2.2.3 Medicinal plants under investigation 18