The ethnopharmacology and toxicology of Urginea sanguinea in the Pretoria area

G. N. Foukaridis; E. Osuch; L. Mathibe; P. Tsipa

doi:10.1016/0378-8741(95)90034-9

The ethnopharmacology and toxicology of Urginea sanguinea in the Pretoria area

G. N. Foukaridis^*, E. Osuch, L. Mathibe, P. Tsipa

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Abstract

A water extract of the bulb of the plant Urginea sanguinea Schinz = (Urginea burkei Bak) (Liliaceae) is used by the black people mainly as a 'blood purifier'. Patients admitted at the Ga-Rankuwa Hospital with Urginea sanguinea poisoning had clinical symptoms effecting any of the following systems: GIT, urinary, CNS or the splanchnic.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	77-79
Number of pages	3
Journal	Journal of Ethnopharmacology
Volume	49
Issue number	2
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/0378-8741(95)90034-9
Publication status	Published - 1 Dec 1995

Keywords

Poisoning
Traditional medicines
Urginea sanguinea

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