What is it about?
Agunmu iba is a local herbal medicine used mainly by people of low economic status tfor malaria treatment. Most times doses taken vary and are not specified. The essence of this work was to use the herbal decoction in a laboratory setting and using biochemical indices suggest safety levels.
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Why is it important?
The work is to educate people on the possible harm of undiagnosed or uncontrolled use of herbal decoction.
Perspectives
A word of caution to herbal practitioners. People should be aware of the constituents of these drugs and complete experimental profile should be carried out to ascertain safety levels and or limits.
Dr Olufunke Grace Dawodu
Federal Polytechnic Ede
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This page is a summary of: Animal Toxicological Studies of Agunmu Iba (Malaria Herbal Medicine), Journal of Advances in Medicine and Medical Research, December 2018, Sciencedomain International,
DOI: 10.9734/jammr/2018/44452.
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