title: Traditional medicinal plants used in the treatment of malaria and fevers in Papua New Guinea.
abstract: Plants have been used as traditional medicine in many areas of Papua New Guinea. Over thrity different plants used to treat malaria and fevers have been collected and their uses recorded. Many of the plants taken internally, but few others, are found to contain alkaloids.
mesh_terms: D000470:Alkaloids / Q000627:therapeutic use; D005334:Fever / Q000628:therapy*; D006801:Humans; D008288:Malaria / Q000628:therapy*; D008519:Medicine, Traditional; D009512:New Guinea; D010946:Plants, Medicinal
chemical_list: D000470:Alkaloids