Part one: Indigenous medicine among the Hausa of Northern Nigeria: Laboratory evaluation for potential therapeutic efficacy of antimalarial plant medicinalsFootnote¹

This work was supported in part by a faculty research grant from Memphis State University. The author wishes also to acknowledge the following individuals for their efforts in facilitating various stages of the research and manuscript preparation: Elaine Berger, John Eaton, Natalie Etkin, Peter Goldblatt, Ibrahim Muazzamu, Jinjiri Musa, and Paul Ross.

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