Author/Authors
Gibson, Diana University of the Western Cape - Department of Anthropology and Sociology, Research in Anthropology and Sociology of Health (RASH), South Africa
Title Of Article
Ambiguities in the making of an African Medicine: clinical trials of Sutherlandia frutescens (L.) R.Br 1(Lessertia frutescens)
شماره ركورد
22084
Abstract
This paper attends to the large and heterogenous array of people and things that come together in the making of a medicinal plant, Sutherlandia frutescens (Lessertia frutescens) as an African medicine through clinical trials. It is a messy, contested and ambiguous process and is constantly being revised and is always open to surprises and the possibility of failure. I use Sutherlandia to introduce some of the issues that complicate the landscapes of knowledge in South Africa in relation to phytomedicines and pharmaceuticals.
From Page
124
NaturalLanguageKeyword
Sutherlandia frutescens , trials , knowledge , plant , medicine
JournalTitle
African Sociological Review
To Page
137
JournalTitle
African Sociological Review
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