Phytomedicines and Nutraceuticals: Alternative Therapeutics for Sickle Cell Anemia

Sickle cell anemia is a genetically inherited disease in which the “SS” individual possesses an abnormal beta globin gene. A single base substitution in the gene encoding the human β-globin subunit results in replacement of β6 glutamic acid by valine, leading to the devastating clinical manifestatio...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Imaga, Ngozi Awa
Format: Online
Language:English
Published: Hindawi Publishing Corporation 2013
Online Access:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3586489/