Multiple screening of medicinal plants from Oaxaca, Mexico: Ethnobotany and bioassays as a basis for phytochemical investigation

Phytomedicine

Volumn 5, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 177-186

  Frei, B ^a   Heinrich, M ^b   Bork, P M ^b   Herrmann, D ^c   Jaki, B ^a   Kato, T ^a,e   Kuhnt, M ^b,d   Schmitt, J ^c   Schuhly W ^a   Volken, C ^a   Sticher, O ^a  

^a ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF FREIBURG   (Germany)

^c F HOFFMANN LA ROCHE LTD   (Switzerland)

^d Gesellschaft mbH   (Austria)

^e JOSAI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Antimicrobial; Brine shrimp; Caco 2; Dermatological problems; Ethnobotany; Gastrointestinal illnesses; HET CAM; Immunomodulation; KB; Medicinal plants; NF B; Traditional medicine; Zapotec Indians (Mexico)

Indexed keywords

ANOSTRACA; DECAPODA (CRUSTACEA); FUNGI; MURINAE;

EID: 0000454718     PISSN: 09447113     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0944-7113(98)80025-1     Document Type: Article

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