In vitro testing of the biological activity of Rubia cordifolia leaves on primate Strongyloides species

Primates

Volumn 37, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 105-108

  Messner, Ellen J ^a,c   Wrangham, Richard W ^b  

^a TUFTS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c TUFTS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Chimpanzees; Medicinal plants; Nematodes; Rubia cordifolia; Self medication; Zoopharmacognosy

Indexed keywords

NEMATODA; PAN (APE); PAN TROGLODYTES; PRIMATES; RUBIA; RUBIA CORDIFOLIA; RUBIACEAE; STRONGYLOIDES; TROGLODYTES;

EID: 0004681154     PISSN: 00328332     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF02382927     Document Type: Article

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