Screening of medicinal plants used by the Garífuna of eastern Nicaragua for bioactive compounds

Journal of Ethnopharmacology

Volumn 53, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 29-50

  Coe, Felix G ^a   Anderson, Gregory J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT   (United States)

Author keywords

Alkaloids; Eastern Nicaragua; Ethnomedicine; Gar funa; Glycosides; Medicinals

Indexed keywords

ALKALOID; GLYCOSIDE;

ARTICLE; DRUG SCREENING; MEDICINAL PLANT; NICARAGUA; TRADITIONAL MEDICINE;

ALKALOIDS; GLYCOSIDES; HUMANS; MEDICINE, TRADITIONAL; NICARAGUA; PLANT EXTRACTS; PLANTS, MEDICINAL; STRUCTURE-ACTIVITY RELATIONSHIP;

EID: 0029973150     PISSN: 03788741     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0378-8741(96)01424-9     Document Type: Article

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