Medical ethnobotany of the Zapotecs of the Isthmus-Sierra (Oaxaca, Mexico). Documentation and assessment of indigenous uses

Journal of Ethnopharmacology

Volumn 62, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 149-165

  Frei, Barbara ^a   Baltisberger, Matthias ^a   Sticher, Otto ^a   Heinrich, Michael ^b  

^a ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF FREIBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Dermatological and gastrointestinal disorders; Ethnobotany; Medicinal plants; Semi quantitative method; Traditional medicine; Zapotecs (Oaxaca, Mexico)

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BIODIVERSITY; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; ETHNOPHARMACOLOGY; EYE DISEASE; FEVER; GASTROINTESTINAL DISEASE; HEMATOLOGIC DISEASE; HUMAN; MALARIA; MEDICAL LITERATURE; MEDICINAL PLANT; MEXICO; MUSCULOSKELETAL DISEASE; PHYTOCHEMISTRY; RESPIRATORY TRACT DISEASE; SKIN DISEASE; TRADITIONAL MEDICINE; UROGENITAL TRACT DISEASE;

ETHNOBOTANY; HUMANS; INDIANS, NORTH AMERICAN; MEXICO; PLANT EXTRACTS; PLANTS, MEDICINAL; SPECIES SPECIFICITY;

EID: 0031708839     PISSN: 03788741     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0378-8741(98)00051-8     Document Type: Article

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