Ethnopharmacology of Mexican asteraceae (compositae)

Annual Review of Pharmacology and Toxicology

Volumn 38, Issue , 1998, Pages 539-565

  Heinrich, Michael ^a   Robles, Mario ^b   West, Jan E ^c   Ortiz De Montellano, Bernardo R ^d   Rodriguez, Eloy ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FREIBURG   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d WAYNE STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e Department of Obstetrics Gynecology   (United States)

Author keywords

Ethnobotany; Mexico; Natural product pharmacology; Natural products toxicity; Sesquiterpene lactones

Indexed keywords

HERBACEOUS AGENT; POLYACETYLENE; PYRROLIZIDINE ALKALOID;

ANTIINFLAMMATORY ACTIVITY; ANTIMICROBIAL ACTIVITY; ANTINEOPLASTIC ACTIVITY; CONTACT DERMATITIS; ETHNOPHARMACOLOGY; HERBAL MEDICINE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SKIN ALLERGY; TEA; TRADITIONAL MEDICINE;

ASTERACEAE;

EID: 0031800969     PISSN: 00664251     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1146/annurev.pharmtox.38.1.539     Document Type: Review

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