Healing with animals in Feira de Santana City, Bahia, Brazil

Journal of Ethnopharmacology

Volumn 65, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 225-230

  Costa Neto, Eraldo Medeiros ^a  

^a DEPARTAMENTO DE CIÊNCIAS BIOLÓGICAS   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Biodiversity; Ethnozoology; Folk medicine; Zootherapy

Indexed keywords

ANALGESIC AGENT; ANGIOTENSIN; ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; ANTIPYRETIC AGENT; ANTIVIRUS AGENT; ESTROGEN; PEPTIDE; SNAKE VENOM; VASODILATOR AGENT;

ANIMAL; ARTHROPOD; ARTICLE; BIODIVERSITY; BIRD; BRAZIL; CRUSTACEA; ECHINODERM; ETHNOLOGY; FISH; HERB; MAMMAL; REPTILE; SYRUP; TEA; TRADITIONAL MEDICINE;

ANIMAL POPULATION GROUPS; ANIMALS; BRAZIL; HUMANS; MEDICINE, TRADITIONAL;

EID: 0032791067     PISSN: 03788741     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0378-8741(98)00158-5     Document Type: Article

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