Peruvian medicinal plant sources of new pharmaceuticals (International cooperative biodiversity group-Peru)

Pharmaceutical Biology

Volumn 37, Issue SUPPL., 1999, Pages 69-83

  Lewis, W H ^a   Lamas, G ^a   Vaisberg, A ^a   Corley, D G ^a   Sarasara, C ^a  

^a WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Aguaruna; Biotic inventory; Cancer; Drug discovery; Leishmaniasis; Malaria; Training; Tropical forest

Indexed keywords

DRUG;

ARTICLE; BIODIVERSITY; CYTOTOXICITY; MEDICINAL PLANT; PERU; PLANT; RESEARCH;

PROTOZOA;

EID: 0033288224     PISSN: 13880209     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1076/1388-0209(200010)37:sup;1-w;ft069     Document Type: Article

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