Snakebites and ethnobotany in the northwest region of Colombia. Part I: Traditional use of plants

Journal of Ethnopharmacology

Volumn 71, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 493-504

  Otero, R ^a   Fonnegra, R ^a   Jimenez S L ^a   Nunez V ^a   Evans, N ^a   Alzate, S P ^a   Garcia M E ^a   Saldarriaga, M ^a   Del Valle, G ^a   Osorio, R G ^a   Diaz A ^a   Valderrama, R ^a   Duque, A ^a   Velez H N ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD DE ANTIOQUIA   (Colombia)

Author keywords

Colombia; Ethnobotany; Snakebites

Indexed keywords

BATROXOBIN; HERBACEOUS AGENT; PLANT EXTRACT;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; COLOMBIA; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG EFFECT; DRUG SCREENING; ENVENOMATION; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PLANT; PLANT LEAF; SNAKEBITE;

BOTHRIECHIS; BOTHROPS; PORTHIDIUM;

EID: 0033869148     PISSN: 03788741     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0378-8741(00)00243-9     Document Type: Article

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