Plant part substitution - A way to conserve endangered medicinal plants?

Journal of Ethnopharmacology

Volumn 71, Issue 1-2, 2000, Pages 281-292

  Zschocke, S ^a   Rabe, T ^a   Taylor, J L S ^a   Jager A K ^a   van Staden, J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NATAL PIETERMARITZBURG   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Eucomis autumnalis; Ocotea bullata; Siphonochilus aethiopicus; South African medicinal plants; Sustainable harvesting; Warburgia salutaris

Indexed keywords

EUCOMIS AUTUMNALIS EXTRACT; OCOTEA BULLATA EXTRACT; PLANT EXTRACT; SIPHONOCHILUS AETHIOPICUS EXTRACT; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; WARBURGIA SALUTARIS EXTRACT;

AFRICA; ANTIBACTERIAL ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GROWTH; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; MEDICINAL PLANT; THIN LAYER CHROMATOGRAPHY; TRADITIONAL MEDICINE; URBANIZATION;

AFRICA, SOUTHERN; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; BACTERIA; BOTANY; CHROMATOGRAPHY, THIN LAYER; CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES; CYCLOOXYGENASE 1; CYCLOOXYGENASE INHIBITORS; ISOENZYMES; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; PLANT EPIDERMIS; PLANT EXTRACTS; PLANT ROOTS; PLANTS, MEDICINAL; PROSTAGLANDIN-ENDOPEROXIDE SYNTHASES; SOUTH AFRICA; SPECTROPHOTOMETRY, ULTRAVIOLET;

EID: 0033948139     PISSN: 03788741     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0378-8741(00)00186-0     Document Type: Article

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