Notes on the traditional use of plants to treat snake bite in northern Papua New Guinea

Toxicon

Volumn 38, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 299-302

  Mebs, Dietrich ^a  

^a GOETHE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PLANT EXTRACT;

ARTICLE; HUMAN; PAPUA NEW GUINEA; PHYTOCHEMISTRY; PHYTOTHERAPY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SNAKEBITE;

HUMANS; PAPUA NEW GUINEA; PLANTS, MEDICINAL; SNAKE BITES;

SERPENTES;

EID: 0033991284     PISSN: 00410101     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0041-0101(99)00148-8     Document Type: Article

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