Medicinal plants used to treat livestock ailments in Honduras

Journal of Herbs, Spices and Medicinal Plants

Volumn 10, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 55-64

  Ketzis, Jennifer K ^b   Brown, Dan L ^a  

^a Department of Obstetrics Gynecology   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Ethnoveterinary medicine; Medicinal plants; Traditional treatments

Indexed keywords

1,3,4,5 O TETRACAFFEOYLQUINIC ACID; ALKALOID DERIVATIVE; ALPHA AMYRIN; ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; ASCARIDOLE; BETA PELTATIN; BETA PINENE; CAMPHOR; CRYTOLEPINE; ECDYSTERONE; EPHEDRINE; ESTRAGOLE; FLAVONOID; GLYCOSIDE; HERBACEOUS AGENT; LIMONENE; MASLINIC ACID; MENTHONE; METHYLEUGENOL; ROSMARINIC ACID; THYMOL; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; UTERUS SPASMOLYTIC AGENT;

ETHNOBOTANY; LIVESTOCK; MEDICINAL PLANT; TRADITIONAL MEDICINE;

AMBROSIA CUMANENSIS; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; BIXA ORELLANA; BUDDLEJA AMERICANA; CASSIA OCCIDENTALIS; CECROPIA; CHENOPODIUM AMBROSIOIDES; DRUG ACTIVITY; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG INDICATION; EQUISETUM GIGANTEUM; EUPATORIUM; GLIRICIDIA SEPTIUM; GUAZUMA ULMIFOLIA; HONDURAS; HYPTIS VERTICILLATA; JATROPHA CURCAS; LIVESTOCK; MATRICARIA COURRANTIANA; MEDICINAL PLANT; MENTHA PIPERITA; NONHUMAN; OCIMUM MICRANTHUM; PLUCHEA SYMPHYTIFOLIA; SIDA ACUTA; SIDA RHOMBIFOLIA; TAGETES LUCIDA; VETERINARY MEDICINE;

HONDURAS;

EID: 0037245385     PISSN: 10496475     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1300/J044v10n01_07     Document Type: Article

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