Pharmaceutical discoveries based on ethnomedicinal plants: 1985 To 2000 and beyond

Economic Botany

Volumn 57, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 126-134

  Lewis, Walter H ^a  

^a WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Antimalaria, antituberculosis; Ethnomedicinal plants; Future of ethnobotany; Pharmaceutical discoveries

Indexed keywords

EID: 0037626879     PISSN: 00130001     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1663/0013-0001(2003)057[0126:PDBOEP]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Conference Paper

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