Animal-based medicines: Biological prospection and the sustainable use of zootherapeutic resources

Anais da Academia Brasileira de Ciencias

Volumn 77, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 33-43

  Costa Neto, Eraldo M ^a  

^a DEPARTAMENTO DE CIÊNCIAS BIOLÓGICAS   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Bioprospection; Ethnozoology; Sustainability; Zootherapy

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA;

EID: 13444274723     PISSN: 00013765     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/s0001-37652005000100004     Document Type: Article

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