Phytomedicinal potential of tropical cloudforest plants from Monteverde, Costa Rica

Revista de Biologia Tropical

Volumn 51, Issue 3-4, 2003, Pages 647-673

  Setzer, Mary C ^a   Moriarity, Debra M ^a   Lawton, Robert O ^a   Setzer, William N ^a   Gentry, Glenn A ^b   Haber, William A ^c,e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA IN HUNTSVILLE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MISSISSIPPI SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c

^d Costa Rica

^e MISSOURI BOTANICAL GARDEN   (United States)

Author keywords

Antibacterial activity; Antifungal activity; Antiherpes activity; Costa Rica; Cytotoxic activity; Monteverde Cloud Forest Preserve

Indexed keywords

ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENT; PLANT EXTRACT;

ANIMAL; CHEMISTRY; CLASSIFICATION; COSTA RICA; DRUG SCREENING; HAMSTER; HUMAN; MEDICINAL PLANT; MICROBIOLOGICAL EXAMINATION; REVIEW; TREE;

ANIMALS; ANTI-INFECTIVE AGENTS; ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENTS, PHYTOGENIC; COSTA RICA; CRICETINAE; DRUG EVALUATION, PRECLINICAL; HUMANS; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; PLANT EXTRACTS; PLANTS, MEDICINAL; TREES;

ANIMALIA; CRICETINAE;

EID: 1842855258     PISSN: 00347744     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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