Medical ethnobotany of the Teribes of Bocas del Toro, Panama

Journal of Ethnopharmacology

Volumn 96, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 389-401

  Gupta, M P ^a,b   Solis P N ^a   Calderon A I ^a   Guinneau Sinclair, F ^c   Correa, M ^a,b   Galdames, C ^b   Guerra, C ^a   Espinosa, A ^a   Alvenda, G I ^d   Robles, G ^d   Ocampo, R ^d  

^a UNIVERSIDAD DE PANAMÁ   (Panama)

^b SMITHSONIAN TROPICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Panama)

^c SÖDERTÖRN UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^d CATIE   (Costa Rica)

Author keywords

Bocas del Toro; Ethnobotany; Panama; Teribe

Indexed keywords

PLANT EXTRACT;

ACANTHACEAE; AMEBIASIS; AMERICAN INDIAN; ANGIOSPERM; ANTIMICROBIAL ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; BLEEDING; BLISTER; BURN; CHICKENPOX; CONJUNCTIVITIS; COUGHING; CULTURAL FACTOR; DATA ANALYSIS; DEMENTIA; DIARRHEA; DYSMENORRHEA; ETHNOBOTANY; FATIGUE; FEVER; GESNERIACEAE; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; INFLAMMATION; INFLUENZA; INTERVIEW; LEISHMANIASIS; MALNUTRITION; MEASLES; MEDICINAL PLANT; METHODOLOGY; PAIN; PANAMA; PLANT IDENTIFICATION; PNEUMONIA; RHEUMATIC DISEASE; RUBIACEAE; SCAR FORMATION; SKIN INFECTION; SNAKEBITE; URINARY TRACT INFECTION; VERRUCA VULGARIS; VERTIGO; PHYTOTHERAPY; REVIEW; TRADITIONAL MEDICINE;

ACANTHACEAE; GESNERIACEAE; MAGNOLIOPHYTA; RUBIACEAE;

ETHNOBOTANY; HUMANS; INDIANS, CENTRAL AMERICAN; MEDICINE, TRADITIONAL; PANAMA; PHYTOTHERAPY; PLANTS, MEDICINAL;

EID: 20144387518     PISSN: 03788741     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jep.2004.08.032     Document Type: Article

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