Phyllanthus piscatorum, ethnopharmacological studies on a women's medicinal plant of the Yanomamï Amerindians

Journal of Ethnopharmacology

Volumn 91, Issue 2-3, 2004, Pages 181-188

  Gertsch, Jürg ^a   Niomawe ^b   Gertsch Roost, Kathrin ^b   Sticher, Otto ^a  

^a ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^b Yanomamï Comunidad Mahekoto ^*  (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Amazon; Antiyeast; Fish poison; Medicinal plant; Phyllanthus piscatorum; Venezuela; Yanomam

Indexed keywords

ANTIFUNGAL AGENT; PHYLLANTHUS PISCATORUM EXTRACT; PLANT EXTRACT; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AMERICAN INDIAN; ANTIMICROBIAL ACTIVITY; ANTIPROTOZOAL ACTIVITY; ASPERGILLUS FLAVUS; ASPERGILLUS FUMIGATUS; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BLOOD CELL; CANDIDA ALBICANS; CELL VIABILITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOTOXICITY; ETHNOPHARMACOLOGY; EUPHORBIA; FUNGAL STRAIN; HELA CELL; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; LEUKEMIA CELL LINE; MEDICINAL PLANT; MONONUCLEAR CELL; NONHUMAN; PHYLLANTHUS; PHYLLANTHUS PISCATORUM; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; REVIEW; TRYPANOSOMA RHODESIENSE; YEAST;

ANIMALS; ANTIFUNGAL AGENTS; DERMATOMYCOSES; ETHNOPHARMACOLOGY; FEMALE; GRAM-POSITIVE BACTERIA; HELA CELLS; HUMANS; MEDICINE, TRADITIONAL; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; MITOSPORIC FUNGI; PARASITIC SENSITIVITY TESTS; PHYLLANTHUS; PHYTOTHERAPY; PLANT COMPONENTS, AERIAL; PLANT EXTRACTS; PLANT LEAVES; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; TRYPANOSOMA BRUCEI RHODESIENSE; VENEZUELA; WOMEN'S HEALTH;

EID: 2342429339     PISSN: 03788741     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jep.2003.12.022     Document Type: Review

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