The uses and misuses of orchids in medicine

QJM: An International Journal of Medicine

Volumn 98, Issue 9, 2005, Pages 625-631

  Bulpitt, C J ^a  

^a IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIDIARRHEAL AGENT; ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; ANTIPYRETIC AGENT; APHRODISIAC AGENT; DENDROBIUM EXTRACT; ORAL CONTRACEPTIVE AGENT; PLANT EXTRACT; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AFRICA; ALLERGY; AMBLYOPIA; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; CHINA; DENDROBIUM; DIABETES MELLITUS; DRUG INDICATION; DYSENTERY; EPILEPSY; ESOPHAGUS CANCER; EUROPE; FATIGUE; FEVER; HEADACHE; HUMAN; JAPAN; LUNG CANCER; MALE FERTILITY; MEDICINAL PLANT; NAUSEA; NONHUMAN; ORCHIDACEAE; PAIN; POULTICE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETINITIS; SKIN INFECTION; STOMACH CANCER; TINEA; WESTERN HEMISPHERE;

EID: 24144441252     PISSN: 14602725     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/qjmed/hci094     Document Type: Article

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