Bioactive properties of plant species ingested by chimpanzees (Pan troglodytes schweinfurthii) in the Kibale National Park, Uganda

American Journal of Primatology

Volumn 68, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 51-71

  Krief, Sabrina ^a,b   Huffman, Michael A ^c   Sévenet, Thierry ^a   Hladik, Claude Marcel ^b   Grellier, Philippe ^b   Loiseau, Philippe M ^d   Wrangham, Richard W ^e  

^a CNRS   (France)

^b MUSÉUM NATIONAL D'HISTOIRE NATURELLE   (France)

^c KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^d UNIVERSITÉ PARIS SACLAY   (France)

^e Peabody Essex Museum   (United States)

Author keywords

Bioassays; Chemical ecology; Chimpanzee; Secondary compounds; Zoopharmacognosy

Indexed keywords

PLANT EXTRACT;

BIOACTIVITY; CHEMICAL ECOLOGY; DIET; PRIMATE;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BIOASSAY; CANDIDA TROPICALIS; CASE REPORT; CELL STRAIN KB; CHEMISTRY; DRUG EFFECT; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FECES; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; LEISHMANIA DONOVANI; MALE; MICROBIOLOGICAL EXAMINATION; NEMATODE; PAN TROGLODYTES; PARASITOLOGY; PENICILLIUM; PHYSIOLOGY; PLANT; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; TRYPANOSOMA BRUCEI; UGANDA;

ANIMALS; BIOLOGICAL ASSAY; CANDIDA TROPICALIS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FECES; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; KB CELLS; LEISHMANIA DONOVANI; MALE; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; PAN TROGLODYTES; PENICILLIUM; PLANT EXTRACTS; PLANTS, EDIBLE; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; RHABDITOIDEA; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; TRYPANOSOMA BRUCEI BRUCEI; UGANDA;

AFRICA; EAST AFRICA; KIBALE NATIONAL PARK; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA; UGANDA;

ANNONACEAE; DIOSPYROS; DIOSPYROS VIRGINIANA; EBENACEAE; MELIACEAE; PAN; PAN TROGLODYTES; PAN TROGLODYTES SCHWEINFURTHII; TRICHILIA; UVARIOPSIS CONGENSIS;

EID: 33644626099     PISSN: 02752565     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ajp.20206     Document Type: Article

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