The ethnobotanical study of local mediterranean food plants as medicinal resources in southern Spain

Journal of Physiology and Pharmacology

Volumn 56, Issue SUPPL. 1, 2005, Pages 97-114

  Rivera, Diego ^a   Obon, C ^b   Inocencio, C ^a   Heinrich, M ^c   Verde, A ^a   Fajardo, J ^a   Llorach, R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MURCIA   (Spain)

^b MIGUEL HERNÁNDEZ UNIVERSITY   (Spain)

^c UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Ethnobotany; Functional food; Local food; Mediterranean food(s); Traditional knowledge; Traditional medicine

Indexed keywords

ANGIOSPERM; BORAGINACEAE; CARYOPHYLLACEAE; CLIMATE; CONFERENCE PAPER; CRUCIFERA; ETHNOBOTANY; GOOSEFOOT; HUMAN; MEDICINAL PLANT; MEDITERRANEAN DIET; NONHUMAN; POACEAE; ROSACEAE; SPAIN; TOMOGRAPHY;

DIET, MEDITERRANEAN; ETHNOBOTANY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MORTALITY; PLANTS, EDIBLE; PLANTS, MEDICINAL; SPAIN;

EID: 33745718123     PISSN: 08675910     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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