Searching historical herbal texts for potential new drugs

British Medical Journal

Volumn 333, Issue 7582, 2006, Pages 1314-1315

  Buenz, Eric J ^a   Bauer, Brent A ^a   Johnson, Holly E ^b   Tavana, Gaugau ^b   Beekman, Eric M ^c   Frank, Kristi L ^a   Howe, Charles L ^a  

^a Mayo Clinic   (United States)

^b National Tropical Botanical Gardens   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; ATUNA RACEMOSA EXTRACT; CARBENICILLIN; HERBACEOUS AGENT; PLANT EXTRACT; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANTIBACTERIAL ACTIVITY; ATUNA RACEMOSA; DRUG ISOLATION; DRUG RESEARCH; DYSENTERY; ENTEROCOCCUS FAECALIS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; MEDICINAL PLANT; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; SHORT SURVEY; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS;

BOOKS; DRUG DESIGN; HISTORY, 17TH CENTURY; PHYTOTHERAPY; PLANT PREPARATIONS;

EID: 33845930511     PISSN: 09598146     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bmj.39008.492361.BE     Document Type: Short Survey

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