From Tonic-cups to Bitter-cups: Kwasi bita beker from Suriname. Determination, past and present use of an ancient galenic artefact

Journal of Ethnopharmacology

Volumn 110, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 318-322

  Odonne, G ^a   Bourdy, G ^a   Beauchene J ^b   Houel E ^c   Stien, D ^c   Chevolot, L ^c   Deharo, E ^a  

^a UMR 152 IRD Universite Paul Sabatier   (France)

^b Campus Agronomique   (France)

^c CNRS   (France)

Author keywords

Bitter cup; Quassia amara; Suriname; Tonic cup; Traditional remedy

Indexed keywords

PLANT EXTRACT; QUASSIA AMARA EXTRACT; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; ARTIFACT; BITTER CUPS; CULTURAL FACTOR; ETHNOPHARMACOLOGY; FREQUENCY ANALYSIS; HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; KWASI BITA BEKER; MARKET; MEDICINAL PLANT; MICROSCOPIC ANATOMY; NONHUMAN; TONIC CUPS; TRADITIONAL MEDICINE;

CHROMATOGRAPHY, HIGH PRESSURE LIQUID; ETHNOPHARMACOLOGY; HISTORY, 19TH CENTURY; HISTORY, 20TH CENTURY; HUMANS; MATERIALS TESTING; MEDICINE, TRADITIONAL; MICROSCOPY; PHARMACY; QUASSIA; SURINAME; WOOD;

QUASSIA AMARA; SIMAROUBACEAE;

EID: 33847230219     PISSN: 03788741     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jep.2006.09.045     Document Type: Article

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