Comparison of plants used for skin and stomach problems in Trinidad and Tobago with Asian ethnomedicine

Journal of Ethnobiology and Ethnomedicine

Volumn 3, Issue , 2007, Pages

  Lans, Cheryl ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VICTORIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BAMBUSA; BAMBUSA VULGARIS; BIDENS; BIDENS ALBA; JATROPHA; JATROPHA CURCAS; NEUROLAENA LOBATA; PEPEROMIA; PEPEROMIA ROTUNDIFOLIA; PHYLLANTHUS URINARIA;

HERBACEOUS AGENT; PLANT MEDICINAL PRODUCT;

ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; CULTURAL FACTOR; FEMALE; GASTROINTESTINAL DISEASE; HUMAN; MALE; MEDICINAL PLANT; METHODOLOGY; MULTICENTER STUDY; PAIN; PARASITOSIS; PHYTOTHERAPY; PLANT; SKIN DISEASE; TRADITIONAL MEDICINE; TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO;

ANTHROPOLOGY, CULTURAL; CROSS-CULTURAL COMPARISON; DRUGS, CHINESE HERBAL; FEMALE; GASTROINTESTINAL DISEASES; HUMANS; MALE; MEDICINE, TRADITIONAL; PAIN; PARASITIC DISEASES; PHYTOTHERAPY; PLANT COMPONENTS; PLANT PREPARATIONS; PLANTS, MEDICINAL; SKIN DISEASES; TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO;

EID: 34250858197     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17464269     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1746-4269-3-3     Document Type: Article

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