Medicinal plants used by the villagers of a Sundanese community in West Java, Indonesia

Journal of Ethnopharmacology

Volumn 115, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 72-81

  Roosita, Katrin ^a,b   Kusharto, Clara M ^a   Sekiyama, Makiko ^b   Fachrurozi, Yulian ^c   Ohtsuka, Ryutaro ^d  

^a BOGOR AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY   (Indonesia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^c INDONESIAN INSTITUTE OF SCIENCES   (Indonesia)

^d NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR ENVIRONMENTAL STUDIES   (Japan)

Author keywords

Herbalist healer; Indonesia; Sundanese; Traditional medicine; West Java

Indexed keywords

AGERATUM CONYZOIDES EXTRACT; ANDROGRAPHIS PANICULATA EXTRACT; ANNONA MURICATA EXTRACT; ARTEMISIA VULGARIS EXTRACT; BLUMEA BALSAMIFERA EXTRACT; BLUMEA CHINENSIS EXTRACT; CANNA INDICA EXTRACT; CARICA PAPAYA EXTRACT; CEIBA PENTANDRA EXTRACT; CHLORANTHUS ELATIOR EXTRACT; CLINACANTHUS NUTAN EXTRACT; COCOS NUCIFERA EXTRACT; ERYNGIUM FOETIDUM EXTRACT; GARLIC EXTRACT; GENDARUSSA VULGARIS EXTRACT; GONIOTHALAMUS MACROPHYLLUS EXTRACT; GRAPTOPHYLLUM PICTUM EXTRACT; HEMIGRAPHIS COLORATA EXTRACT; HERBACEOUS AGENT; KALANCHOE PINNATA EXTRACT; MIKANIA MICRANTHA EXTRACT; NASTURTIUM INDICUM EXTRACT; ONION EXTRACT; PLANT EXTRACT; PLEOMELE ANGUSTIFOLIA EXTRACT; PLUCHEA INDICA EXTRACT; SECHIUM EDULE EXTRACT; SONCHUS ARVENSIS EXTRACT; STROBILANTHES CRISPA EXTRACT; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; UNINDEXED DRUG;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DERMATITIS; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HEPATITIS; HERBAL MEDICINE; HUMAN; INDONESIA; MALE; MEDICINAL PLANT; MYALGIA; PHYSICAL DISEASE; SELF CARE; STOMACH PAIN; TRADITIONAL MEDICINE;

DATA COLLECTION; FEMALE; HUMANS; INDONESIA; MALE; MEDICINE, ORIENTAL TRADITIONAL; MEDICINE, TRADITIONAL; MIDDLE AGED; PHYTOTHERAPY; PLANTS, MEDICINAL;

EID: 36549018244     PISSN: 03788741     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jep.2007.09.010     Document Type: Article

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