Survey of medicinal plants used in the region Northeast of Brazil

Revista Brasileira de Farmacognosia

Volumn 18, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 472-508

  Agra, Maria De Fátima ^a   Silva, Kiriaki Nurit ^a   Basílio, Ionaldo José Lima Diniz ^a   De Freitas, Patrícia França ^a   Barbosa Filho, José Maria ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF PARAÍBA   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Ethnobotany; Ethnomedicine; Medicinal plants; Northeast of Brazil; Popular medicine

Indexed keywords

EID: 55849100054     PISSN: 0102695X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/S0102-695X2008000300023     Document Type: Review

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