Value of the ethnomedical information for the discovery of plants with antifungal properties. A survey among seven Latin American countries

Journal of Ethnopharmacology

Volumn 127, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 137-158

  Svetaz, Laura ^a   Zuljan, Federico ^a   Derita, Marcos ^a   Petenatti, Elisa ^b   Tamayo, Giselle ^c   Cáceres, Armando ^d   Cechinel Filho, Valdir ^e   Giménez, Alberto ^f   Pinzón, Roberto ^g   Zacchino, Susana A ^a   Gupta, Mahabir ^h  

^a UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DE ROSARIO   (Argentina)

^b UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DE SAN LUIS   (Argentina)

^c INSTITUTO NACIONAL DE BIODIVERSIDAD   (Costa Rica)

^d UNIVERSIDAD DE SAN CARLOS DE GUATEMALA   (Guatemala)

^e UNIVERSIDADE DO VALE DO ITAJAÍ   (Brazil)

^f UNIVERSIDAD MAYOR DE SAN ANDRÉS   (Bolivia)

^g UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DE COLOMBIA   (Colombia)

^h CIFLORPAN   (Panama)

Author keywords

Antifungal activity; Ethnomedical information; Latin American plants

Indexed keywords

AMPHOTERICIN B; ANNONA MURICATA EXTRACT; ANTIFUNGAL AGENT; BACCHARIS PINGRAEA EXTRACT; BOURRERIA HUANITA EXTRACT; CELTIS PALLIDA EXTRACT; CELTIS TALA EXTRACT; CHAPTALIA NUTANS EXTRACT; CONYZA BONARIENSIS EXTRACT; CORDIA DENTATA EXTRACT; FLAVERIA BIDENTIS EXTRACT; HERBACEOUS AGENT; JUSTICIA LINDENIANA EXTRACT; JUSTICIA PECTORALIS EXTRACT; JUSTICIA REPTANS EXTRACT; KETOCONAZOLE; PLANT EXTRACT; PLUMERIA RUBRA EXTRACT; POLYMNIA MACULANTA EXTRACT; SCHINUS AREIRA EXTRACT; SENECIO SALIGNUS EXTRACT; SOLIDAGO CHILENSIS EXTRACT; TABEBUIA ROSEA EXTRACT; TAGETES FILIFOLIA EXTRACT; TECOMA STANS EXTRACT; TERBINAFINE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; UNINDEXED DRUG; VALLESIA GLABRA EXTRACT; WEDELIA PALUDOSA EXTRACT; XANTHIUM SPINOSUM EXTRACT;

ANTIFUNGAL ACTIVITY; ANTIFUNGAL SUSCEPTIBILITY; ARTICLE; ASPERGILLUS; BACCHARIS PINGRAEA; BOURRERIA HUANITA; CELTIS PALLIDA; CELTIS TALA; CHAPTALIA NUTANS; CONTROLLED STUDY; CONYZA BONARIENSIS; CORDIA DENTATA; DERMATOPHYTE; DILUTION; ETHNOPHARMACOLOGY; FLAVERIA BIDENTIS; FUNGAL STRAIN; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; JUSTICIA LINDENIANA; JUSTICIA PECTORALIS; JUSTICIA REPTANS; MEDICAL INFORMATION; MEDICINAL PLANT; MINIMUM INHIBITORY CONCENTRATION; MYCOSIS; NONHUMAN; PLUMERIA RUBRA; SCHINUS AREIRA; SENECIO SALIGNUS; SOLIDAGO CHILENSIS; SOUTH AND CENTRAL AMERICA; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; TABEBUIA ROSEA; TECOMA STANS; VALLESIA GLABRA; WEDELIA PALUDOSA; XANTHIUM SPINOSUM; YEAST;

ANTIFUNGAL AGENTS; ARTHRODERMATACEAE; ASPERGILLUS; DATA COLLECTION; DRUG DISCOVERY; DRUG EVALUATION, PRECLINICAL; ETHNOPHARMACOLOGY; FUNGI; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; LATIN AMERICA; MEDICINE, TRADITIONAL; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; PHYTOTHERAPY; PLANT EXTRACTS; PLANTS, MEDICINAL; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; STATISTICS AS TOPIC; TERMINOLOGY AS TOPIC; YEASTS;

ARTHRODERMATACEAE; ASPERGILLUS; FUNGI;

EID: 72449132738     PISSN: 03788741     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jep.2009.09.034     Document Type: Article

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