American palm ethnomedicine: A meta-analysis

Journal of Ethnobiology and Ethnomedicine

Volumn 5, Issue , 2009, Pages

  Sosnowska, Joanna ^a   Balslev, Henrik ^b  

^a W SZAFER INSTITUTE OF BOTANY   (Poland)

^b AARHUS UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARECACEAE; ROYSTONEA REGIA; SABAL; SERENOA REPENS;

PLANT EXTRACT;

ARECACEAE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; ETHNOBOTANY; HUMAN; MEDICINAL PLANT; META ANALYSIS; PHYTOTHERAPY; REVIEW; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; TRADITIONAL MEDICINE; WESTERN HEMISPHERE;

AMERICAS; ARECACEAE; ETHNOBOTANY; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; MEDICINE, TRADITIONAL; PHYTOTHERAPY; PLANT EXTRACTS; PLANTS, MEDICINAL; SPECIES SPECIFICITY;

EID: 76549125674     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17464269     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1746-4269-5-43     Document Type: Article

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