Making the most of Papua New Guinea's biodiversity: Establishment of an integrated set of programs that link botanical survey with pharmacological assessment in "the land of the unexpected"

Pharmaceutical Biology

Volumn 47, Issue 8, 2009, Pages 795-808

  Barrows, L R ^a   Matainaho, T K ^b   Ireland, C M ^a   Miller, S ^c   Carter, G T ^d   Bugni, T ^a   Rai, P ^b   Gideon, O ^b   Manoka, B ^b   Piskaut, P ^b   Banka, R ^e   Kiapranis, R ^e   Noro, J N ^b   Pond, C D ^a   Andjelic, C D ^a   Koch, M ^a   Harper, M K ^a   Powan, E ^b   Pole, A R ^a   Jensen, J B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF UTAH   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PAPUA NEW GUINEA   (Papua New Guinea)

^c SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION   (United States)

^d WYETH RESEARCH   (United States)

^e Papua New Guinea Forest Research Institute   (Papua New Guinea)

Author keywords

Botanical survey; Drug discovery; International Cooperative Biodiversity Group; Papua New Guinea; Traditional medicine

Indexed keywords

ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID; ANTHRAQUINONE; ARTEMISININ; CARDIAC GLYCOSIDE; CHLOROQUINE; CHLORTETRACYCLINE; GLITAZONE DERIVATIVE; HYDROXYMETHYLGLUTARYL COENZYME A REDUCTASE INHIBITOR; MORPHINE; PLANT EXTRACT; PLANT MEDICINAL PRODUCT; ZIDOVUDINE;

ACTINOBACTERIA; AWARENESS; BIODIVERSITY; CAELOSPERMUM SALOMONIENSE; CELL GROWTH; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONSERVATION BIOLOGY; CYTOTOXICITY; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; DYSOXYLUM GAUDICHAUDIANUM; EXOCARPUS LATIFOLIUS; FRACTIONATION; GROWTH INHIBITION; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS; INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION; LAW; LECYTHIDACEAE; MALARIA; MELIACEAE; MOTH; MYRISTICACEAE; PAPUA NEW GUINEA; PLANCHONIA PAPUANA; POISON IVY; PROGRAM DEVELOPMENT; RHUS TAITENSIS; RUBIACEAE; SANTALACEAE; STREPTOMYCES; T LYMPHOCYTE; TRADITIONAL MEDICINE; TRAINING; TUBERCULOSIS;

EID: 77149145903     PISSN: 13880209     EISSN: 17445116     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13880200902991599     Document Type: Conference Paper

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