Review on the importance of documenting ethnopharmacological information on medicinal plants

African Journal of Pharmacy and Pharmacology

Volumn 3, Issue 9, 2009, Pages 400-403

  Weldegerima, Berhanemeskel ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GONDAR   (Ethiopia)

Author keywords

Biological and diversity; Ethnopharmacology; Indigenous knowledge; Medicinal plants

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; DRUG RESEARCH; ETHNOPHARMACOLOGY; HUMAN; INDIGENOUS PEOPLE; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MEDICAL DOCUMENTATION; MEDICINAL PLANT; REVIEW; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT;

EID: 77953668740     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19960816     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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