Medicinal plants with bioprospecting potential used in semi-arid northeastern Brazil

Journal of Ethnopharmacology

Volumn 131, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 326-342

  Cartaxo, Sarahbelle Leitte ^a   de Almeida Souza, Marta Maria ^a   de Albuquerque, Ulysses Paulino ^b  

^a REGIONAL UNIVERSITY OF CARIRI   (Brazil)

^b UNIVERSIDADE FEDERAL RURAL DE PERNAMBUCO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Ethnobotany; Ethnopharmacology; Seasonal dry forests; Semi arid

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BAUHINIA CHEILANTA; BIODIVERSITY; BRAZIL; GEOGRAPHICAL VARIATION (SPECIES); HYMENAEA COURBARIL; INJURY; INTOXICATION; MEDICINAL PLANT; MENTHA VILLOSA; MYRACRODRUON URUNDEUVA; RESPIRATORY TRACT DISEASE; RUTA GRAVEOLENS; SEMI STRUCTURED INTERVIEW; SKIN DISEASE; ZIZIPHUS JOAZEIRO;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BRAZIL; ECOSYSTEM; ETHNOBOTANY; FEMALE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PHYTOTHERAPY; PLANT EXTRACTS; PLANTS, MEDICINAL; YOUNG ADULT;

ASTRONIUM URUNDEUVA; BAUHINIA; HYMENAEA COURBARIL; MENTHA VILLOSA; RUTA GRAVEOLENS; ZIZIPHUS JOAZEIRO;

EID: 77956283027     PISSN: 03788741     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jep.2010.07.003     Document Type: Article

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