Medicinal potions used against infectious bowel diseases in Mayan traditional medicine

Journal of Ethnopharmacology

Volumn 132, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 303-308

  Vera Ku, Marina ^a   Méndez González, Martha ^a   Moo Puc, Rosa ^b   Rosado Vallado, Miguel ^c   Simá Polanco, Paulino ^a   Cedillo Rivera, Roberto ^b   Peraza Sánchez, Sergio R ^a  

^a CENTRO DE INVESTIGACIÓN CIENTÍFICA DE YUCATÁN   (Mexico)

^b INSTITUTO MEXICANO DEL SEGURO SOCIAL   (Mexico)

^c UNIVERSIDAD AUTÓNOMA DE YUCATÁN   (Mexico)

Author keywords

Amebicidal activity; Giardicidal activity; Herbal formulations; Infectious bowel diseases; Mayan traditional medicine; Medicinal potions

Indexed keywords

HERBACEOUS AGENT;

ANNONA RETICULATA; ARTEMISIA VULGARIS; ARTICLE; AVOCADO; AYENIA MAGNA; CALLICARPA ACUMINATA; CEIBA ACUMINATA; CHENOPODIUM AMBROSIOIDES; CORALVINE; CORDIA GLOBOSA; CROSSOPETALUM GAUMERI; DALBERGIA GLABRA; DALEA CARTHAGENENSIS; DIPHYSA CARTHAGENENSIS; DYSENTERY; ENTAMOEBA HISTOLYTICA; ESCHERICHIA COLI; ETHNOBOTANY; EUPATORIUM ODORATUM; EUPHORBIA GAUMERI; EUPHORBIA SCHLECHTENDALII; GIARDIA LAMBLIA; GUAVA; GUAZUMA ULMIFOLIA; HELIOTROPIUM ANGIOSPERMUM; IC 50; JATROPHA GAUMERI; KLEBSIELLA PNEUMONIAE; LAVANDULA LATIFOLIA; MANILKARA ZAPOTA; MEDICINAL PLANT; MELOCHIA NODIFLORA; MENTHA PIPERITA; MICROMERIA BROWNEI; MINIMUM INHIBITORY CONCENTRATION; NONHUMAN; OCIMUM MICRANTHUM; PIMENTA DIOICA; PITHECELLOBIUM UNGUIS CATI; PLANTAGO MAJOR; PLUMERIA RUBRA; POLEO; POMEGRANATE; RIVINA HUMILIS; SALMONELLA TYPHI; SATUREJA BROWNEI; SENNA ATOMARIA; SHIGELLA FLEXNERI; SPONDIAS PURPUREA; TEUCRIUM CUBENSE; TRADITIONAL MEDICINE; TREMA MICRANTHA; TRIUMFETTA SEMITRILOBA;

ENTAMOEBA HISTOLYTICA; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GIARDIA INTESTINALIS; KLEBSIELLA PNEUMONIAE; SALMONELLA TYPHI; SHIGELLA FLEXNERI;

EID: 77957787112     PISSN: 03788741     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jep.2010.08.040     Document Type: Article

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