The herbal market of Cyprus: Traditional links and cultural exchanges

Journal of Ethnopharmacology

Volumn 133, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 191-203

  Karousou, Regina ^a   Deirmentzoglou, Stephania ^a  

^a ARISTOTLE UNIVERSITY OF THESSALONIKI   (Greece)

Author keywords

Cyprus; Eastern Mediterranean; Ethnobotanical indices; Herbal market; Medicinal plants; Traditional medicinal uses

Indexed keywords

HERBACEOUS AGENT;

ACHILLEA; ALOE VERA; ANEMIA; ANGIOSPERM; ANISE; ANXIETY; APIALES; ARTEMISIA ABSINTHIUM; ARTICLE; ASTERACEAE; BASIL; BORAGINACEAE; CHELIDONIUM; CITRUS FRUIT; COMFREY; COMMON COLD; CORIANDER; CRATAEGUS; CULTURAL FACTOR; CUMIN; CUPRESSACEAE; CYPRUS; DANDELION; DEPRESSION; DIABETES MELLITUS; DILL; DIURESIS; DRUG INFORMATION; DYSMENORRHEA; DYSPEPSIA; ECHINACEA; EQUISETUM; ETHNOBOTANY; EYE PAIN; FENNEL; FRUIT; FUMARIA; FUMARIACEAE; GALIUM; GASTROINTESTINAL DISEASE; GERANIACEAE; GLYCYRRHIZA GLABRA; GREECE; HEART ARRHYTHMIA; HERB; HYPERICUM PERFORATUM; HYPERTENSION; HYSSOPUS OFFICINALIS; INFLUENZA; JUGLANDACEAE; JUNIPERUS; LACTATION; LAURUS; LAURUS NOBILIS; LAVANDULA ANGUSTIFOLIA; LAVENDER; LEGUME; LIPPIA; LIPPIA CITRIODORA; MARIGOLD; MARKET; MATRICARIA; MEDICINAL PLANT; MELISSA OFFICINALIS; MENTHA; MENTHA PIPERITA; MENTHA PULEGIUM; MOUTH INFECTION; MYRTACEAE; MYRTLE; OBESITY; OLEACEAE; OLIVE TREE; OREGANO; ORIGANUM MAJORANA; OTALGIA; PAPAVERACEAE; PARSLEY; PELARGONIUM; PETAL; PLANT LEAF; PLANT ROOT; PLANTAGO; PSYCHOPATHY; RESPIRATORY TRACT DISEASE; RHEUMATIC DISEASE; ROSACEAE; ROSEMARY; RUBIACEAE; RUTACEAE; SAFFLOWER; SALVIA; SAMBUCUS NIGRA; SENNA; SIDERITIS; SIDERITIS PERFOLIATA; SPECIES CULTIVATION; TANACETUM PARTHENIUM; TAXONOMY; THYME; TILIACEAE; TREATMENT INDICATION; TURKEY (REPUBLIC); TUSSILAGO; URTICACEAE; VERBENACEAE; VITEX; VOMITING; WILD PLANT;

CONSENSUS; CYPRUS; DATA COLLECTION; ETHNOBOTANY; EUROPE; HUMANS; MEDICINE, TRADITIONAL; MIDDLE EAST; PHYTOTHERAPY; PLANT PREPARATIONS; QUESTIONNAIRES;

EID: 78650680043     PISSN: 03788741     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jep.2010.09.034     Document Type: Article

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