Medicinal plants used in Northern Peru for the treatment of bacterial and fungal infections and inflammation symptoms

Journal of Medicinal Plants Research

Volumn 5, Issue 8, 2011, Pages 1297-1304

  Bussmann, Rainer W ^a   Glenn, Ashley ^a  

^a MISSOURI BOTANICAL GARDEN   (United States)

Author keywords

Ethnobotany; Infectious disease; Inflammation; Traditional medicine; Wounds

Indexed keywords

HERBACEOUS AGENT;

ARTICLE; ASTERACEAE; BACTERIAL INFECTION; COMPARATIVE EFFECTIVENESS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG ADMINISTRATION ROUTE; DRUG EFFICACY; EUPHORBIA; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; FLOWER; HERBAL MEDICINE; HUMAN; INFLAMMATION; LEGUME; MYCOSIS; PERU; PLANT IDENTIFICATION; PLANT LEAF; PLANT STEM;

ASTERACEAE; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CUCURBITACEAE; EUPHORBIACEAE; FABACEAE; LYCOPODIACEAE;

EID: 79957747089     PISSN: 19960875     EISSN: 19960875     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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