Insights into the search for new drugs from traditional knowledge: An ethnobotanical and chemical-ecological perspective

Pharmaceutical Biology

Volumn 49, Issue 8, 2011, Pages 864-873

  De Almeida, Cecília De Fátima Castelo Branco Rangel ^a,b   Cavalcanti De Amorim, Elba Lúcia ^b   De Albuquerque, Ulysses Paulino ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDADE FEDERAL RURAL DE PERNAMBUCO   (Brazil)

^b FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF PERNAMBUCO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Bioprospecting; ethnopharmacology; plant apparency hypothesis; secondary metabolites; traditional medicine

Indexed keywords

ALKALOID; AMBURANA CEARENSIS EXTRACT; ANADENANTHERA COLUBRINA EXTRACT; BAUHINIA CHEILANTHA EXTRACT; CAESALPINIA FERREA EXTRACT; CAESALPINIA PYRAMIDALIS EXTRACT; CAPPARIS FLEXUOSA EXTRACT; CEREUS JAMACARU EXTRACT; CNIDOSCOLUS QUERCIFOLIUS EXTRACT; COMMIPHORA LEPTOPHLOEOS EXTRACT; COUMARIN DERIVATIVE; CYMBOPOGON CITRATUS EXTRACT; FLAVONOID; HERBACEOUS AGENT; LIPPIA ALBA EXTRACT; MAYTENUS RIGIDA EXTRACT; MIMOSA TENUIFLORA EXTRACT; MYRACRODRUON URUNDEUVA EXTRACT; NATURAL PRODUCT; PEPPERMINT; PLANT EXTRACT; PLECTRANTHUS AMBOINICUS EXTRACT; QUINONE DERIVATIVE; SAPONIN; SCHINOPSIS BRASILIENSIS EXTRACT; SCHINUS TEREBINTHIFOLIUS EXTRACT; TANNIN DERIVATIVE; TERPENOID; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; UNINDEXED DRUG; XIMENIA AMERICANA EXTRACT;

AMBURANA CEARENSIS; ANADENANTHERA COLUBRINA; ARTICLE; BARK; BAUHINIA CHEILANTHA; BIOLOGICAL ACTIVITY; BRAZIL; CAESALPINIA FERREA; CAESALPINIA PYRAMIDALIS; CAPPARIS FLEXUOSA; CEREUS JAMACARU; CNIDOSCOLUS QUERCIFOLIUS; COMMIPHORA LEPTOPHLOEOS; CYMBOPOGON CITRATUS; FLOWER; FRUIT; HERB; HUMAN; LIPPIA ALBA; MAYTENUS RIGIDA; MEDICINAL PLANT; MENTHA PIPERITA; MIMOSA TENUIFLORA; MYRACRODRUON URUNDEUVA; NONHUMAN; PHYTOCHEMISTRY; PLANT ROOT; PLANT SEED; PLANT STEM; PLECTRANTHUS AMBOINICUS; PREDICTION; RURAL AREA; SCHINOPSIS BRASILIENSIS; SCHINUS TEREBINTHIFOLIUS; SEMI STRUCTURED INTERVIEW; SHRUB; TREE; XIMENIA AMERICANA;

BRAZIL; DRUG DISCOVERY; ECOSYSTEM; ETHNOBOTANY; MEDICINE, TRADITIONAL; PHYTOTHERAPY; PLANT PREPARATIONS; PLANTS, MEDICINAL; RESEARCH DESIGN;

EID: 79959623175     PISSN: 13880209     EISSN: 17445116     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/13880209.2010.551777     Document Type: Article

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