The traditional medicinal and food uses of four plants in Oaxaca, Mexico

Journal of Medicinal Plants Research

Volumn 5, Issue 15, 2011, Pages 3404-3411

  Bautista Cruz, Angélica ^a   Arnaud Viñas, María R ^a   Martínez Gutiérrez, Gabino Alberto ^a   Sánchez Medina, Patricia Soledad ^a   Pacheco, Rafael Pérez ^a  

^a INSTITUTO POLITÉCNICO NACIONAL   (Mexico)

Author keywords

Anoda cristata (L.) schltdl.; Cnidoscolus chayamansa Mc vaugh; Galinsoga quadriradiata ruiz and pavon; Portulaca oleracea L

Indexed keywords

ASCORBIC ACID; IRON; PROTEIN; RETINOL;

ANODA CRISTATA; ARM INJURY; ARTICLE; CHAYA; CNIDOSCOLUS CHAYAMANSA; CONTROLLED STUDY; COUGHING; DIABETES MELLITUS; DIET; ETHNOBOTANY; FEMALE; FOOD; FOOD INTAKE; GALINSOGA QUADRIRADIATA; HUMAN; HYPERCHOLESTEROLEMIA; HYPERTENSION; KIDNEY DISEASE; LEG INJURY; MEDICINAL PLANT; MEXICO; NONHUMAN; NUTRIENT CONTENT; NUTRITIONAL VALUE; PIOJITO; SEMI STRUCTURED INTERVIEW; SNOWBALL SAMPLE; TEA; TRADITIONAL MEDICINE; TREATMENT INDICATION; VERDOLAGA; VIOLETA;

ANODA CRISTATA; CNIDOSCOLUS CHAYAMANSA; COSCINODISCOPHYCEAE; GALINSOGA QUADRIRADIATA; KALLSTROEMIA MAXIMA; PAVON; PORTULACA OLERACEA;

EID: 80051873145     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19960875     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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