The pharmacy of the Benedictine monks: The use of medicinal plants in Northeast Brazil during the nineteenth century (1823-1829)

Journal of Ethnopharmacology

Volumn 139, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 280-286

  Medeiros, Maria Franco Trindade ^a   De Albuquerque, Ulysses Paulino ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDADE FEDERAL RURAL DE PERNAMBUCO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Ethnopharmacology; Historical ethnobotany; Historical sources

Indexed keywords

HERBACEOUS AGENT;

ARTICLE; BRAZIL; ETHNOPHARMACOLOGY; HISTORY OF MEDICINE; HUMAN; MEDICINAL PLANT; NONHUMAN; PHARMACY; PRESCRIPTION; SYMPTOM; TRADITIONAL MEDICINE;

BRAZIL; CATHOLICISM; HISTORY, 19TH CENTURY; HUMANS; MEDICINE, TRADITIONAL; PHYTOTHERAPY; PLANTS, MEDICINAL;

EID: 83555165219     PISSN: 03788741     EISSN: 18727573     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jep.2011.11.014     Document Type: Article

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