An ethnobotanical survey of medicinal plants of Laos toward the discovery of bioactive compounds as potential candidates for pharmaceutical development

Pharmaceutical Biology

Volumn 50, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 42-60

  Soejarto, D D ^a,b   Gyllenhaal, C ^a   Kadushin, M R ^a,b   Southavong, B ^c   Sydara, K ^c   Bouamanivong, S ^d   Xaiveu, M ^c   Zhang, H J ^a   Franzblau, S G ^a   Tan, Ghee T ^e   Pezzuto, J M ^e   Riley, M C ^a   Elkington, B G ^a   Waller, D P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT CHICAGO   (United States)

^b FIELD MUSEUM OF NATURAL HISTORY   (United States)

^c Ministry of Health   (Laos)

^d National Science Council   (Laos)

^e UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII AT HILO   (United States)

Author keywords

Bioactive compounds; Biodiversity; Cancer; Ethnobotanical survey; HIV AIDS; Interview methods; Laos; Malaria; Medicinal plants; Tuberculosis

Indexed keywords

3' METHOXYASPARENYLDIOL; 3'' HYDROXY 4'' METHOXY 4'' DEHYDROXYNYASOL; 3'' METHOXYNYASOL; 3ALPHA,23 DIHYDROXY URS 12 EN 28 OIC ACID; ANTIMALARIAL AGENT; ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENT; ARTEMISIN; ASPARACOSIDE; ASPARACOSIN A; ASPARAGUS COCHINCHINENSIS EXTRACT; ASPARENYDIOL; BETULIC ACID; BETULINIC ACID 3BETA BIS(ACETYLCAFFEATE); BETULINIC ACID 3BETA CAFFEATE; CHLOROQUINE; DIOSPYROS QUAESITA EXTRACT; GONGRONEMA NAPALENSE EXTRACT; GONGRONESIDE A; MEFLOQUINE; NAUCLEA ORIENTALIS EXTRACT; NAUCLEAORINE; OLEANOLIC ACID; PINORESINOL; PLANT EXTRACT; PLANT MEDICINAL PRODUCT; ROUREA MINOR EXTRACT; ROUREMIN; ROURINOSIDE; TUBERCULOSTATIC AGENT; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANTIMALARIAL ACTIVITY; ANTINEOPLASTIC ACTIVITY; ANTIVIRAL ACTIVITY; ASPARAGUS COCHINCHINENSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIOSPYROS QUAESITA; DRUG DETERMINATION; DRUG STRUCTURE; ETHNOBOTANY; GONGRONEMA NAPALENSE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; IN VITRO STUDY; LAOS; MEDICINAL PLANT; NAUCLEA ORIENTALIS; NONHUMAN; REVIEW; ROUREA MINOR; SEMI STRUCTURED INTERVIEW; SPECIES IDENTIFICATION;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BIODIVERSITY; BIOLOGICAL ASSAY; DATA COLLECTION; DRUG DISCOVERY; ETHNOBOTANY; FEMALE; HUMANS; LAOS; MALE; MEDICINE, TRADITIONAL; MIDDLE AGED; PHYTOTHERAPY; PLANT EXTRACTS; PLANTS, MEDICINAL;

EID: 84555190273     PISSN: 13880209     EISSN: 17445116     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/13880209.2011.619700     Document Type: Review

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