Traditional knowledge for modern ailments - plants used for the treatment of diabetes and cancer in northern peru

Journal of Medicinal Plant Research

Volumn 5, Issue 31, 2011, Pages 6916-69130

  Bussmann, Rainer W ^a   Glenn, Ashley ^a  

^a MISSOURI BOTANICAL GARDEN   (United States)

Author keywords

Anti cancer; Anti diabetic; Blood sugar control; Ethnobotany; Medicinal plants

Indexed keywords

HERBACEOUS AGENT;

AMARANTHACEAE; AMARYLLIDACEAE; ANNACARDIACEAE; APIACEAE; APOCYNACEAE; AQUIFOLIACEAE; ARTICLE; ASPHODELACEAE; ASTERACEAE; CACTACEAE; CAMPANULACEAE; CAPRIFOLIACEAE; CUCURBITACEAE; DIABETES MELLITUS; DIOSCOREACEAE; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG MIXTURE; ERICACEAE; EUPHORBIACEAE; FABACEAE; GENTIANACEAE; GERANIACEAE; HUMAN; JUGLANDACEAE; LAMIACEAE; LYCOPODIACEAE; MEDICINAL PLANT; MENISPERMACEAE; MORACEAE; MUSACEAE; NEOPLASM; NONHUMAN; OLEACEAE; PERU; PLANT LEAF; PLANT STEM; POACEAE; POLYGONACEAE; ROSACEAE; RUBIACEAE; SMILACACEAE; SOLANACEAE; TRADITIONAL MEDICINE;

ASTERACEAE; GENTIANACEAE;

EID: 84855897715     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19960875     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5897/JMPR09.351     Document Type: Article

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