Cross-cultural comparisons of medicinal floras and bioprospecting revisited

Journal of Ethnopharmacology

Volumn 139, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 688-690

  Saslis Lagoudakis, C Haris ^a,b   Williamson, Elizabeth M ^a   Savolainen, Vincent ^b,c   Hawkins, Julie A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF READING   (United Kingdom)

^b IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^c ROYAL BOTANIC GARDENS   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

NATURAL PRODUCT;

BIOPROSPECTING; CULTURAL FACTOR; DRUG ACTIVITY; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG INDUSTRY; DRUG RESEARCH; DRUG SCREENING; EDITORIAL; MEDICAL INFORMATION; MEDICINAL PLANT; TRADITIONAL MEDICINE;

EID: 84856228764     PISSN: 03788741     EISSN: 18727573     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jep.2011.09.015     Document Type: Editorial

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