New strategies for drug discovery in tropical forests based on ethnobotanical and chemical ecological studies

Journal of Ethnopharmacology

Volumn 140, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 197-201

  Albuquerque, Ulysses Paulino ^a   Ramos, Marcelo Alves ^a   Melo, Joabe Gomes ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDADE FEDERAL RURAL DE PERNAMBUCO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Ethnobiology; Ethnopharmacology; Human ecology; Hypothesis; Resource availability hypothesis

Indexed keywords

PHENOL DERIVATIVE; SHIKIMIC ACID; TANNIN DERIVATIVE;

ARTICLE; DRUG DEVELOPMENT; ETHNOBOTANY; ETHNOPHARMACOLOGY; HERBIVORY; HUMAN; MEDICINAL PLANT; NONHUMAN; PLANT DEFENSE; PLANT ECOLOGY; TROPICAL RAIN FOREST;

DRUG DISCOVERY; ECOLOGY; ECOSYSTEM; ETHNOBOTANY; HERBIVORY; HUMANS; PHENOLS; PLANT IMMUNITY; PLANTS, MEDICINAL; TANNINS; TREES; TROPICAL CLIMATE;

EID: 84857114200     PISSN: 03788741     EISSN: 18727573     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jep.2011.12.042     Document Type: Article

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