Value chains of herbal medicines - Research needs and key challenges in the context of ethnopharmacology

Journal of Ethnopharmacology

Volumn 140, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 624-633

  Booker, Anthony ^a,b   Johnston, Deborah ^a,c   Heinrich, Michael ^a,b,d  

^a London International Development Centre   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^d SOUTHERN CROSS UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Ayurveda; Herbal medical products; Sustainability; Traditional chinese medicine (TCM); Traditional medicine; Value chain analysis

Indexed keywords

CULTURAL FACTOR; DATA ANALYSIS; DRUG RESEARCH; ECONOMIC EVALUATION; ETHNOPHARMACOLOGY; HERBAL MEDICINE; MEDICAL LITERATURE; MEDICINAL PLANT; NONHUMAN; REVIEW; SOCIAL ASPECT; SOCIOECONOMICS; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; VALUE CHAIN ANALYSIS;

EID: 84858997029     PISSN: 03788741     EISSN: 18727573     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jep.2012.01.039     Document Type: Article

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