In search of the perfect aphrodisiac: Parallel use of bitter tonics in West Africa and the Caribbean

Journal of Ethnopharmacology

Volumn 143, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 840-850

  Van Andel, Tinde ^a   Mitchell, Sylvia ^b   Volpato, Gabriele ^c   Vandebroek, Ina ^d   Swier, Jorik ^c   Ruysschaert, Sofie ^e   Rentería Jiménez, Carlos Ariel ^f   Raes, Niels ^a  

^a UNIVERSITEIT LEIDEN BRANCH   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF THE WEST INDIES   (Jamaica)

^c WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^d INSTITUTE OF ECONOMIC BOTANY   (United States)

^e GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

^f Instituto de Investigaciones Ambientales Del Pacífico John von Neumann   (Colombia)

Author keywords

Erectile dysfunction; Ethnobotany; Plant mixtures; Slave trade; Traditional medicine Africa

Indexed keywords

APHRODISIAC AGENT;

AFRICA; AMARANTHACEAE; AMERICAN INDIAN; ARISTOLOCHIA; ARISTOLOCHIACEAE; ARTEMISIA ABSINTHIUM; ARTICLE; BITTER TONIC; CAESALPINIA; CENTRAL AMERICA; COLUBRINA; CYPERUS; EUROPEAN UNION; HERBAL MEDICINE; LOGANIACEAE; MEDICINAL PLANT; MENISPERMACEAE; MONDIA WHITEI; MORACEAE; MORINDA; NONHUMAN; PAULLINIA; PAULLINIA PINNATA; PLANTAGINACEAE; PLANTS BY OUTER APPEARANCE; POLYGALACEAE; QUASSIA AMARA; RHAMNACEAE; ROSACEAE; RUTACEAE; SAPINDACEAE; SIMAROUBACEAE; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; STRYCHNOS; TASTE; XYLOPIA; YAM; ZANTHOXYLUM;

AFRICA, WESTERN; ANGIOSPERMS; APHRODISIACS; CARIBBEAN REGION; MEDICINE, AFRICAN TRADITIONAL; PLANT PREPARATIONS;

EID: 84866742328     PISSN: 03788741     EISSN: 18727573     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jep.2012.08.008     Document Type: Article

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