Ethnopharmacological approaches used to identify medicinal plants

Herbal Medicines: Development and Validation of Plant-derived Medicines for Human Health

Volumn , Issue , 2016, Pages 27-49

  Sakurada, Tsukasa ^a   Mizoguchi, Hirokazu ^b   Katsuyama, Soh ^a   Komatsu, Takaakai ^a   Kuwahata, Hikari ^a   Rombolà, Laura ^c   Bagetta, Giacinto ^c   Corasaniti, Maria Tiziana ^d   Sakurada, Shinobu ^b  

^a DAIICHI UNIVERSITY OF PHARMACY   (Japan)

^b TOHOKU PHARMACEUTICAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALABRIA   (Italy)

^d UNIVERSITY MAGNA GRAECIA OF CATANZARO   (Italy)

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