Medical ethnobotany of the Chayahuita of the Paranapura basin (Peruvian Amazon)

Journal of Ethnopharmacology

Volumn 146, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 127-153

  Odonne, Guillaume ^a,b,c   Valadeau, Céline ^c   Alban Castillo, Joaquina ^d   Stien, Didier ^b,e   Sauvain, Michel ^c,f   Bourdy, Geneviève ^c,g  

^a Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique   (France)

^b Campus Agronomique   (France)

^c CNRS   (France)

^d UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL MAYOR DE SAN MARCOS   (Peru)

^e INSTITUT DE CHIMIE DES SUBSTANCES NATURELLES   (France)

^f UNIVERSIDAD PERUANA CAYETANO HEREDIA   (Peru)

^g UNIVERSITÉ PAUL SABATIER   (France)

Author keywords

Amazon; Chayahuita; Medicinal plant; Peru; Pharmacopeia; Traditional medicine

Indexed keywords

HERBACEOUS AGENT;

ARTICLE; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; ETHNIC GROUP; ETHNOBOTANY; FEMALE; FEVER; GASTROINTESTINAL DISEASE; HUMAN; MALARIA; MALE; MEDICINAL PLANT; NONHUMAN; SEMI STRUCTURED INTERVIEW; SKIN DISEASE; TRADITIONAL MEDICINE;

ADULT; ETHNOBOTANY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MEDICINE, TRADITIONAL; PERU; PHYTOTHERAPY; PLANT PREPARATIONS; PLANT STRUCTURES; PLANTS, MEDICINAL;

EID: 84874113352     PISSN: 03788741     EISSN: 18727573     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jep.2012.12.014     Document Type: Article

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