Yews (Taxus) along the Hindu Kush-Himalayan region: Exploring the ethnopharmacological relevance among communities of Mongol and Caucasian origins

Journal of Ethnopharmacology

Volumn 147, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 190-203

  Poudel, Ram C ^a,b,c   Gao, Lian Ming ^a   Möller, Michael ^a,c   Baral, Sushim R ^d   Uprety, Yadav ^e   Liu, Jie ^a   Li, De Zhu ^a  

^a KUNMING INSTITUTE OF BOTANY   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (China)

^c ROYAL BOTANIC GARDEN EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^d Natl Herbarium and Plant Labs   (Nepal)

^e UNIVERSITÉ DU QUÉBEC EN ABITIBI TÉMISCAMINGUE   (Canada)

Author keywords

Bioprospecting; Gastro intestinal ailments; Hindu Kush Himalaya; Indigenous knowledge; Nepal; Taxines

Indexed keywords

HERBACEOUS AGENT;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CAUCASIAN; ETHNIC GROUP; ETHNOBOTANY; ETHNOPHARMACOLOGY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MONGOLIA; NEPAL; PHYLOGEOGRAPHY; PLANT TAXONOMY; TAXUS; TAXUS CONTORTA; TAXUS WALLICHIANA; TAXUS WALLICHIANA VAR. MAIREI; TRADITIONAL MEDICINE;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ASIAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; CULTURAL CHARACTERISTICS; ETHNOPHARMACOLOGY; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; MALE; MEDICINE, MONGOLIAN TRADITIONAL; MIDDLE AGED; MONGOLIA; NEPAL; PHYTOTHERAPY; PLANT PREPARATIONS; PLANTS, MEDICINAL; TAXUS;

TAXUS; TAXUS WALLICHIANA; TAXUS WALLICHIANA VAR. MAIREI;

EID: 84876142728     PISSN: 03788741     EISSN: 18727573     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jep.2013.02.031     Document Type: Article

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