Leveraging biodiversity knowledge for potential phyto-therapeutic applications

Journal of the American Medical Informatics Association

Volumn 20, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 668-679

  Sharma, Vivekanand ^a   Sarkar, Indra Neil ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VERMONT COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PLANT MEDICINAL PRODUCT;

AMARYLLIDACEAE; ANGIOSPERM; APIACEAE; ARTICLE; ASTERACEAE; BIODIVERSITY; BIOLOGICAL ACTIVITY; BRASSICACEAE; CLINICAL TRIAL (TOPIC); DRUG NOMENCLATURE; ENDANGERED SPECIES; FABACEAE; FEASIBILITY STUDY; FRANGULA; HIPPOPHAE; KNOWLEDGE; KNOWLEDGE BASE; LAMIACEAE; MEDICINAL PLANT; NONHUMAN; PHYLOGENETIC TREE; PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY; PHYTOTHERAPY; PLANT TAXONOMY; POACEAE; ROSACEAE; RUTACEAE; RXNORM; SOLANACEAE; SPECIES DIVERSITY;

BIODIVERSITY INFORMATICS; BIOPROSPECTING; CLINICAL TRIALS; MEDICINAL PLANTS;

BIODIVERSITY; CLINICAL TRIALS AS TOPIC; DATABASES, FACTUAL; FEASIBILITY STUDIES; HUMANS; PHYTOTHERAPY; PLANTS; PLANTS, MEDICINAL;

EID: 84883012334     PISSN: 10675027     EISSN: 1527974X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/amiajnl-2012-001445     Document Type: Article

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