Medicinal plants from open-air markets in the State of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil as a potential source of new antimycobacterial agents

Journal of Ethnopharmacology

Volumn 149, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 513-521

  Leitão, Fernanda ^a   Leitão, Suzana G ^a   De Almeida, Mara Zélia ^b   Cantos, Jéssica ^c   Coelho, Tatiane ^c   Da Silva, Pedro Eduardo A ^c  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF RIO DE JANEIRO   (Brazil)

^b FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF BAHIA   (Brazil)

^c FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF RIO GRANDE   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Ethnobotany; Medicinal plants; Open air markets; Struthanthus; Tuberculosis

Indexed keywords

3 O N ACILLUP 20(29) EN 3BETA,7BETA,15ALPHA TRIOL; ANTIMYCOBACTERIAL AGENT; OBTUSIFOLIOL; PHYTOSTEROL; PLANT EXTRACT; RIFAMPICIN; TERPENOID DERIVATIVE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; BIOASSAY; BRAZIL; DRUG ISOLATION; ETHNOBOTANY; ETHNOPHARMACOLOGY; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; MARKET; MEDICINAL PLANT; MINIMUM INHIBITORY CONCENTRATION; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; NONHUMAN; OBSERVATION; SEMI STRUCTURED INTERVIEW; SPECIES; STRUTHANTHUS CONCINNUS; STRUTHANTHUS MARGINATUS; TRADITIONAL MEDICINE; TUBERCULOSIS; VISCUM ALBUM;

LORANTHACEAE; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; STRUTHANTHUS;

ETHNOBOTANY; MEDICINAL PLANTS; OPEN-AIR MARKETS; STRUTHANTHUS; TUBERCULOSIS;

ANGIOSPERMS; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; BRAZIL; DATA COLLECTION; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; PHYTOTHERAPY; PLANT COMPONENTS, AERIAL; PLANT EXTRACTS; PLANTS, MEDICINAL;

EID: 84883139624     PISSN: 03788741     EISSN: 18727573     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jep.2013.07.009     Document Type: Article

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