Bitter plants used as substitute of Cinchona spp. (quina) in Brazilian traditional medicine

Journal of Ethnopharmacology

Volumn 149, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 790-796

  Cosenza, Gustavo P ^a   Somavilla, Nádia S ^b   Fagg, Christopher W ^c   Brandão, Maria G L ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF MINAS GERAIS   (Brazil)

^b FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF JUIZ DE FORA   (Brazil)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BRASILIA   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Antimalarials; Bitter plants; Cinchona spp.; Historical records; Quinas; Tonics

Indexed keywords

HERBACEOUS AGENT;

ANTIMALARIAL ACTIVITY; APOCYNACEAE; ARTICLE; ASTERACEAE; BRAZIL; CELASTRACEAE; CINCHONA; DATA BASE; DIGESTIVE SYSTEM FUNCTION DISORDER; LOGANIACEAE; NONHUMAN; OCHNACEAE; RHAMNACEAE; RUBIACEAE; RUTACEAE; SOLANACEAE; TRADITIONAL MEDICINE;

ANTIRHEA; CINCHONA; LOGANIACEAE; REMIJIA; RUBIACEAE; RUTACEAE; SOLANACEAE; SOLANUM; STRYCHNOS PSEUDOQUINA;

ANTIMALARIALS; BITTER PLANTS; CINCHONA SPP.; HISTORICAL RECORDS; QUINAS; TONICS;

ANTIMALARIALS; BRAZIL; CINCHONA; ETHNOPHARMACOLOGY; MEDICINE, TRADITIONAL; PLANT EXTRACTS; PLANTS, MEDICINAL;

EID: 84884411288     PISSN: 03788741     EISSN: 18727573     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jep.2013.08.004     Document Type: Article

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