The pharmacological validation of medicinal plants used for digestive problems in Navarra, Spain

European Journal of Integrative Medicine

Volumn 5, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 537-546

  Calvo, Maria Isabel ^a   Akerreta, Silvia ^a   Cavero, Rita Yolanda ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NAVARRA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Digestive; Ethnopharmacology; Gastroenterological symptoms; Navarra; Pharmacological validation; Traditional knowledge

Indexed keywords

ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT; SPASMOLYTIC AGENT;

AGED; ARTICLE; ASTERACEAE; BOOK; DIGESTIVE SYSTEM FUNCTION DISORDER; DRUG MECHANISM; FEMALE; FRUIT; HUMAN; INFLORESCENCE; INFORMATION; LAMIACEAE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICINAL PLANT; PHYTOTHERAPY; PLANT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; ROSACEAE; SEMI STRUCTURED INTERVIEW; SPAIN; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

EID: 84890130318     PISSN: 18763820     EISSN: 18763839     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.eujim.2013.07.002     Document Type: Article

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