Medical Ethnobotany survey of the Senegalese community living in Cagliari (Sardinia, Italy)

Indian Journal of Traditional Knowledge

Volumn 13, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 275-282

  Maxia, Andrea ^a,c   Demurtas, Alexia ^a   Kasture, Sanjay ^b,c   Kasture, Veena ^b,c   Fadda, Veronica ^a   Ventroni, Giulia ^a   Maccioni, Alfredo ^a   Marengo, Arianna ^a   Sanna, Cinzia ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAGLIARI   (Italy)

^b SANJIVANI COLLEGE OF PHARMACEUTICAL EDUCATION AND RESEARCH   (India)

^c APRIN Applied Plant Research International Network   (Italy)

Author keywords

Ethnobotany; Sardinia; Senegal; Traditional knowledge

Indexed keywords

EID: 84898425512     PISSN: 09725938     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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