Does the name really matter? the importance of botanical nomenclature and plant taxonomy in biomedical research

Journal of Ethnopharmacology

Volumn 152, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 387-392

  Bennett, Bradley C ^a   Balick, Michael J ^b  

^a FLORIDA INTERNATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b INSTITUTE OF ECONOMIC BOTANY   (United States)

Author keywords

Botanical Nomenclature; Medicinal plant research; Plant taxonomy

Indexed keywords

CLOMIFENE; CLOMIPRAMINE; HYDRALAZINE; HYDROXYZINE; NEFAZODONE; PREDNISOLONE; PREDNISONE; QUETIAPINE;

ADULT RESPIRATORY DISTRESS SYNDROME; ANGIOSPERM; BIOSPHERE; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; CHEMISTRY; CLINICAL RESEARCH; CONGENITAL HEART DISEASE; DRUG SURVEILLANCE PROGRAM; MEDICAL RESEARCH; MEDICATION ERROR; MEDICINAL PLANT; MICROBIOLOGY; NOMENCLATURE; NONHUMAN; PATIENT CARE; PHYLOGENY; PLANT TAXONOMY; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PUBLICATION; REPRODUCIBILITY; REVIEW; SPECIES IDENTIFICATION; TAXONOMIC RANK; CLASSIFICATION; ETHNOPHARMACOLOGY; FACTUAL DATABASE; HUMAN; PROCEDURES;

MAGNOLIOPHYTA;

BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH; DATABASES, FACTUAL; ETHNOPHARMACOLOGY; HUMANS; PLANTS, MEDICINAL; TERMINOLOGY AS TOPIC;

EID: 84900379175     PISSN: 03788741     EISSN: 18727573     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jep.2013.11.042     Document Type: Review

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