Volume, value and floristic diversity of Gabons medicinal plant markets

Journal of Ethnopharmacology

Volumn 155, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 1184-1193

  Towns, Alexandra M ^a   Quiroz, Diana ^a,b   Guinee, Lieke ^c   De Boer, Hugo ^a,d,e   Van Andel, Tinde ^a  

^a LEIDEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^c UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^d UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^e UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

Author keywords

Central Africa; Herbal medicine; Informal economy; Non timber forest products (NTFPs); Plant conservation; Trade

Indexed keywords

PLANT MEDICINAL PRODUCT; RESIN;

AFRAMOMUM MELEGUETA; AFROSTYRAX; ANNICKIA AFFINIS; ARTICLE; AUCOUMEA KLAINEANA; BARK; CAPSICUM ANNUUM; CONTROLLED STUDY; COPAIFERA RELIGIOSA; CROTON; CROTON OLIGANDRUS; CYMBOPOGON CITRATUS; DANIELLIA KLAINEI; DISTEMONANTHUS BENTHAMIANUS; DRUG COST; DRUG MARKETING; ERYTHROPHLEUM IVORENSE; FLORISTIC DIVERSITY; FRUIT; FUNGUS; GABON; GARCINIA; GARCINIA KOLA; GARCINIA LUCIDA; HERB; HERBAL MEDICINE; HUMAN; MASSULARIA ACUMINATA; MEDICINAL PLANT; MONODORA MYRISTICA; NAUCLEA DIDERRICHII; PENTACLETHRA MACROPHYLLA; PLANT SEED; PTEROCARPUS; PTEROCARPUS SOYAUXII; RICINODENDRON HEUDELOTII; SHRUB; SPECIES DIVERSITY; TABERNANTHE IBOGA; TERMINALIA CATAPPA; TETRAPLEURA; TETRAPLEURA TETRAPTERA; TREE; WOMEN'S HEALTH; XYLOPIA; XYLOPIA AETHIOPICA; AFRICAN MEDICINE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; BLACK PERSON; CLASSIFICATION; COMMERCIAL PHENOMENA; ECONOMICS; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; ETHNOLOGY; ETHNOPHARMACOLOGY; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; INFORMATION PROCESSING; PHYTOTHERAPY; PSYCHOLOGY; SUPPLY AND DISTRIBUTION; SYMBOLISM;

AFRICAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; CEREMONIAL BEHAVIOR; COMMERCE; CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES; DATA COLLECTION; ETHNOPHARMACOLOGY; GABON; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; MEDICINE, AFRICAN TRADITIONAL; PHYTOTHERAPY; PLANT PREPARATIONS; PLANTS, MEDICINAL; WOMEN'S HEALTH;

EID: 84906509326     PISSN: 03788741     EISSN: 18727573     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jep.2014.06.052     Document Type: Article

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