Quantitative ethnobotanical study of the medicinal plants used by the Ati Negrito indigenous group in Guimaras island, Philippines

Journal of Ethnopharmacology

Volumn 157, Issue , 2014, Pages 228-242

  Ong, Homervergel G ^a   Kim, Young Dong ^a  

^a Hallym University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Fidelity level; Indigenous knowledge; Informant consensus factor; Philippine Ati Negrito; Use value

Indexed keywords

AERVA LANATA EXTRACT; ALLOPHYLUS COBBE EXTRACT; ALOE VERA EXTRACT; ALSTONIA SCHOLARIS EXTRACT; ANNONA MURICATA EXTRACT; ANNONA SQUAMOSA EXTRACT; ARTEMISIA VULGARIS EXTRACT; BARRINGTONIA ASIATICA EXTRACT; BREYNIA VITISIDAEA EXTRACT; CANARIUM ASPERUM EXTRACT; CASHEW NUT EXTRACT; CATHARANTHUS ROSEUS EXTRACT; CENTELLA ASIATICA EXTRACT; CHRYSOPHYLLUM CAINITO EXTRACT; EUPHORBIA HIRTA EXTRACT; GARLIC EXTRACT; GMELINA ELLIPTICA EXTRACT; GUAVA EXTRACT; HERBACEOUS AGENT; HIBISCUS ROSA-SINENSIS EXTRACT; JATROPHA CURCAS EXTRACT; JUSTICIA GENDARUSSA EXTRACT; MANGIFERA INDICA EXTRACT; ONION EXTRACT; PLANT EXTRACT; PSEUDERANTHEMUM CARRUTHERSII EXTRACT; SENNA ALATA EXTRACT; SWEET POTATO EXTRACT; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; UNINDEXED DRUG; VITEX TRIFOLIA EXTRACT; PLANT MEDICINAL PRODUCT;

ABDOMINAL PAIN; ALLERGY; ALLOPHYLUS COBBE; ALOPECIA; ANEMIA; ARTHRITIS; ARTICLE; ASCARIASIS; ASTHMA; BACKACHE; BARRINGTONIA ASIATICA; BITE; BLEEDING; BLUMEA BALSAMIFERA; BLURRED VISION; BREYNIA VITISIDAEA; BURN; CANARIUM ASPERUM; CHICKENPOX; CHILL; CHRYSOPHYLLUM CAINITO; COCONUT; COLD; CONSTIPATION; COUGHING; DANDRUFF; DENGUE; DIABETES MELLITUS; DIARRHEA; DISLOCATION; DOG BITE; DYSMENORRHEA; ETHNOBOTANY; EUPHORBIA HIRTA; FATIGUE; FEVER; FLATULENCE; GINGIVITIS; GMELINA ELLIPTICA; GOITER; HAIR LOSS; HEADACHE; HIBISCUS ROSA-SINENSIS; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; INDIGESTION; INFANTILE DIARRHEA; INGROWN NAIL; INSECT BITE; INSOMNIA; INTOXICATION; JAUNDICE; LYMPHADENOPATHY; MALAISE; MEASLES; MEDICAL DOCUMENTATION; MEDICINAL PLANT; MICTURITION DISORDER; MIGRAINE; MOUTH DISEASE; MUMPS; MYALGIA; NEGRITO; NEOPLASM; NEPHROLITHIASIS; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OTORRHEA; PEPTIC ULCER; PHILIPPINES; PSEUDERANTHEMUM CARRUTHERSII; RASH; RHEUMATIC DISEASE; SCABIES; SEMI STRUCTURED INTERVIEW; SENNA ALATA; SORE THROAT; SPRAIN; SWELLING; TINEA PEDIS; TINEA VERSICOLOR; TOOTH PAIN; URINARY TRACT INFECTION; VARICOSIS; VERRUCA VULGARIS; VITEX TRIFOLIA; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CHEMISTRY; ETHNOPHARMACOLOGY; FEMALE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; ORIENTAL MEDICINE; PHYTOTHERAPY; PROCEDURES; VERY ELDERLY; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ETHNOBOTANY; ETHNOPHARMACOLOGY; FEMALE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; MALE; MEDICINE, EAST ASIAN TRADITIONAL; MIDDLE AGED; PHILIPPINES; PHYTOTHERAPY; PLANT PREPARATIONS; PLANTS, MEDICINAL; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84908463001     PISSN: 03788741     EISSN: 18727573     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jep.2014.09.015     Document Type: Article

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