Plants with topical uses in the Ripollès district (Pyrenees, Catalonia, Iberian Peninsula): Ethnobotanical survey and pharmacological validation in the literature

Journal of Ethnopharmacology

Volumn 164, Issue , 2015, Pages 162-179

  Rigat, Montse ^a   Vallès, Joan ^a   Dambrosio, Ugo ^a,b   Gras, Airy ^a,b   Iglésias, Jaume ^c   Garnatje, Teresa ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BARCELONA   (Spain)

^b INSTITUT BOTÀNIC DE BARCELONA IBB CSIC ICUB   (Spain)

^c NONE   (Spain)

Author keywords

Cosmetics; Dermatological disorders; Ethnobotany; Ethnopharmacology; Pyrenees; Topical use

Indexed keywords

HERBACEOUS AGENT;

ADOXACEAE; AGED; ALFALFA; AMARYLLIDACEAE; APIACEAE; ARNICA MONTANA; ARTICLE; ASTERACEAE; CRASSULACEAE; CUCURBITACEAE; ETHNOBOTANY; ETHNOPHARMACOLOGY; FABACEAE; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPERICACEAE; HYPERICUM PERFORATUM; LAMIACEAE; LILIACEAE; LILIUM CANDIDUM; LILY; MALE; MALVACEAE; MEDICINAL PLANT; NONHUMAN; OLEACEAE; PARSLEY; SAMBUCUS NIGRA; SEMI STRUCTURED INTERVIEW; TAXONOMY; THYME; TRADITIONAL MEDICINE; TUSSILAGO; TUSSILAGO FARFARA; VALIDATION STUDY; VERBENA OFFICINALIS; VERBENACEAE; ADULT; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; MIDDLE AGED; PHYTOTHERAPY; SPAIN; TOPICAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; VERY ELDERLY;

ARNICA MONTANA; HYPERICUM PERFORATUM; LILIUM CANDIDUM; THYMUS VULGARIS; TUSSILAGO FARFARA;

ADMINISTRATION, TOPICAL; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ETHNOBOTANY; ETHNOPHARMACOLOGY; FEMALE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; MALE; MEDICINE, TRADITIONAL; MIDDLE AGED; PHYTOTHERAPY; PLANTS, MEDICINAL; SPAIN;

EID: 84923339681     PISSN: 03788741     EISSN: 18727573     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jep.2015.01.055     Document Type: Article

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