Taste of medicinal plants: A potential tool in predicting ethnopharmacological activities?

Journal of Ethnopharmacology

Volumn 174, Issue , 2015, Pages 464-473

  Gilca, Marilena ^a   Barbulescu, Alina ^b,c  

^a CAROL DAVILA UNIVERSITY OF MEDICINE AND PHARMACY   (Romania)

^b TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF CIVIL ENGINEERING   (Romania)

^c OVIDIUS UNIVERSITY   (Romania)

Author keywords

Ayurveda; Plants; Taste; Traditionalremedies

Indexed keywords

ASTRINGENT AGENT; PLANT MEDICINAL PRODUCT;

ARTICLE; AYURVEDA; BITTER TASTE; CONTINGENCY TABLE; ETHNOPHARMACOLOGY; MEDICINAL PLANT; PREDICTION; SALTINESS; SOUR TASTE; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; TASTE; THERAPY EFFECT; ALGORITHM; CHEMISTRY; DRUG EFFECTS; FACTUAL DATABASE; HUMAN; PREDICTIVE VALUE; PROCEDURES; TRADITIONAL MEDICINE;

ALGORITHMS; DATABASES, FACTUAL; ETHNOPHARMACOLOGY; HUMANS; MEDICINE, AYURVEDIC; MEDICINE, TRADITIONAL; PLANTS, MEDICINAL; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; TASTE;

EID: 84941360408     PISSN: 03788741     EISSN: 18727573     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jep.2015.08.040     Document Type: Article

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