Global medicinal uses of Euphorbia L. (Euphorbiaceae)

Journal of Ethnopharmacology

Volumn 176, Issue , 2015, Pages 90-101

  Ernst, Madeleine ^a   Grace, Olwen M ^b   Saslis Lagoudakis, C Haris ^a   Nilsson, Niclas ^c   Simonsen, Henrik Toft ^d   Rønsted, Nina ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^b ROYAL BOTANIC GARDENS   (United Kingdom)

^c LEO PHARMA A S   (Denmark)

^d UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Euphorbiaceae; Medicine; Poison; Toxicity; Worldwide

Indexed keywords

HERBACEOUS AGENT;

BLADDER STONE; BLINDNESS; BLOATING; CANDIDIASIS; CATARACT; CHYLURIA; COLIC; CONSTIPATION; DERMATITIS; DIARRHEA; DYSPNEA; DYSURIA; EPISTAXIS; EUPHORBIA; EUPHORBIA ANTIQUORUM; EUPHORBIA CADUCIFOLIA; EUPHORBIA CHAMAESYCE; EUPHORBIA COROLLATA; EUPHORBIA GENISTOIDES; EUPHORBIA HELIOSCOPIA; EUPHORBIA HETEROPHYLLA; EUPHORBIA HIRTA; EUPHORBIA LATHYRIS; EUPHORBIA MACULATA; EUPHORBIA MATABELENSIS; EUPHORBIA PEKINENSIS; EUPHORBIA PROSTRATA; EUPHORBIA SERRATA; EUPHORBIA THYMIFOLIA; EUPHORBIA TIRUCALLI; FEMALE INFERTILITY; GASTROINTESTINAL DISEASE; HAIR LOSS; HEARING IMPAIRMENT; HEART DISEASE; HELMINTHIASIS; HEMATEMESIS; HEMATURIA; HEMOPTYSIS; HUMAN; IMPOTENCE; INDIGESTION; INFECTION; INFLAMMATION; INTOXICATION; JAUNDICE; MALARIA; MALE INFERTILITY; MEASLES; MENTAL DISEASE; OLIGURIA; PAIN; PARALYSIS; PNEUMONIA; PREGNANCY DISORDER; PSORIASIS; RESPIRATORY TRACT DISEASE; REVIEW; SKIN DISEASE; SNAKEBITE; SUNBURN; UROGENITAL TRACT DISEASE; VAGINA BLEEDING; ANIMAL; MEDICINAL PLANT; PHYTOTHERAPY; TRADITIONAL MEDICINE;

ANIMALS; EUPHORBIA; HUMANS; MEDICINE, TRADITIONAL; PHYTOTHERAPY; PLANTS, MEDICINAL;

EID: 84945912022     PISSN: 03788741     EISSN: 18727573     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jep.2015.10.025     Document Type: Article

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