Some popular medicinal plants and diseases of the Upper Palaeolithic in Western Georgia

Journal of Ethnopharmacology

Volumn 166, Issue , 2015, Pages 42-52

  Martkoplishvili, Inga ^a,b   Kvavadze, Eliso ^b  

^a ILIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (Georgia)

^b Georgian National Museum   (Georgia)

Author keywords

Medicinal plants; Palaeolithic cave; Paleopharmacology; Palynology; Population diseases; Upper

Indexed keywords

CADMIUM; DRUG THERAPY; PLANT MEDICINAL PRODUCT;

ACHILLEA; ANALYSIS; ANTIBACTERIAL ACTIVITY; ANTIINFLAMMATORY ACTIVITY; ANTIMICROBIAL ACTIVITY; ANTIPYRETIC ACTIVITY; ARTEMISIA ABSINTHIUM; ARTEMISIA ANNUA; ARTICLE; ASTERACEAE; CAVE; CENTAUREA; CENTRIFUGATION; CHEMISTRY; CLASSIFICATION; ETHNOBOTANY; ETHNOPHARMACOLOGY; FOSSIL; GEORGIA; HUMAN; MEDICINAL PLANT; NONHUMAN; PALEOLITHIC; PALYNOLOGY; PLANT IDENTIFICATION; POLLEN; PROCEDURES; SEDIMENT; TRADITIONAL MEDICINE; URTICA DIOICA; URTICACEAE;

ANALYSIS; ASTERACEAE; CHEMISTRY; CLASSIFICATION; ETHNOBOTANY; ETHNOPHARMACOLOGY; FOSSILS; GEOLOGIC SEDIMENTS; GEORGIA; HUMANS; MEDICINE, TRADITIONAL; METHODS; PLANT PREPARATIONS; PLANTS, MEDICINAL; POLLEN; THERAPEUTIC USE; URTICACEAE;

ACHILLEA MILLEFOLIUM; ARTEMISIA; ARTEMISIA ABSINTHIUM; ARTEMISIA ANNUA; ASTERACEAE; CENTAUREA JACEA; URTICA DIOICA; URTICACEAE;

EID: 84964297881     PISSN: 03788741     EISSN: 18727573     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jep.2015.03.003     Document Type: Article

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