Ethnopharmacology-A bibliometric analysis of a field of research meandering between medicine and food science?

Frontiers in Pharmacology

Volumn 9, Issue MAR, 2018, Pages

  Yeung, Andy Wai Kan ^a   Heinrich, Michael ^b   Atanasov, Atanas G ^c,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^c INSTITUTE OF GENETICS AND ANIMAL BREEDING   (Poland)

^d UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

Author keywords

Bibliometrics; Ethnobotany; Ethnomedicine; Ethnopharmacology; Folk medicine; Medicinal plant; Traditional medicine

Indexed keywords

ANTIOXIDANT;

AGRICULTURAL PARAMETERS; ANTIOXIDANT ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; ASIA; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; BIBLIOMETRICS; CITATION ANALYSIS; DRUG DESIGN; DRUG EFFECT; ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT; ETHNOPHARMACOLOGY; FUNCTIONAL FOOD; HUMAN; MEDICAL LITERATURE; MEDICAL RESEARCH; MEDICINAL PLANT; NATURAL SCIENCE; NEUROPHARMACOLOGY; NUTRITIONAL SCIENCE; PROPHYLAXIS; PUBLICATION; TRADITIONAL MEDICINE;

EID: 85044000707     PISSN: None     EISSN: 16639812     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/fphar.2018.00215     Document Type: Article

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