Abstract:
:This paper describes an ethnopharmacological study of two remote settlements in Indonesia. Interviews with practitioners of traditional medicine (dukuns) were carried out to determine the vernacular names of plants used for medicinal purposes. Parts used, methods of preparation and the medicinal uses of 158 species are presented in an inventory. Samples from several species are currently undergoing chemical analysis.
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J Ethnopharmacoljournal_title
Journal of ethnopharmacologyauthors
Elliott S,Brimacombe Jdoi
10.1016/0378-8741(87)90006-7subject
Has Abstractpub_date
1987-05-01 00:00:00pages
285-317issue
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0378-8741issn
1872-7573pii
0378-8741(87)90006-7journal_volume
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更新日期:2012-08-01 00:00:00
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pub_type: 杂志文章,评审
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journal_title:Journal of ethnopharmacology
pub_type: 杂志文章,评审
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更新日期:2016-09-15 00:00:00
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pub_type: 杂志文章
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