Ethnopharmacological survey: a selection strategy to identify medicinal plants for a local phytotherapy program

Ethnopharmacological studies are important for documenting and protecting cultural and traditional knowledge associated with the medical use of biodiversity. In this paper, we present a survey on medicinal plants used by locals in a community of Nova Viçosa, Viçosa, MG, Brazil, as a strategy to sele...

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Main Authors: Flávia Liparini Pereira, José Martins Fernandes, João Paulo Viana Leite
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Universidade de São Paulo 2012-06-01
Series:Brazilian Journal of Pharmaceutical Sciences
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Online Access:http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1984-82502012000200014