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authors James G. Graham ORCID , Bethany Gwen Elkington , Jonathan Bisson ORCID , Charlotte Gyllenhaal , Yulin Ren , A. Douglas Kinghorn , Kongmany Sydara , Djaja Djendoel Soejarto
book title [Medicinal Plants of Laos]
access https://www.routledge.com/Medicinal-Plants-of-Laos/Soejarto-Elkington-Sydara/p/book/9781032077772
subjects Medicinal plants Laos Ethnopharmacology Traditional medicine Biodiversity Conservation
An evaluation of select medicinal species from Chapter 5 was performed by exploring the global scientific literature for evidence in support of the folkloric uses, through convergence in bioactivity profiles or corroboration of therapeutic uses. Five common affliction categories in the primary ethnopharmacological data were explored: diarrhea, fever, pain, rheumatism, and liver complaints. The LOTUS and NAPRALERT datasets were queried for chemical profiles of the species, folkloric use, and experimental bioactivity data, respectively.
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