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Saving the Ethnopharmacological heritage of Samoa

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dc.contributor.author Cox, Paul Alan
dc.date.accessioned 2021-12-02T02:34:40Z
dc.date.available 2021-12-02T02:34:40Z
dc.date.issued 1993
dc.identifier.uri ${sadil.baseUrl}/handle/123456789/1050
dc.description.abstract Early Europeans to Samoa tended to denigrateauthenticity and efficacy of Samoan herbal medicine, yet bioassays indicate pharmacological activity in over 86% of Samoan medical plants. Novel anti-inflammatory compounds have been isolatedfromAlphitoniazyzyphoidesand Erythina varie, and the anti-HIV compound prostrain has been isolated from homalanthus nutans. en_US
dc.language.iso en en_US
dc.title Saving the Ethnopharmacological heritage of Samoa en_US
dc.type Article en_US


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