CONTRIBUTION TO THE KNOWLEDGE OF THE PHARMACEUTICAL ETHNOBOTANY OF LASEGARRA REGION (CATALONIA, IBERIAN PENINSULA)

Authors
RAJA D BLANCHE C XIRAU JV
Citation
D. Raja et al., CONTRIBUTION TO THE KNOWLEDGE OF THE PHARMACEUTICAL ETHNOBOTANY OF LASEGARRA REGION (CATALONIA, IBERIAN PENINSULA), Journal of ethnopharmacology, 57(3), 1997, pp. 149-160
Citations number
87
Categorie Soggetti
Pharmacology & Pharmacy","Plant Sciences
Journal title
Journal of ethnopharmacology → ACNP
ISSN journal
03788741
Volume
57
Issue
3
Year of publication
1997
Pages
149 - 160
Database
ISI
SICI code
0378-8741(1997)57:3<149:CTTKOT>2.0.ZU;2-L
Abstract
An ethnobotanical survey was carried out in the region known as La Seg arra, situated at the north east of the Iberian Peninsula, in the inne r plains of Catalonia, with an area of 720 km(2) and a population of 1 7 000. Working with 29 people, data on uses of 142 species belonging t o 54 botanical families were obtained and presented, of which 13 uses corresponding to nine plant species were previously unreported. (C) 19 97 Elsevier Science Ireland Ltd.