A multipronged approach to the study of peruvian ethnomedicinal plants: A legacy of the ICBG-peru project

José C. Aponte; Abraham J. Vaisberg; Rosario Rojas; Michel Sauvain; Walter H. Lewis; Gerardo Lamas; César Sarasara; Robert H. Gilman; Gerald B. Hammond

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A multipronged approach to the study of peruvian ethnomedicinal plants: A legacy of the ICBG-peru project

José C. Aponte, Abraham J. Vaisberg, Rosario Rojas, Michel Sauvain, Walter H. Lewis, Gerardo Lamas, César Sarasara, Robert H. Gilman, Gerald B. Hammond

Bloomberg School of Public Health

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A multidisciplinary and international team of scientists was assembled in the early 1990s to conduct an ethnobotanical study of plants used by the Aguaruna people of the Peruvian Amazon forest. The initial ethnobotanical project, carried out under the auspices of an International Cooperative Biodiversity Grant (ICBG), led to the collection of approximately 4000 plant species. Some members of the original team of scientists have continued this collaboration by focusing on potential sources of new anticancer, anti-infective, and wound-healing agents. This effort has uncovered several secondary metabolites representing a wide variety of chemical diversity. In this short review we describe some bioactive compounds of interest as part of our continuing collaboration.

Original language	English (US)
Pages (from-to)	524-526
Number of pages	3
Journal	Journal of Natural Products
Volume	72
Issue number	3
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1021/np800630k
State	Published - Mar 27 2009

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Analytical Chemistry
Molecular Medicine
Pharmacology
Pharmaceutical Science
Drug Discovery
Complementary and alternative medicine
Organic Chemistry

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