title: Medicinal plants and phytotherapy in the Amalfitan Coast, Salerno Province, Campania, southern Italy.
abstract: This paper reports the results of an investigation carried out from April 1990 to October 1991 in the Amalfitan Coast, Salerno Province (Southern Italy). One hundred and twenty-five species are used in traditional medicine, belonging to 53 families; some of these were unknown in Italian phytotherapy or present an unknown therapeutic use. For each species, the vernacular name, the formulation and the popular use are presented.
authors.affiliation: Dipartimento di Chimica delle Sostanze Naturali, Università degli Studi Federico II, Napoli, Italy.
authors.forename: V
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: De Feo
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Senatore
mesh_terms: D006801:Humans; D007558:Italy; D008519:Medicine, Traditional; D010936:Plant Extracts / Q000302:isolation & purification / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D010946:Plants, Medicinal / Q000145:classification
chemical_list: D010936:Plant Extracts