title: Medical ethnobotany of the Teribes of Bocas del Toro, Panama.
abstract: Ethnomedical uses of 108 medicinal plant species, belonging to 52 families, 89 genera, used by the Teribe Amerindians of Bocas del Toro Province in Panama, along with their socio-cultural practices are reported here. The methods of administration of the herbal remedies, the plant parts used, their families and local names are also documented. The recorded medicinal plants were used mainly for fever, various type of pain and inflammation. The potential value of 26 plants and their traditional uses was elucidated through literature search.
authors.affiliation: Centro de Investigaciones Farmacognósticas de la Flora Panameña (CIFLORPAN), Facultad de Farmacia, Universidad de Panamá, Apartado 10767, Estafeta Universitaria, Republica de Panamá. cytedqff@ancom.up.ac.pa
authors.forename: M P
authors.initials: MP
authors.lastname: Gupta
authors.forename: P N
authors.initials: PN
authors.lastname: Solís
authors.forename: A I
authors.initials: AI
authors.lastname: Calderón
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Guionneau-Sinclair
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Guinneau-Sinclair
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Correa
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Galdames
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Guerra
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Espinosa
authors.forename: G I
authors.initials: GI
authors.lastname: Alvenda
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Robles
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Ocampo
mesh_terms: D019448:Ethnobotany; D006801:Humans; D007197:Indians, Central American; D008519:Medicine, Traditional; D010176:Panama; D008517:Phytotherapy / Q000379:methods*; D010946:Plants, Medicinal