This is a report on the trade of medicinal plants in Peru, the manufacturing industry that relies on these plants, the research on promotion of their use, and on the legal instruments that govern their use, trade and transformation. In Peru medicinal plants have been used for centuries. However, ...
Nalvarte A.W.
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Jong, W. de
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Domínguez, G.
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[Plantas Amazonicas de uso medicinal: diagnostico de un sector economico con un potencial de realizacion]
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Plantas Amazonicas de uso medicinal: diagnostico de un sector economico con un potencial de realizacion
Uncaria tomentosa and U. guíanensis have been important in traditional healing in many South American countries. These species contain some sixty active substances which are widely tested for possible medical treatments. U. tomentosa has been traded from Peru until it reached a peak export of 726...
Jong, W. de
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Melnyk, M.
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Lozano, L.A.
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Rosales, M.
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García, M.
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[Una de gato: fate and future of a Peruvian forest resource]
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Una de gato: fate and future of a Peruvian forest resource
Uncaria tomentosa and U. guianensis appear to hold a potential to become an important export commodity and a source of income for small farmers in the tropical forest belt of the country. Both species have been important in traditional healing in many South American countries. They contain about ...
Jong, W. de
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Melnyk, M.
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Alfaro, L.
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Rosales, M.
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García, M.
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[A concerted approach to una de gato development in Peru]
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A concerted approach to una de gato development in Peru