Rediscovering Medicinal Amazonian Aromatic Plants: Piper carpunya (Piperaceae) Essential Oil as Paradigmatic Study

Piper carpunya Ruiz & Pav. (Piperaceae) is a perennial aromatic shrub of Amazonian area of Ecuador and Peru, belonging to the ethnomedicine of these countries. The traditional preparations of the crude drug (fresh leaves used topically as is, and dried leaves in infusions or decoctions) are know...

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Main Authors: José L. Ballesteros, Massimo Tacchini, Antonella Spagnoletti, Alessandro Grandini, Guglielmo Paganetto, Luca Maria Neri, Arianna Marengo, Letizia Angiolella, Alessandra Guerrini, Gianni Sacchetti
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Hindawi Limited 2019-01-01
Series:Evidence-Based Complementary and Alternative Medicine
Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2019/6194640