TY - CHAP AU - Mónica Lilian Pérez-Ochoa AU - José Luis Chávez-Servia AU - Araceli Minerva Vera-Guzmán AU - Elia Nora Aquino-Bolaños AU - José Cruz Carrillo-Rodríguez ED - Shagufta Perveen ED - Areej Al-Taweel Y1 - 2018-12-14 PY - 2018 T1 - Medicinal Plants Used by Indigenous Communities of Oaxaca, Mexico, to Treat Gastrointestinal Disorders N2 - Pharmacognosy is a term derived from the Greek words for drug (pharmakon) and knowledge (gnosis). It is a field of study within Chemistry focused on natural products isolated from different sources and their biological activities. Research on natural products began more than a hundred years ago and has continued up to now with a plethora of research groups discovering new ideas and novel active constituents. This book compiles the latest research in the field and will be of interest to scientists, researchers, and students. BT - Pharmacognosy SP - Ch. 5 UR - https://doi.org/10.5772/intechopen.82182 DO - 10.5772/intechopen.82182 SN - 978-1-83880-611-8 PB - IntechOpen CY - Rijeka Y2 - 2024-04-24 ER -