@article{PAR00003442, title = {{A} multipronged approach to the study of peruvian ethnomedicinal plants : a legacy of the {ICBG}-{P}eru project}, author = {{A}ponte, {J}. {C}. and {V}aisberg, {A}. {J}. and {R}ojas, {R}. and {S}auvain, {M}ichel and {L}ewis, {W}. {H}. and {L}amas, {G}. and {S}arasara, {C}. and {G}ilman, {R}. {H}. and {H}ammond, {G}. {B}.}, abstract = {{A} multidisciplinary and international team of scientists was assembled in the early 1990s to conduct an ethnobotanical study of plants used by the {A}guaruna people of the {P}eruvian {A}mazon forest. {T}he initial ethnobotanical project, carried out under the auspices of an {I}nternational {C}ooperative {B}iodiversity {G}rant ({ICBG}), led to the collection of approximately 4000 plant species. {S}ome members of the original team of scientists have continued this collaboration by focusing on potential sources of new anticancer, anti-infective, and wound-healing agents. {T}his effort has uncovered several secondary metabolites representing a wide variety of chemical diversity. {I}n this short review we describe some bioactive compounds of interest as part of our continuing collaboration.}, keywords = {}, journal = {{J}ournal of {N}atural {P}roducts}, volume = {72}, numero = {3}, pages = {524--526}, ISSN = {0163-3864}, year = {2009}, DOI = {10.1021/np800630k}, URL = {http://www.documentation.ird.fr/hor/{PAR}00003442}, }