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Journal of Ethnopharmacology, 39 (1993) 235-236 Elsevier Scientific Publishers Ireland Ltd Contents Volume 39 (1993) REVIEW ARTICLE Flowering plants used against snakebite P.J. Houghton and I.M. Osibogun (London, U K) RESEARCH PAPERS Traditional medicine in Turkey IV. Folk medicine in the Mediterranean subdivision E. Yesilada, G. Honda, E. Sezik, M. Tabata, K. Goto and Y. Ikeshiro (Ankara, Turkey; Kyoto and Niigata, Japan) Medicinal plants and phytotherapy in the Amalfitan Coast, Salerno Province, Campania, Southern Italy V. De Feo and F. Senatore (Napoli, Italy) Forty years of Brazilian medicinal plant research A.R.M. Souza Brito and A.A. Souza Brito (Campinas, Brazil) SHORT COMMUNICATIONS Antibacterial activity of some medicinal plants from Nigeria .. . D.K. Olukoya, N. Idika and T. Odugbemi (Lagos, Nigeria) Plants used in Guatemala for the treatment of gastrointestinal disorders. IV. Vibriocidal activity of five American plants used to treat infections A. Caceres, M.F. Torres, S. Ortiz, F. Cano and E. Jauregui (Guatemala City, Guatemala) Plants used in Guatemala for the treatment of respiratory diseases. 2: Evaluation of activity of 16 plants against Gram-positive bacteria A. Caceres, L. Figueroa, A.M. Taracena and B. Samayoa (Guatemala City, Guatemala) RESEARCH PAPERS Plants used in traditional medicine in Eastern Tanzania. VI. Angiosperms (Sapotaceae to Zingiberaceae) S.C. Chhabra, R.L.A. Mahunnah and E.N. Mshiu (Nairobi, Kenya and Dar es Salaam, Tanzania) Magic and medicinal plants of the Ayoreos of the Chaco Boreal (Paraguay) G. Schmeda-Hirschmann (Talca, Chile) Anticonvulsant effects of extracts of the West African black pepper, Piper guineense B. Abila, A. Richens and J.A. Davies (Cardiff, UK) Screening of plants used in Argentine folk medicine for antimicrobial activity C. Anesini and C. Perez (Buenos Aires, Argentina) Ethiopian traditional herbal drugs. Part II: Antimicrobial activity of 63 medicinal plants B. Desta (Addis Ababa, Ethiopia) Pharmacological and chemical screening of Byrsonima crassifolia, a medicinal tree from Mexico. Part | E. Béjar and M.H. Malone (Stockton, CA) BOOK REVIEW RESEARCH PAPERS Testing for circadian differences in lethality for intravenous ouabain in male mice A.B. Forrest, J.C. Hawley and M.H. Malone (Stockton, CA) Composition and antimicrobial properties of essential oils of four Mediterranean Lamiaceae L. Panizzi, G. Flamini, P.L. Cioni and I. Morelli (Livorno and Pisa, Italy) Antimicrobial activities of crude leaf extracts of Acalypha wilkesiana P.1. Alade and O.N. Irobi (Minna, Nigeria) ... 236 Medicalethnobotany of some weeds of Mauritius and Rodrigues A. Gurib-Fakim, M. Sewraj, J. Gueho and E. Dulloo (Reduit, Mauritius) Ethnobotanical survey of Zagori (Epirus, Greece), a renowned centre of folk medicine in the past D. Vokou, K. Katradi and S. Kokkini (Thessaloniki, Greece) Ethnomedicinal study of major species in the family Labiatae from Kenya C.W. Githinji and J.O0. Kokwaro (Nairobi, Kenya) Antimicrobial properties of some hydroxycoumarins and Fraxinus ornus bark extracts I.N. Kostova, N.M. Nikolov and L.N. Chipilska (Sofia, Bulgaria) A skin irritant principle from Euphorbia matabelensis Pax M. Gundidza, B. Sorg and E. Hecker (Harare, Zimbabwe; Heidelberg, Germany) Biochemical effects of Catha edulis, cathine and cathinone on adrenocortical functions M.B. Ahmed and A.B. El-Qirbi (Cairo, Egypt; Sana’a, Republic of Yemen) SHORT COMMUNICATIONS Biological screening of Uruguayan medicinal plants A. Gonzalez, F. Ferreira, A. Vazquez, P. Moyna and E. Alonso Paz (Montevideo, Uruguay) Isolation of verbascoside, an antimicrobial constituent of Buddleja globosa leaves F. Pardo, F. Perich, L. Villarroel and R. Torres (Temuco and Santiago, Chile) LETTER TO THE EDITORS MEDFLOR: An ethnobiological database C.W.W. Beecher and Charlotte Gyllenhaal (Chicago, IL) Subject Index — Volume 39 Author Index — Volume 39 Contents — Volume 39