Ethnobotany : local knowledge and traditions / editors: José L. Martinez, Vice Rectory of Research, Development and Innovation, Universidad de Santiago de Chile,Santiago, Chile, Amner Muñoz-Acevedo, Chemistry and Biology Research Group, Universidad del Norte Barranquilla, Colombia, Mahendra Rai, Department of Biotechnology, SGB Amravati University, Amravati, Maharshtra, India.
"Ethnobotany: Local Knowledge and Traditions discusses various plants that have actually been used in traditional medicine for a specific ailment. It desribes the biological effectiveness (activities) related to each "sickness" which have been scientifically verified. This book will also discuss the...
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| Language: | English |
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Boca Raton, FL :
CRC Press, Taylor & Francis Group, an informa business, a science publishers book,
[2019]
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| Physical Description: | vi, 326 volume : illustrations ; 24 cm |
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Contents:
- Mururé (Brosimum acutifolium Huber) in the treatment of syphilis in colonial Amazonia: from historical data to the actual contribution in treatment / Erika Fernanda de Matos Vieira, Maria da Graça Ribeiro Campos and Flávia Cristina Araújo Lucas
- Agroecology, local knowledge and participatory research: articulation of knowledge for sustainable use of plant resources in agroecosystems / Santiago Peredo Parada
- The path of ethnopharmacobotany: from economic botany to ethnobotany / Marcelo L. Wagner, Leonardo M. Anconatani, Rafael A. Ricco, Beatriz G. Varela and Gustavo C. Giberti
- Patagonian berries: an ethnobotanical approach to exploration of their nutraceutical potential / Melina F. Chamorro, Ana Ladio and Soledad Molares
- Status of research on medicinal plants in the Cajamarcas region, Peru / Juan F. Seminario Cunya, Berardo Escalante Zumaeta and Alejandro Seminario Cunya
- Recent reports on ethnopharmacological and ethnobotanical studies of Valeriana carnosa sm. (valerianaceae) / Soledad Molares, Ana H. Ladio and Nicolás Nagahama
- Traditional knowledge of antivenom plants: bioactive compounds and their antiophidic properties / Carolina Alves dos Santos, Marco V. Chaud, Valquíria Miwa Hanai Yoshida, Raksha Pandit, Mahendra Rai and Yoko Oshima-Franco
- Ethnobotanical study of Dakshin Dinajpur District : an overview / Tanmay Chowdhury, Subhas Chandra Roy and Dilip De Sarker
- Antipsoriatic medicinal plants: from traditional use to clinic / Ríos J.L., Schinella G.R. and Andújar I
- Knowledge of the ethnomedicinal plants used by Tobas and Mocovíes tribes in the central-north of Argentina / María I. Stegmayer, Norma H. Alvarez, Melina G. Di Liberto, Lucas D. Daurelio and Marcos G. Derita
- Ethnobotany of teucrium species / Milan S. Stankovic and Nenad M. Zlatic
- Ethnobotanical issues on medicinal plants from Paraguay / Rosa Luisa Degen de Arrúa, Yenny González and Esteban A. Ferro B
- An overview of Vetiveria zizanioides (linn.) nash (poaceae): traditional uses and products / Shubhangi N. Ingole
- Native medicinal plants used for the treatment of nervous system ailments in Chile and the current state of its scientific studies / Arline Martínez, Luisauris Jaimes, Raul Vinet, Tiare Segura, Claudio Laurido and José L. Martínez
- Medicinal plants used by the Tharu communities in Nepal / Shandesh Bhattarai.