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Intermedicality in official health contexts: Use of medicinal plants by the inhabitants of a city in Argentinean Patagonia
(National Institute of Science Communication, 2022-02)
The aim of this study was to explore how the use of medicinal plants and biomedical resources varies over time among patients attending primary health-care centers in Esquel city (Argentinean Patagonia) as related to ...
Medical ethnobotany of the Chayahuita of the Paranapura basin (Peruvian Amazon)
(Elsevier, 2013)
Up until now, the plant pharmacopoeia of the Chayahuita, an ethnic group from the Peruvian Amazon, has been poorly defined. This paper details the uses of medicinal plants within this community, as recorded in two villages ...
Marcadores químicos em espécies de Echinodorus (Alismataceae) utilizadas como chapéu-de-couro
(Universidade Federal de Minas GeraisBrasilICA - INSTITUTO DE CIÊNCIAS AGRÁRIASUFMG, 2021-05-13)
The name “chapéu-de-couro” is given to plants belonging to genus Echinodorus(Alismataceae) These are native and popularly used as diuretic and anti-inflammatory. The species E. macrophyllusand E. grandiflorushave the ...
Honey as Medicinal and food resource. Comparison between polish and multiethnic settlements of the Atlantic Forest, Misiones, Argentina
(Bentham Science Publishers, 2010-10)
We present a comparative study on the use of wild honeys produced by insects of the order Hymenoptera in the Criollos (of mixed origin) and Polish populations in the northern part of the province of Misiones, Argentina. ...
Terminalia catappa L.: A medicinal plant from the Caribbean pharmacopeia with anti-Helicobacter pylori and antiulcer action in experimental rodent models
(Elsevier B.V., 2015-01-15)
Ethnopharmacological relevance: Terminalia catappa L. (Combretaceae) is a medicinal plant listed as a pharmacopeia vegetable from Caribbean to treat gastritis. The objective of this study was to evaluate the gastroprotective ...
Medicines in the forest: Ethnobotany of wild medicinal plants in the pharmacopeia of the Wichí people of Salta province (Argentina)
(Elsevier, 2019-03)
Ethnopharmacological relevance This article presents the results of a study on wild plant pharmacopeia and medical ethnobotany of the Wichí people of the South American Gran Chaco region, where native forest still persist. ...
Phytotherapy of polish migrants in Misiones, Argentina: Legacy and acquired plant species
(Elsevier Ireland, 2014-05)
Ethnopharmacological relevance Analyzing how and why phytotherapeutical practices survive a migratory process is important for understanding migrant health seeking behaviour and health demand. Contrary to most studies, ...
Why do people use exotic plants in their local medical systems? A systematic review based on Brazilian local communities
(Public Library of Science, 2017-09-27)
Efforts have been made to understand the processes that lead to the introduction of exotic species into local pharmacopoeias. Among those efforts, the diversification hypothesis predicts that exotic plants are introduced ...