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Dietary contribution of wild edible plants to women's diets in the buffer zone around the Lama forest, Benin - an underutilized potential [PDF]

open access: yes, 2015
Rural populations in developing countries face food insecurity and malnutrition despite being surrounded by extraordinary biodiversity. The international community increasingly recognizes the role of agro-biodiversity and Wild Edible Plants (WEPs) in ...
Assogbadjo, A.E.   +4 more
core   +4 more sources

“If there’s no dill, the taste isn’t right!” A comparison of food plant knowledge between Polish and German descendants in the context of an imagined culinary community in Brazil

open access: yesJournal of Ethnic Foods, 2021
Food is a cultural marker investigated by several fields of knowledge. The ecological approach to food plants used in human societies can give us insights into food biodiversity and its connection to cultural identity.
Rafaela H. Ludwinsky   +4 more
doaj   +1 more source

The “City Healing” Development through Ethnobotany Urban Farming with a Sustainable Planet, People, and Profit Approach

open access: yesKufa Journal for Agricultural Sciences, 2023
Limited land, environmental contamination, the loss of agricultural culture, and the inability to use ethnobotany all contribute to the health problems city dwellers face.
Suswadi, NORBERTUS CITRA IRAWAN
doaj   +1 more source

Javanese Turmeric (Curcuma xanthorrhiza Roxb.): Ethnobotany, Phytochemistry, Biotechnology, and Pharmacological Activities

open access: yesEvidence-Based Complementary and Alternative Medicine, 2021
Curcuma xanthorrhiza Roxb., locally famed as Temulawak, has been extensively utilized in Indonesia as medicinal and nutritional plants since immemorial time.
Endang Rahmat, Jun Lee, Young-Gil Kang
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Deciphering the antimicrobial, antibiofilm and membrane stabilizing synergism of Mikania scandens (L.) Willd. leaves and stems substantiation through in vitro and in silico studies

open access: yesBiotechnology Reports, 2023
Considering the traditional application of Mikania scandens (L.) Willd. against wounds and itching. Leaves (MSL) and stems (MSS) were sequentially extracted using solvents petroleum-ether, carbon-tetrachloride, chloroform, ethyl-acetate and ethanol. Disk-
Nadia Islam Tumpa   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

Overview of The Ethnobotany on The Use of Plants as Potential Botanical Pesticides in Indonesia

open access: yesJURNAL BIOLOGI TROPIS, 2022
Ethnobotany of Indonesian communities utilizes plants as botanical pesticides. Recently, there has been no comprehensive data and information related to the ethnobotany of plants as potential botanical pesticides on a nationwide scale.
Whisnu Febry Afrianto   +2 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Ethnobotany of the Himalayas: Safeguarding Medical Practices and Traditional Uses of Kashmir Regions

open access: yesBiology, 2021
Simple Summary In view of the rising demand for global health care, the traditional medical knowledge is experiencing significant attention to meet the public health needs of developing countries. Knowledge and practice of ethnobotany help to investigate
M. Bhat   +5 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

The Role of Botanical Families in Medicinal Ethnobotany: A Phylogenetic Perspective

open access: yesPlants, 2021
Studies suggesting that medicinal plants are not chosen at random are becoming more common. The goal of this work is to shed light on the role of botanical families in ethnobotany, depicting in a molecular phylogenetic frame the relationships between ...
A. Gras   +5 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Roads traveled and roads ahead: the consolidation of Mexican ethnobotany in the new millennium. An essay

open access: yesBotan‪ical Sciences, 2022
This work examines the development of ethnobotany, focusing on Mexico in this millennium. How has the discipline grown? What is the relative importance of Spanish? Are there inflection points? How did some select areas develop, and why? Numerical growth
Heike Vibrans, Alejandro Casas
doaj   +1 more source

Xanthium strumarium - a potential cheap resource of plant substances for medicinal use [PDF]

open access: yes, 2019
Xanthium strumarium L. (Asteraceae) is an annual herb which reproduces solely by seed. So far its centre of origin was considered Central or South America. Recent archeological research revealed that the burs of X.
Ionkova I., Kozuharova E., Spadaro V.
core   +1 more source

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