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Ethnobotanical study of medicinal plants used by people in Zegie Peninsula, Northwestern Ethiopia [PDF]

, 2007
An ethnobotanical study was conducted from October 2005 to June 2006 to investigate the uses of medicinal plants by people in Zegie Peninsula, northwestern Ethiopia.
Tilahun Teklehaymanot, Mirutse Giday, AP Cox, T Flaster, D Abebe, D Asfaw, G Addis, R Govaerts, U Schippmann, R Pankhurst, R Pankhurst, LJ Slikkerveer, D Abebe, NL Vecchiato, MM Iwu, J Abbink, R Pankhurst, H Fassil, GJ Martin, The National Herbarium of Addis Ababa University, The National Herbarium of Addis Ababa University, The National Herbarium of Addis Ababa University, The National Herbarium of Addis Ababa University, M Heinrich, MN Alexiades, OB Rekdal, B Bishaw, CB Tesfu, V Schulz, T Tessema, M Giday   +30 more
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Traditional knowledge of wild food plants in a few Tibetan communities [PDF]

, 2014
BACKGROUND: This paper aims to present the author’s field research data on wild food plant use in Tibetan regions. It provides a general perspective on their significance in past and present Tibet, and examines the concept of wild edible plants as ...
Alessandro Boesi
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Biomedical resistance to ethnomedicine in Botswana [PDF]

Social Science & Medicine, 1986
The issue of whether and how ethnomedical practitioners can be incorporated into existing biomedical systems in developing countries continues to be debated. Although a number of reasons have been advanced as to the barriers to incorporation, none of these take into account the views of nurses on incorporating ethnomedical practitioners into the ...
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Ethnomedicine

West Indian Medical Journal, 2006
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Pharmacokinetic and Network Pharmacology Studies for the Prototype Components of Erigeron Breviscapus in Rat Model of Vascular Dementia Using UHPLC-Qtrap-MS/MS

Zhipu Xuebao
The whole dried plant of Erigeron breviscapus is clinically used in traditional Chinese medicine, and named as “Deng-Zhan-Xi-Xin”. The herb is primarily distributed in Yunnan, Guangxi, and Guizhou provinces of China, and its traditional therapeutic ...
Xue-meng GAO, Shuo-han CHENG, Chen ZHANG, Xiao-dong ZHANG, Meng-yu LI, Wen-bin ZHOU, ABLIZ Zeper   +6 more
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Cytisine N-methylene-(5,7,4′-trihydroxy)-isoflavone induces neural stem cell proliferation and reverses cognitive deficits in early Alzheimer’s disease models via canonical Wnt/β-catenin pathway

Food Science and Human Wellness
Alzheimer’s disease (AD) is a degenerative disease of the central nervous system. It results in cognitive dysfunction due to the loss of functional neurons and a deficit of new neurons, which can lead to death in severe cases.
Yangyang Lu, Xiaowan Li, Zhiping Qin, Wenjing Sun, Yongbiao Li, Shaobo Liu, Lu Lu, Rongfei Yang, Nana Zhang, Yiting Liu, Jun Zhang, Qingshan Liu   +11 more
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Xuetongsu attenuates bone destruction in rheumatoid arthritis by suppressing RANKL/RANK/NFATc1 pathway to inhibit osteoclastogenesis and bone resorption

Bone & Joint Research
Aims: Bone destruction is a pivotal pathological factor in the development of joint disability in rheumatoid arthritis (RA) patients, and there is a paucity of safe and effective drugs targeting bone destruction.
Hao Zheng, Yasi Deng, Bin Li, Juan Huang, Jinzhi Liu, Yupei Yang, Yuxin Chen, Linxi Mao, Yamei Li, Yuexuan Liu, Wei Wang, Huanghe Yu   +11 more
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Dendrobine alleviates CCl4-induced acute liver injury by inhibiting necroptosis through activation of the Nrf2/PPARγ/SOD2 signaling pathways

Chinese Medicine
Background Acute liver injury (ALI) represents a critical clinical challenge characterized by rapid degradation of hepatic function, necessitating prompt intervention for improved patient outcomes.
Yonggang Yang, Xiaolong Fu, Ling Tan, Siting Xian, Naiyu Fan, Qinglin Gan, Nan Nan, Lizhen Hu, Jingshan Shi, Qin Wu, Shaoyu Zhou   +10 more
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Mitochondrial DNA drives NLRP3-IL-1β axis activation in microglia by binding to NLRP3, leading to neurodegeneration in Parkinson’s disease models

Cell Death and Disease
Dysregulated mitochondrial DNA (mtDNA) promotes inflammatory response and disease progression. However, the mechanism and role of mtDNA-mediated inflammatory activation in the pathogenesis of Parkinson’s disease (PD) are not yet clear.
Qinglin Gan, Xiaolong Fu, Ting Zhou, Naiyu Fan, Nan Nan, Yi Wang, Yonggang Yang, Shiyi Gou, Lizhen Hu, Shaoyu Zhou   +9 more
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How can ethnobiology and ethnomedicine foster more applied and concrete solutions to safeguard medicinal systems of indigenous, Afro-descendant and local communities? [PDF]

J Ethnobiol Ethnomed
Odonne G, Zank S.
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