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Journal of Ethnobiology and Ethnomedicine, 2005 Ethnobiology is a multidisciplinary field of study that draws on approaches and methods from both the social and biological sciences. Ethnobiology aims at investigating culturally based biological and environmental knowledge, cultural perception and ...
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An iconic traditional apiculture of park fringe communities of Borena Sayint National Park, north eastern Ethiopia [PDF]
, 2015 Background: Traditional apiculture has been practised in Ethiopia over a long historical period and still remains a benign means to extract direct benefits from natural ecosystems.
Adal, Hussien +4 more
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Swiss ethnoveterinary knowledge on medicinal plants - a within-country comparison of Italian speaking regions with north-western German speaking regions [PDF]
, 2017 BACKGROUND: Ethnoveterinary knowledge in Europe may play an important role as a basis for sustainable treatment options for livestock. Aims of our study were (a) to compare the ethnoveterinary practices of two culturally and sociodemographically ...
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Local knowledge held by farmers in Eastern Tyrol (Austria) about the use of plants to maintain and improve animal health and welfare [PDF]
, 2016 Background The sustainable management of animal health and welfare is of increasing importance to consumers and a key topic in the organic farming movement.
Vogl, Christian R. +2 more
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Ethnomedicine and neuropsychopharmacology in Mesoamerica
Journal of Ethnopharmacology, 2021 The burden of disease caused by mental and neurological disorders is increasing globally, to a disproportionate degree in Latin America. In contrast to the many psychoactive plants with a use history in Mesoamerican cultures, the translation to the wider population of knowledge around numerous botanicals used contemporarily by indigenous Mesoamerican ...
Geck, Matthias S +4 more
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Lonicerae Flos: A Review of Chemical Constituents and Biological Activities
Digital Chinese Medicine, 2018 : Lonicerae flos, a widely used traditional Chinese medicine (TCM), has been used for several thousand years in China. As a famous traditional Chinese herbal medicine, it was used as heat-clearing drug and alexipharmic agent and was widely cultivated in ...
Yan-Ran TANG +10 more
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"For someone who's rich, it's not a problem". Insights from Tanzania on Diabetes Health-Seeking and Medical Pluralism among Dar es Salaam's Urban Poor. [PDF]
, 2010 The prevalence of chronic non-communicable disease, such as type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM), is rising worldwide. In Africa, T2DM is primarily affecting those living in urban areas and increasingly affecting the poor. Diabetes management among urban poor
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Foodways in transition: food plants, diet and local perceptions of change in a Costa Rican Ngäbe community [PDF]
, 2016 Background Indigenous populations are undergoing rapid ethnobiological, nutritional and socioeconomic transitions while being increasingly integrated into modernizing societies. To better understand the dynamics of these transitions, this article aims
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Pharmacological Research, 2023 Liver injury is a common pathological process characterized by massive degeneration and abnormal death of liver cells. With increase in dead cells and necrosis, liver injury eventually leads to nonalcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD), hepatic fibrosis ...
Shi-qi Liu +8 more
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Digital Chinese Medicine, 2019 Plants have so much to offer as far as the discovery of new bioactive molecules is concerned. Among the several classes of phytochemicals, xanthones offer greater structural diversity and pharmacological value.
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