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Dietary restrictions in healing among speakers of Iquito, an endangered language of the Peruvian Amazon [PDF]
, 2011 Background Ethnobotanical research was carried out with speakers of Iquito, a critically endangered Amazonian language of the Zaparoan family.
Kevin A Jernigan
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Food Safety and Health, EarlyView.Psidium guajava leaves contain potent bioactive compounds like quercetin, myricetin, and triterpenoids that show antioxidant, antidiabetic, anti‐inflammatory, and anticancer effects. They act by modulating NF‐κB, PPARγ, and α‐glucosidase and by inducing apoptosis and cell cycle arrest.
Muhammad Waqar +10 more
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Medicinal plants used by Tibetans in Shangri-la, Yunnan, China [PDF]
, 2009 Background Medicinal plants used by the local people in Xizang (Tibet) have been investigated since the 1960s. The others out of Xizang, however, have been less understood, although they may be easily and strongly influenced by the various local herbal ...
Yanchun Liu +4 more
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PLANTS, PEOPLE, PLANET, EarlyView.For generations, Mediterranean communities have used Lamiaceae or Labiatae plants like rosemary, thyme or mint to care for their health and to enrich their food. By bringing together dispersed knowledge from across the Mediterranean region, our review revealed the continuing relevance of Lamiaceae while also compiling past uses that may hold future ...
Fuencisla Cáceres +3 more
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Natural Sciences, Volume 6, Issue 3, July 2026.The essential oils of three Origanum species were chemically characterized and evaluated for their antioxidant and enzyme inhibitory activities. The different compositions confer selective bioactivities: O. vulgare exhibits good antioxidant and α‐glucosidase inhibitory activity, O. majorana shows promising tyrosinase inhibition, and O.
Giuseppe Amato +6 more
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FoodsDioscorea species, known as “Yams”, belong to the Dioscoreaceae family. Members of the Dioscoreaceae family are widely distributed across subtropical and tropical regions.
Pengcheng Wang +9 more
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Frontiers in Pharmacology, 2021 Marsdeniae tenacissimae Caulis is a traditional Chinese medicine, named Tongguanteng (TGT), that is often used for the adjuvant treatment of cancer. In our previous study, we reported that an ethyl acetate extract of TGT had inhibitory effects against ...
Pei Liu +18 more
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Cancer Reports, Volume 9, Issue 4, April 2026.ABSTRACT Background Terminalia macroptera (Combretaceae) is an important medicinal plant in the traditional pharmacopeia in most tropical areas, where its different parts are used in treating illnesses including cancer. Aims In this study, two oleanane‐type triterpenoids: terminolic acid (TM32) and arjungenin (TM34), together with three saponins ...
Romeo Toko Feunaing +6 more
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Toward a Holistic, Intercultural, and Polyphonic Perspective on Health Care: A Brief Prologue to the Paper Titled “Understanding the Personalistic Aspects of Jola Ethnomedicine.” [PDF]
, 2017 As a prologue to the paper titled “Understanding the Personalistic Aspects of Jola Ethnomedicine,” the present essay provides a brief anthropologico-philosophical reflection, starting with classic Roman philosopher Seneca and his dictum that “each ...
Baptista, Fernando Paulo
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The wild taxa utilized as vegetables in Sicily (Italy): A traditional component of the Mediterranean diet [PDF]
, 2018 Background: Wild vegetables in the Mediterranean Basin are still often consumed as a part of the diet and, in particular, there is a great tradition regarding their use in Sicily. In this study, an ethnobotanical field investigation was carried out to (a)
Amato, Filippo +4 more
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