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The mollusks in zootherapy: traditional medicine and clinical-pharmacological importance [PDF]

open access: yesBiotemas, 2006
The use of animals as sources of medicines is a cross-cultural phenomenon that is historically ancient and geographically widespread. This article reviews the use of mollusks in traditional medicine and discusses the clinical and pharmacological ...
Eraldo Medeiros Costa Neto
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Animals and animal products as medicines: A survey of Epie-Atissa and Ogbia people of Bayelsa State, Nigeria [PDF]

open access: yesJournal of Pharmacy & Pharmacognosy Research, 2018
Context: The importance of traditional medicine cannot be over emphasized as a quarter of prescription drugs globally are natural based. In this type of medicine, plants are mixed together or are sometimes used in combination with other materials such as
Gideon O. Alade   +2 more
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Ethnomedicinal Plant Resources of Mizoram, India: Implication of Traditional Knowledge in Health Care System [PDF]

open access: yes, 2010
Socially, folk medicines, mainly based on plants, enjoy a respectable position today, especially in the developing countries, where modern health service is limited.
Lalramnghinglova, H., Rai, Prabhat Kumar
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Ethnozoology: Animals In Our Lives

open access: yesVeterinarska stanica, 2018
This book represents the first book about this discipline, providing a discussion of key themes on human-animal interactions and their implications, along with recent major advances in research. Humans share the world with a bewildering variety of other animals, and have interacted with them in different ways.
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Faunal Remains from Four Late Prehistoric Sites in Northeastern Ohio [PDF]

open access: yes, 1973
Prehistoric faunal remains from four Whittlesey Phase (Late Prehistoric) sites in northeastern Ohio (Cuyahoga and Lake Co.) are analyzed. Maize agriculture is believed to have been more important at the South Park Site, the Fairport Harbor and Reeve ...
Murphy, James L., 1941-
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Social representation of reptiles: an ethnozoological approach

open access: yesEthnoscientia: Revista Brasileira de Etnobiologia e Etnoecologia, 2017
Ethnozoology can be used as an important tool for reaching information about reptiles and other animals. This ethnozoological study was developed in the city os Campina Grande in the state os Paraíba to investigate the popular knowledge, as well as beliefs, myths and superstitions regarding reptiles. The data were gathered through questionnaires, which
Silva Araujo, Diego Filipe   +1 more
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