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A Systematic Review of Plants Used for the Treatment of Diarrhea in Mozambique. [PDF]

Biomed Res Int
Introduction Diarrhea is one of the leading causes of mortality, particularly among children under 5 years of age in developing countries. The increasing prevalence of antimicrobial resistance has complicated the search for effective treatments, highlighting medicinal plants as a promising source for novel therapeutic agents. Aim This systematic review
Mataveia A, Barbosa F, Langa S, Bila C, Chichava V, Ngome N, Inroga M, Correia H, Hlashwayo D.   +8 more
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What the iberian conquest bequeathed to us: the fruit trees introduced in argentine subtropic-their history and importance in present traditional medicine. [PDF]

Evid Based Complement Alternat Med, 2013
This contribution presents information about the history of introduction, establishment, and local appropriation of Eurasian fruit trees—species and varieties of the genera Prunus and Citrus—from 15th century in two rural areas of Northern Argentina. By means of an ethnobotanical and ethnohistorical approach, our study was aimed at analysing how this ...
Stampella PC, Lambaré DA, Hilgert NI, Pochettino ML.   +3 more
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Molecular Markers Associated With Chemical Analysis: A Powerful Tool for Quality Control Assessment of Copalchi Medicinal Plant Complex [PDF]

Frontiers in Pharmacology, 2018
The copalchi complex, Hintonia latiflora, H. standleyana, and Exostema caribaeum, is widely used in Mexico for treating diabetes and gastrointestinal disorders. The first therapeutic use for H.
Sol Cristians, Robert Bye, Jorge Nieto-Sotelo   +2 more
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Which approach is more effective in the selection of plants with antimicrobial activity? [PDF]

Evid Based Complement Alternat Med, 2013
The development of the present study was based on selections using random, direct ethnopharmacological, and indirect ethnopharmacological approaches, aiming to evaluate which method is the best for bioprospecting new antimicrobial plant drugs. A crude extract of 53 species of herbaceous plants collected in the semiarid region of Northeast Brazil was ...
Silva AC, Santana EF, Saraiva AM, Coutinho FN, Castro RH, Pisciottano MN, Amorim EL, Albuquerque UP.   +7 more
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Functional foods and nutraceuticals in a market of bolivian immigrants in Buenos Aires (Argentina). [PDF]

Evid Based Complement Alternat Med, 2012
This paper presents the results of a research in urban ethnobotany, conducted in a market of Bolivian immigrants in the neighborhood of Liniers, Ciudad Autónoma de Buenos Aires (Argentina). Functional foods and nutraceuticals belonging to 50 species of 18 families, its products, and uses were recorded.
Pochettino ML, Puentes JP, Buet Costantino F, Arenas PM, Ulibarri EA, Hurrell JA.   +5 more
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Estudos botânicos nos documentos educacionais: uma análise à luz da Etnobotânica

Revista Insignare Scientia, 2021
Resumo: Este estudo se pauta na investigação de documentos educacionais no âmbito das Ciências da Natureza (CN) identificando e (re)conhecendo como o tema Etnobotânica está descrito e em quais perspectivas pedagógicas está pautado.
Francieli Luana Sganzerla, Cadidja Coutinho, Mara Regina Bonini Marzari   +2 more
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Testing a global standard for quantifying species recovery and assessing conservation impact

Conservation Biology, Volume 35, Issue 6, Page 1833-1849, December 2021., 2021
Abstract Recognizing the imperative to evaluate species recovery and conservation impact, in 2012 the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) called for development of a “Green List of Species” (now the IUCN Green Status of Species).
Molly K. Grace, H. Resit Akçakaya, Elizabeth L. Bennett, Thomas M. Brooks, Anna Heath, Simon Hedges, Craig Hilton‐Taylor, Michael Hoffmann, Axel Hochkirch, Richard Jenkins, David A. Keith, Barney Long, David P. Mallon, Erik Meijaard, E.J. Milner‐Gulland, Jon Paul Rodriguez, P.J. Stephenson, Simon N. Stuart, Richard P. Young, Pablo Acebes, Joanna Alfaro‐Shigueto, Silvia Alvarez‐Clare, Raphali Rodlis Andriantsimanarilafy, Marina Arbetman, Claudio Azat, Gianluigi Bacchetta, Ruchi Badola, Luís M.D. Barcelos, Joao Pedro Barreiros, Sayanti Basak, Danielle J. Berger, Sabuj Bhattacharyya, Gilad Bino, Paulo A.V. Borges, Raoul K. Boughton, H. Jane Brockmann, Hannah L. Buckley, Ian J. Burfield, James Burton, Teresa Camacho‐Badani, Luis Santiago Cano‐Alonso, Ruth H. Carmichael, Christina Carrero, John P. Carroll, Giorgos Catsadorakis, David G. Chapple, Guillaume Chapron, Gawsia Wahidunnessa Chowdhury, Louw Claassens, Donatella Cogoni, Rochelle Constantine, Christie Anne Craig, Andrew A. Cunningham, Nishma Dahal, Jennifer C. Daltry, Goura Chandra Das, Niladri Dasgupta, Alexandra Davey, Katharine Davies, Pedro Develey, Vanitha Elangovan, David Fairclough, Mirko Di Febbraro, Giuseppe Fenu, Fernando Moreira Fernandes, Eduardo Pinheiro Fernandez, Brittany Finucci, Rita Földesi, Catherine M. Foley, Matthew Ford, Michael R.J. Forstner, Néstor García, Ricardo Garcia‐Sandoval, Penny C. Gardner, Roberto Garibay‐Orijel, Marites Gatan‐Balbas, Irene Gauto, Mirza Ghazanfar Ullah Ghazi, Stephanie S. Godfrey, Matthew Gollock, Benito A. González, Tandora D. Grant, Thomas Gray, Andrew J. Gregory, Roy H.A. van Grunsven, Marieka Gryzenhout, Noelle C. Guernsey, Garima Gupta, Christina Hagen, Christian A. Hagen, Madison B. Hall, Eric Hallerman, Kelly Hare, Tom Hart, Ruston Hartdegen, Yvette Harvey‐Brown, Richard Hatfield, Tahneal Hawke, Claudia Hermes, Rod Hitchmough, Pablo Melo Hoffmann, Charlie Howarth, Michael A. Hudson, Syed Ainul Hussain, Charlie Huveneers, Hélène Jacques, Dennis Jorgensen, Suyash Katdare, Lydia K.D. Katsis, Rahul Kaul, Boaz Kaunda‐Arara, Lucy Keith‐Diagne, Daniel T. Kraus, Thales Moreira de Lima, Ken Lindeman, Jean Linsky, Edward Louis Jr., Anna Loy, Eimear Nic Lughadha, Jeffrey C. Mangel, Paul E. Marinari, Gabriel M. Martin, Gustavo Martinelli, Philip J.K. McGowan, Alistair McInnes, Eduardo Teles Barbosa Mendes, Michael J. Millard, Claire Mirande, Daniel Money, Joanne M. Monks, Carolina Laura Morales, Nazia Naoreen Mumu, Raquel Negrao, Anh Ha Nguyen, Md. Nazmul Hasan Niloy, Grant Leslie Norbury, Cale Nordmeyer, Darren Norris, Mark O'Brien, Gabriela Akemi Oda, Simone Orsenigo, Mark Evan Outerbridge, Stesha Pasachnik, Juan Carlos Pérez‐Jiménez, Charlotte Pike, Fred Pilkington, Glenn Plumb, Rita de Cassia Quitete Portela, Ana Prohaska, Manuel G. Quintana, Eddie Fanantenana Rakotondrasoa, Dustin H. Ranglack, Hassan Rankou, Ajay Prakash Rawat, James Thomas Reardon, Marcelo Lopes Rheingantz, Stephen C. Richter, Malin C. Rivers, Luke Rollie Rogers, Patrícia da Rosa, Paul Rose, Emily Royer, Catherine Ryan, Yvonne J. Sadovy de Mitcheson, Lily Salmon, Carlos Henrique Salvador, Michael J. Samways, Tatiana Sanjuan, Amanda Souza dos Santos, Hiroshi Sasaki, Emmanuel Schutz, Heather Ann Scott, Robert Michael Scott, Fabrizio Serena, Surya P. Sharma, John A. Shuey, Carlos Julio Polo Silva, John P. Simaika, David R. Smith, Julia L.Y. Spaet, Shanjida Sultana, Bibhab Kumar Talukdar, Vikash Tatayah, Philip Thomas, Angela Tringali, Hoang Trinh‐Dinh, Chongpi Tuboi, Aftab Alam Usmani, Aída M. Vasco‐Palacios, Jean‐Christophe Vié, Evelyn Virens, Alan Walker, Bryan Wallace, Lauren J. Waller, Hongfeng Wang, Oliver R. Wearn, Merlijn van Weerd, Simon Weigmann, Daniel Willcox, John Woinarski, Jean W.H. Yong, Stuart Young   +201 more
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Distribution and population status assessment of the endemic grass-like palm Butia marmorii (Arecales: Arecaceae) in Paraguay

Journal of Threatened Taxa, 2017
The palm Butia marmorii Noblick was described in 2006 and has been found to date in only two populations in Paraguay. It is a species threatened mainly due to habitat loss and its ecology is largely unknown.
Irene Gauto, Fernando Palacios, Pamela Marchi, Nelson Silva, Gloria Céspedes   +4 more
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Aprovechamiento sostenible y conservación de las plantas medicinales en Cantarranas, Huehuetla, Hidalgo, México, como un medio para mejorar la calidad de vida en la comunidad

Botan‪ical Sciences, 2014
Este estudio se realizó en Cantarranas, Huehuetla, Hidalgo, México, donde el tipo de vegetación dominante es bosque tropical perennifolio. Cantarranas presenta alto grado de marginación, limitado acceso a servicios de salud y pocas oportunidades para ...
Berenice Nathaly López-Gutiérrez, Blanca Estela Pérez-Escandón, Miguel Angel Villavicencio-Nieto   +2 more
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“El py’a ruru es en guaraní y hepatitis en castellano”. Plantas frías, plantas secantes y otros remedios en la etnobotánica médica de los criollos del Chaco Húmedo formoseño

Boletín de la Sociedad Argentina de Botánica, 2022
Introducción y objetivos: En este artículo se aborda la etnobotánica médica de los criollos del este de la provincia de Formosa (Argentina) a partir de la descripción y el estudio de una patología particular propia de su etnomedicina, el py’a ruru ...
Leonardo Anconatani
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