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

open access: yesBioMed Research International, Volume 2026, Issue 1, 2026.
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
Adilência Mataveia   +9 more
wiley   +2 more sources

O ENSINO ACADÊMICO DA ETNOBOTÂNICA NO BRASIL

open access: yesRodriguésia, 2005
RESUMO A etnobotânica vem sendo definida como o estudo das sociedades humanas em suas relações com as plantas. É uma disciplina antiga em sua prática, mas jovem em sua teoria.
Viviane Stern da Fonseca-Kruel   +2 more
doaj   +3 more sources

Do socioeconomic factors and local human preference determine the hybridization of knowledge in local medical systems? [PDF]

open access: yesJournal of Ethnobiology and Ethnomedicine
Background Hybridization between the local medical systems (LMSs) and biomedicine has been the focus of different studies in ethnobiology, primarily due to the increasing access to biomedicine by indigenous peoples and local communities.
Jorge Izaquiel Alves de Siqueira   +4 more
doaj   +2 more sources

What the Iberian Conquest Bequeathed to Us: The Fruit Trees Introduced in Argentine Subtropic—Their History and Importance in Present Traditional Medicine [PDF]

open access: yesEvidence-Based Complementary and Alternative Medicine, Volume 2013, Issue 1, 2013., 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 ...
Pablo C. Stampella   +4 more
wiley   +2 more sources

Etnobotânica na Ilha do Cardoso, Cananéia, Estado de São Paulo, Brasil [PDF]

open access: yesHoehnea
RESUMO (Etnobotânica na Ilha do Cardoso, Cananéia, Estado de São Paulo, Brasil). A Etnobotânica é uma abordagem que se preocupa em descrever conhecimentos, usos e manejo de plantas e definir, investigar e descrever processos da relação entre pessoas e ...
Natalia Hanazaki   +1 more
doaj   +3 more sources

Concepções docentes sobre etnobotânica: possibilidades para uma confluência curricular

open access: yesAlexandria
Os desafios enfrentados pelo ensino de botânica são diversos, entre eles, uma visão antropocêntrica do ambiente e um isolamento das plantas no imaginário social de grande parte das sociedades ocidentalizadas.
Gabriela Farias Secco   +2 more
doaj   +2 more sources

Which Approach Is More Effective in the Selection of Plants with Antimicrobial Activity? [PDF]

open access: yesEvidence-Based Complementary and Alternative Medicine, Volume 2013, Issue 1, 2013., 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 ...
Ana Carolina Oliveira Silva   +8 more
wiley   +2 more sources

Functional Foods and Nutraceuticals in a Market of Bolivian Immigrants in Buenos Aires (Argentina) [PDF]

open access: yesEvidence-Based Complementary and Alternative Medicine, Volume 2012, Issue 1, 2012., 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.
María Lelia Pochettino   +6 more
wiley   +2 more sources

Etnobotânica do primeiro livro sobre os ameríndios: identificações das plantas do livro de Hans Staden

open access: yesRevista de História, 1962
Etnobotânica do primeiro livro sobre os ameríndios: identificações das plantas do livro de Hans ...
Bento José Pickel
doaj   +2 more sources

ETNOBOTÂNICA: ASPECTOS HISTÓRICOS E APLICATIVOS DESTA CIÊNCIA [PDF]

open access: yes, 2013
As plantas medicinais representam uma importante ferramenta na promoção da saúde e cultura em muitas regiões do Brasil e em particular para muitas comunidades que detém esse tipo de conhecimento, sendo assim de grande interesse na etnobotânica e na ...
Franco, Fábio; Universidade Nove de Julho São Paulo   +2 more
core   +1 more source

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