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Chonon Bensho namabo: Los sueños y la epistemología visionaria del pueblo indígena shipibo-konibo

Mundo Amazónico, 2020
El pueblo shipibo-konibo es uno de los más numerosos de la Amazonía peruana. Pertenece a la familia lingüística pano y se asienta, principalmente, en las riberas del río Ucayali y del río Pisqui.
Pedro Martín Favaron, Chonon Bensho
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Knowledge coproduction to improve assessments of nature's contributions to people

Conservation Biology, Volume 37, Issue 6, December 2023., 2023
Abstract Sustainability science needs new approaches to produce, share, and use knowledge because there are major barriers to translating research into policy and practice. Multiple actors hold relevant knowledge for sustainability including indigenous and local people who have developed over generations knowledge, methods, and practices that ...
Améline Vallet, Bruno Locatelli, Merelyn Valdivia‐Díaz, Yésica Quispe Conde, Gerardina Matencio García, Alejandrina Ramos Criales, Francisca Valverde Huamanñahui, Santusa Ramos Criales, David Makowski, Sandra Lavorel   +9 more
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Cultural importance, availability and conservation status of Spanish wild medicinal plants: Implications for sustainability

People and Nature, Volume 5, Issue 5, Page 1512-1525, October 2023., 2023
Abstract The harvest of wild plants with medicinal uses is increasing globally, both for self‐treatment and as a source of income. The increasing demand for these remedies could lead to the over‐harvest of some species. Despite a recent surge in the number of studies analysing wild medicinal plants management, little is known about the effects of non ...
J. Mateo‐Martín, G. Benítez, A. Gras, M. Molina, V. Reyes‐García, J. Tardío, A. Verde, M. Pardo‐de‐Santayana   +7 more
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Understanding why consumers in China switch between wild, farmed, and synthetic bear bile products

Conservation Biology, Volume 36, Issue 3, June 2022., 2022
Abstract An important rationale for legally farmed and synthetic wildlife products is that they reduce illegal, wild‐sourced trade by supplying markets with sustainable alternatives. For this to work, more established illegal‐product consumers must switch to legal alternatives than new legal‐product consumers switch to illegal wild products.
Amy Hinsley, Anita Kar Yan Wan, David Garshelis, Michael Hoffmann, Sifan Hu, Tien Ming Lee, Keila Meginnis, Brendan Moyle, Yingjie Qiu, Xiangdong Ruan, E. J. Milner‐Gulland   +10 more
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Reporte de consumo de plantas medicinales en gestantes del Centro de Salud Viña Alta, La Molina. Lima, Perú

Horizonte Médico, 2021
El objetivo de este trabajo fue conocer la frecuencia y la manera en que las plantas medicinales son empleadas por las gestantes del Centro de Salud Viña Alta del distrito de La Molina. En el estudio participaron veintiuna gestantes, quienes respondieron
Echevarría -Merino H, Flores -Asenjo W, Juan Garay-Ortega, Roca -Moscoso MA, Salazar -Granara A*   +4 more
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Illegal trade in wild cats and its link to Chinese‐led development in Central and South America

Conservation Biology, Volume 34, Issue 6, Page 1525-1535, December 2020., 2020
Abstract Seizures of hundreds of jaguar heads and canines in Central and South America from 2014 to 2018 resulted in worldwide media coverage suggesting that wildlife traffickers are trading jaguar body parts as substitutes for tiger parts to satisfy the demand for traditional Asian medicine.
Thais Q. Morcatty, Jonathan C. Bausch Macedo, K. Anne‐Isola Nekaris, Qingyong Ni, Carlos C. Durigan, Magdalena S. Svensson, Vincent Nijman   +6 more
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Effect of extracts of Geranium ayavacense W. (Pasuchaca) on glycemia on rats with experimental diabetes mellitus

Revista Peruana de Medicina Experimental y Salud Pública, 2014
Objectives. To determine if the lyophilized aqueous extract of Geranium ayavacense (Pasuchaca) has any effect on glycemia in rats with experimental diabetes mellitus. Materials and methods. Experimental diabetes was induced with alloxan. Rats included in
José Aranda-Ventura, Jorge Villacrés, Rosario Mego, Henry Delgado   +3 more
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Prevalence of the N-Acetyltransferase (NAT2) gene polymorphism 282C>T in Peruvian population and health implications [PDF]

Horizonte Médico, 2016
Objective: To determine the frequency of the C282T polymorphism of the NAT2 gene (N acetyltransferase) in Peruvian populations. Field work, focused on exploring genetic risk factor in Peruvian populations, which has influence in the response to drugs ...
Salazar-Granara Alberto, Youn-Ho Kim, Figueroa-Tataje Javie, Quijano Zapata Fernando, Ore-Chávez Daniel, Sandoval-Sandoval José   +5 more
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Assessment of biodiversity goods for the sustainable development of the chagra in an indigenous community of the Colombian Amazon: local values of crops

Journal of Ethnobiology and Ethnomedicine, 2021
Background The chagra is the agroforestry system adapted to the characteristics of the Amazon region. Recently, there has been a reported loss of biodiversity and traditional knowledge associated with the chagras. This paper characterizes the cultivators,
Giovanny Garavito, Rafael Clavijo, Pilar Luengas, Pablo Palacios, María Helena Arias   +4 more
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Inquérito telefónico sobre a utilização de medicina herbal em Portugal e aferição da validade científica dos usos reportados

RevSALUS
Introdução: Portugal tem uma longa tradição de uso de plantas e preparações à base de plantas com fins medicinais (PM), mas poucos estudos sobre a sua utilização nos dias de hoje.
Rui Aguiar, Ana Cid Conceição, Ana Rita Fernandes, Bruna Lisandra Macedo, João Pedro Pinto, Paula Morgado Esteves   +5 more
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