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Beyond Tradition: An Integrated Toxicological, Ecological, and Public Health Perspective on Aristolochic Acids

open access: yesJournal of Applied Toxicology, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Aristolochia species have long been used in traditional medicine for their presumed anti‐inflammatory, analgesic and antimicrobial properties. However, extensive toxicological and epidemiological evidence now demonstrates that these plants contain aristolochic acids (AAs) I and II, highly potent nephrotoxic, genotoxic, and carcinogenic ...
Victor Ventura de Souza   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Revisión de representaciones de felinos (Felidae: Carnívora) en piezas arqueológicas y en toponimia alusiva de El Salvador

open access: yesRevista Minerva
Se realizó revisión bibliográfica de libros (cuatro), artículos científicos (tres) y visitas a un sitio arqueológico (Casa Blanca) y MUNA. Como producto de este proceso se obtuvo datos de representaciones de individuos de la familia Felidae Orden ...
Ricardo Ibarra Portillo
doaj   +1 more source

The conservation status of the herpetofauna of Honduras [PDF]

open access: yes, 2010
The conservation status of the members of the Honduran herpetofauna is discussed. Based on current and projected future human population growth, it is posited that the entire herpetofauna is endangered.
McCranie, James R., Wilson, Larry David
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On the botanical history and nomenclature of the New World genus Piscidia (Fabaceae)

open access: yesNordic Journal of Botany, EarlyView.
Piscidia L. (Fabaceae) is a New World genus with nine recognized taxa (seven species and two varieties). The previous nomenclatural revisions, made in 1910 and in 1969, are revisited here. The names Derris grandifolia Heyde & Lux ex Donn.Sm. and P. cubensis Urb. required step II lectotypifications, with an epitype for the latter name.
Camila Sánchez‐ Vega   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

Interpretación De Los Elementos Acuáticos Asociados Al Monumento 21 De Chalchuapa y Su Relación Con Las Deidades Chalchiuhtlicue y Tlaloc

open access: yesJournal of Multidisciplinary Studies in Human Rights and Science
El siguiente artículo de investigación aborda la significativa interpretación de los elementos acuáticos en el contexto del monumento 21 de Chalchuapa (El Salvador), un sitio arqueológico mesoamericano de gran relevancia histórica y cultural.
Diego Fernando González Argumedo
doaj   +1 more source

Hilos de continuidad y cambio. Tejiendo unidad en antropología

open access: yesTrabajos de Prehistoria, 2007
En este artículo comparo el proceso de tejido en telares de cintura de tres contextos culturales: los Maya, los antiguos aztecas y la Mesoamérica del siglo XX.
Elizabeth M. Brumfiel
doaj   +1 more source

La ley del talión: la frontera sur de México, una historia jurídico-social [PDF]

open access: yes, 2010
The south mexican frontier is presented as a complex scenary in which during the course of the centuries different and distinctive juridical overviews had been configurate, and diverse social and cultural elements had been mixed, variating the intensity ...
Narváez Hernández, José Ramón
core   +2 more sources

Foraging and movement flexibility shape seed dispersal by an arboreal primate in a modified landscape

open access: yesOikos, EarlyView.
As habitats change, the effectiveness of animal‐mediated seed dispersal increasingly depends on animal responses to altered structure and resources. With habitat loss and degradation accelerating across the tropics, understanding how dispersers' foraging behavior and movement influence seed removal and deposition is critical to promoting forest ...
Anaid Cárdenas‐Navarrete   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

La casa en Mesoamerica [PDF]

open access: yes, 2016
Tanto en la Mesoamérica prehispánica como en los pueblos indígenas actuales, las familias se definen por medio de sus casas físicas –animadas por rituales de consagración y comunión.
Carballo, David M.
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Legacy effects of European colonialism on hotspots of biocultural diversity threat

open access: yesPeople and Nature, EarlyView.
Abstract Patterns of biological diversity have been shaped by cultural practices in the past, while in turn, cultures and languages have evolved in close interaction with local species and ecosystems. However, in the Anthropocene, human activities are putting increasingly diverse pressures on ecosystems and cultures, resulting in accelerating threat ...
Bernd Lenzner   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

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