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The relevance of traditional knowledge systems for ethnopharmacological research: theoretical and methodological contributions [PDF]

, 2010
Background Ethnopharmacology is at the intersection of the medical, natural, and social sciences. Despite its interdisciplinary nature, most ethnopharmacological research has been based on the combination of the chemical, biological, and pharmacological ...
Victoria Reyes-García
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18F-FDG measurement in primary lung cancer: SUV normalization to different distribution volumes [PDF]

, 2009
Introduction: Standard Uptake Value (SUV) is a measurement of the uptake in a tumour normalized on the basis of a distribution volume and is used to quantify 18F-Fluorodeoxiglucose (FDG) uptake in tumors, such as primary lung tumor.
ALVES, Pedro Luis C. A., GRAVENA, Adriana R., GRAVENA, Renan, MAZZAFERA, Paulo, VICTORIA FILHO, Ricardo   +4 more
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From traditional resource to global commodities: a comparison of Rhodiola species using NMR spectroscopy - metabolomics and HPTLC [PDF]

, 2016
The fast developing international trade of products based on traditional knowledge and their value chains has become an important aspect of the ethnopharmacological debate. The structure and diversity of value chains and their impact on the phytochemical
Alm, Aslanyan, Booker, Booker, Brown, Chinese Pharmacopoeia, Committee on Herbal Medicinal Products, Fan, Galambosi, Jiang, Li, Li, Lu, Luo, Ma, Mudge, Nakamura, Nakamura, Panossian, Panossian, Reich, Sarris, Shikov, Simmler, World Health Organization, Xia, Xin, Yousef, Zhi, Zhu   +29 more
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Perceptions, use and attitudes of pharmacy customers on complementary medicines and pharmacy practice [PDF]

, 2010
Background Complementary medicines (CMs) are popular amongst Australians and community pharmacy is a major supplier of these products. This study explores pharmacy customer use, attitudes and perceptions of complementary medicines, and their ...
Evelin Tiralongo, Jenny M Wilkinson, Lesley A Braun, Michael Bailey, Michael Dooley, Ondine Spitzer, Susan Poole   +6 more
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Probabilistic models for drug dissolution. Part 1. Review of Monte Carlo and stochastic cellular automata approaches. [PDF]

, 2006
Throughout the last decades, Monte Carlo (MC) techniques have been used in simulating various complex systems. In this paper, we investigate how MC-based methods are used in the field of Drug Delivery, indicating what aspects of the complex problems of
Barat, Ana, Crane, Martin, Ruskin, Heather J.   +2 more
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Becoming a Traditional Medicinal Plant Healer: Divergent Views of Practicing and Young Healers on Traditional Medicinal Plant Knowledge Skills in India [PDF]

, 2009
researchTraditional medicinal plant knowledge (TMK) helps meet the health needs of a large section of the world’s population, especially socially and economically disadvantaged and aboriginal communities of developing countries like India. However, there
Shukla, Shailesh, Sinclair, A John
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Medicinal plants used by women in Mecca: urban, Muslim and gendered knowledge [PDF]

, 2017
Background: This study explores medicinal plant knowledge and use among Muslim women in the city of Mecca, Saudi Arabia. Ethnobotanical research in the region has focused on rural populations and male herbal healers in cities, and based on these few ...
A Begossi, A Touwaide, A Touwaide, A Viladrich, Afnan Alqethami, AK Verma, AL Ososki, AM Migahid, AT Elolemy, B Greenwood, B Kothari, C Elgood, C Wayland, C Wayland, CS Weckerle, DM Al-Eisawi, E Mati, E Yesilada, FG Coe, GE El-Ghazali, GH Rassool, GKE Mosina, H Azaizeh, H Newing, H Walter, HA Abdulafatih, HM Jennings, HR Bernard, I Teixidor-Toneu, I Teixidor-Toneu, I Vandebroek, I Vandebroek, Irene Teixidor-Toneu, JJ Smith, JM Pfeiffer, JS Mossa, Julie A. Hawkins, KA Kainer, L Gollin, M Ceuterick, M Emery, M Leonti, M Razafindraibe, M Van der Veen, MA Al-Essa, MA Al-Yahya, MJ Balick, N Deuraseh, N Groom, P Freedman, P Howard, PM Arenas, PM Medeiros, PO Staub, Press I, RA Qureshi, RA Voeks, SA Ghazanfar, SP Borgatti, T Van Andel, TR Van Andel, United Nations, World Medical Association, YM Al-Sodany   +63 more
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Replacement, Reduction and Refinement of Animal Testing in the Quality Control of Human Vaccines [PDF]

, 2015
Vaccines are recognised as a highly cost effective tool for preventing infectious diseases. They are derived from biological sources and due to the complexity of composition and heterogeneity of products, vaccine lots undergo legally required quality ...
HALDER MARIA ELISABETH
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Biological Activities of Essential Oils: From Plant Chemoecology to Traditional Healing Systems [PDF]

, 2017
Essential oils are complex mixtures of hydrocarbons and their oxygenated derivatives arising from two different isoprenoid pathways. Essential oils are produced by glandular trichomes and other secretory structures, specialized secretory tissues mainly ...
Ademiluyi, Adedayo Oluwaseun, Ayatollahi, Seyed Abdulmajid, Daglia, Maria, Iriti, Marcello, Loizzo, Monica R, Sharifi-Rad, Javad, Sharifi-Rad, Marzieh, Sharifi-Rad, Mehdi, Sharifi-Rad, Razieh, Sureda, Antoni, Tenore, Gian Carlo, Tundis, Rosa, Valussi, Marco   +12 more
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A Journey through the History of Drug Quality Control, from Greece to Costa Rica [PDF]

, 2021
This review describes the evolution and development of drug quality control throughout different times in history. A bibliographic research was conducted from the database JSTOR from the University of Costa Rica.
Blanco Barrantes, Jeimy, Loría Gutiérrez, Arlene, Quesada Morúa, María Soledad, Rojas Céspedes, Gustavo   +3 more
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