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The domestic struggle for traditional medical knowledge rights
Developing World Bioethics, Volume 23, Issue 1, Page 76-87, March 2023., 2023 Abstract In China, the local communities and various ethnic minorities still hold, sustain and develop traditional medicial knowledge (TMK), innovations, and practices within the original communities. TMK also has pharmaceutical option value, which has attracted interests in commercial use of TMK for pharmaceutical innovation in China.
Nan Xia
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Commodity risk assessment of Momordica charantia fruits from Honduras
EFSA Journal, Volume 19, Issue 2, February 2021., 2021 Abstract The European Commission requested the EFSA Panel on Plant Health to prepare and deliver risk assessments for commodities listed in Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2018/2019 as ‘High risk plants, plant products and other objects’. Momordica fruits originating from countries where Thrips palmi is known to occur qualify as high risk ...
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The 2018 European Union report on pesticide residues in food
EFSA Journal, Volume 18, Issue 4, April 2020., 2020 Abstract Under EU legislation (Article 32, Regulation (EC) No 396/2005), EFSA provides an annual report which analyses pesticide residue levels in foods on the European market. The analysis is based on data from the official national control activities carried out by EU Member States, Iceland and Norway and includes a subset of data from the EU ...
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Evidence-Based Complementary and Alternative Medicine, Volume 2019, Issue 1, 2019., 2019 The inhabitants of the floodplain of the Mazagão River in the State of Amapá in the Brazilian Amazon have inherited from indigenous African and Cabocla cultures indications for the use and forms of preparation of medicinal plants to cure diseases of the body and spirit. This study aimed to perform an ethnopharmacological survey of medicinal plants used
Rosângela do Socorro Ferreira Rodrigues Sarquis +9 more
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The 2016 European Union report on pesticide residues in food
EFSA Journal, Volume 16, Issue 7, July 2018., 2018 Abstract This report provides an insight into the official control activities carried out by EU Member States, Iceland and Norway in 2016. Based on the analytical results provided by the reporting countries, a detailed data analysis was performed regarding pesticide occurrence in the most important food products consumed and the dietary risk related to
European Food Safety Authority
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Evidence-Based Complementary and Alternative Medicine, Volume 2017, Issue 1, 2017., 2017 Antitick plants and related ethnoknowledge/ethnopractices with potential for integrated tick control and management strategies to improve livestock production are reviewed. About 231 plants reviewed showed a variety of bioactive properties, namely, being toxic, repellent, antifeedant, and antiovipositant and ability to immobilize target tick species ...
Wycliffe Wanzala, José L. Rios
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Natural Products: Insights into Leishmaniasis Inflammatory Response
Mediators of Inflammation, Volume 2015, Issue 1, 2015., 2015 Leishmaniasis is a vector‐borne disease that affects several populations worldwide, against which there are no vaccines available and the chemotherapy is highly toxic. Depending on the species causing the infection, the disease is characterized by commitment of tissues, including the skin, mucous membranes, and internal organs. Despite the relevance of
Igor A. Rodrigues +8 more
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Evidence-Based Complementary and Alternative Medicine, Volume 2013, Issue 1, 2013., 2013 Increases in ethnobotanical studies and knowledge in recent decades have led to a greater and more accurate interpretation of the overall patterns related to the use of medicinal plants, allowing for a clear identification of some ecological and cultural phenomena.
Deyvson Rodrigues Cavalcanti +2 more
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Why Urban Citizens in Developing Countries Use Traditional Medicines: The Case of Suriname
Evidence-Based Complementary and Alternative Medicine, Volume 2013, Issue 1, 2013., 2013 The use of traditional medicines (TMs) among urban populations in developing countries and factors underlying people’s decision to use TMs are poorly documented. We interviewed 270 adults in Paramaribo, Suriname, using a stratified random household sample, semistructured questionnaires, and multivariate analysis.
Tinde van Andel +2 more
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Scabies in French Guiana: Quantitative and qualitative factors associated with therapeutic failure
Journal of the European Academy of Dermatology and Venereology, Volume 38, Issue 3, Page 602-612, March 2024.Abstract Background Strategies for the control of scabies should be adapted to local settings. Traditional communities in French Guiana have non‐Western conceptions of disease and health. Objectives The objectives for this study were to explore knowledge, attitudes and practices to identify potential factors associated with the failure of scabies ...
R. Blaizot +11 more
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