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Nutritional, Antibacterial and Thrombolytic Prospects of Freshwater Paludomas conica Protein Hydrolysate and Its Anti‐Inflammatory Potential in LPS‐Induced RAW 264.7 Macrophage Cells

Food Science &Nutrition, Volume 13, Issue 1, January 2025.
Nutritional and biological potential of a freshwater mollusk, Paludomas conica, is revealed in this research. Protein hydrolysate of the mollusk has been used as an experimental sample. Proximate nutritional, mineral, and heavy metal contents, as well as prevalently anti‐inflammatory effects in LPS‐induced RAW 264.7 macrophage cells, were enumerated in
Tanvir Ahmed Siddique, Khalid Juhani Rafi, Sumaiya Akter, Farhana Yesmin Bithy, Rasheda Aktar, Asif Nadim Khan, Mumtahina Majid, Farjana Sultana, Srabonti Saha, A. M. Abu Ahmed, Atiar Rahman   +10 more
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Perception and application of zootherapy for the management of cattle diseases occurred in northern laterite region of West Bengal, India

Asian Journal of Ethnobiology, 2022
Abstract. Mandal SK, Rahaman CH. 2022. Perception and application of zootherapy for the management of cattle diseases occurred in northern laterite region of West Bengal, India. Asian J Ethnobiol 5: 12-19. The present study aims to invent the glory of traditional knowledge about zootherapy for livestock diseases in the northern laterite region of West ...
SUMAN KALYAN MANDAL, CHOWDHURY HABIBUR RAHAMAN   +1 more
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Ethnozoological Study of Animals and Animal Products Used as Traditional Medicine by Indigenous Community of the Dangur District in Metekel Zone, Western Ethiopia

International Journal of Zoology, Volume 2025, Issue 1, 2025.
In Ethiopia, numerous ethnic groups rely on traditional medicine for their primary health care needs. Nonetheless, indigenous ethnozoological medicinal practices are being overlooked and are progressively disappearing due to inadequate documentation, as they are transmitted from one generation to the next via oral tradition.
Bekele Bewuket Kitaro, Mosissa Geleta Erena, Lipi Buch   +2 more
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Ichthyofauna Used in Traditional Medicine in Brazil

Evidence-Based Complementary and Alternative Medicine, Volume 2012, Issue 1, 2012., 2012
Fish represent the group of vertebrates with the largest number of species and the largest geographic distribution; they are also used in different ways by modern civilizations. The goal of this study was to compile the current knowledge on the use of ichthyofauna in zootherapeutic practices in Brazil, including ecological and conservational commentary
Ana Carla Asfora El-Deir, Carolina Alves Collier, Miguel Santana de Almeida Neto, Karina Maria de Souza Silva, Iamara da Silva Policarpo, Thiago Antonio S. Araújo, Rômulo Romeu Nóbrega Alves, Ulysses Paulino de Albuquerque, Geraldo Jorge Barbosa de Moura, Maria Franco Trindade Medeiros   +9 more
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Formulated Therapeutic Products of Animal Fats and Oils: Future Prospects of Zootherapy

International Journal of Pharmaceutical Investigation, 2020
In the traditional system of practices, animal fats and its oil gained acceptance in healing various ailments. Fats are chemically triglycerides in which glycerol is esterified with three fatty acids. The fats are generally obtained from animal by rendering methods.
Bharat Mishra, Akhila Akhila MV, Ann Thomas, Biliya Benny, Hiba Assainar   +4 more
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The role and significance of animals as a therapeutic element in palliative care

Medycyna Paliatywna
In recent years, an increasing number of reports have supported the beneficial effects of animal interaction on patients receiving palliative care. This has coincided with growing interest in this form of support for individuals with terminal illnesses ...
Aleksandra Zając, Weronika Koziak, Aleksandra Bętkowska, Tomasz Dzierżanowski   +3 more
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Animal-based medicines: biological prospection and the sustainable use of zootherapeutic resources

Anais da Academia Brasileira de Ciências, 2005
Animals have been used as medicinal resources for the treatment and relieve of a myriad of illnesses and diseases in practically every human culture. Although considered by many as superstition, the pertinence of traditional medicine based on animals ...
Eraldo M. Costa-Neto
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Zootherapy and rural livestock farmers in semiarid Patagonia: the transfer of animal aptitudes for health

Ethnobiology and Conservation, 2019
Fil: Castillo, Lucia Daniela. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Cientificas y Tecnicas. Centro Cientifico Tecnologico Conicet - Centro Nacional Patagonico.
Castillo, Lucía Daniela, Ladio, Ana Haydee   +1 more
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Zootherapeutics utilized by residents of the community Poço Dantas, Crato-CE, Brazil

Journal of Ethnobiology and Ethnomedicine, 2009
Background Animals have been used as a source of medicine in Brazil since ancient times, and have played a significant role in healing practices. Specifically in Northeast Brazil, zootherapy is a very common practice, and together with medicinal plants ...
Almeida Waltécio O, Ribeiro Samuel C, Brito Samuel V, Ferreira Felipe S, Alves Rômulo RN   +4 more
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A case of zootherapy with the tarantula Brachypelma vagans Ausserer, 1875 in traditional medicine of the Chol Mayan ethnic group in Mexico [PDF]

Journal of Ethnobiology and Ethnomedicine, 2011
Abstract Background In practically every human culture, the use of arthropods as medicinal resources has been reported. In Mexico, the Mayan people mainly use plants but occasionally also animals and minerals in their medicine. This article is the first to report the traditional use of the tarantula Brachypelma vagans by
Rojo Roberto, Winterton Peter, Hénaut Yann, Machkour-M'Rabet Salima   +3 more
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