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 +3 more
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Medicinal use of fauna by a traditional community in the Brazilian Amazonia
Journal of Ethnobiology and Ethnomedicine, 2012 Background Zootherapy inventories are important as they contribute to the world documentation of the prevalence, importance and diversity of the medicinal use of animals in traditional human communities.
Barros Flávio B +3 more
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Pemanfaatan Hewan sebagai Obat Tradisional oleh Etnik Lom di Bangka [PDF]
, 2016 Knowledge about the use of animals as a traditional medicine is benefit to society and must be saved. This knowledge can be used as a source of reference for researchers in the development of science and alternative ideas in the present.
Afriyansyah, B. (Budi) +2 more
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Medicinal use of secretions (“the frog vaccine”) from the kambô frog (Phyllomedusa bicolor) by non-indigenous peoples in Rondônia, Brazil [PDF]
Biotemas, 2009 Amphibians have pharmaceutically active skin secretions that protect against infections and predation. Some indigenous people in southwestern Amazonia use these secretions from P. bicolor for medicinal purposes.
Paulo Sérgio Bernarde +1 more
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Medicinal animals used in ethnoveterinary practices of the 'Cariri Paraibano', NE Brazil
Journal of Ethnobiology and Ethnomedicine, 2011 Background Zootherapy is important in various socio-cultural environments, and innumerous examples of the use of animal derived remedies can currently be found in many urban, semi-urban and more remote localities in all parts of the world, particularly ...
Lopez Luiz CS +9 more
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Trade Related Intellectual Property Rights in Fisheries: The Indian Context [PDF]
, 2012 At the end of the Uruguay Round of the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade (GATT) in 1994, the Trade Related Intellectual Property Rights (TRIPS) agreement was implemented to regulate standards of Intellectual Property (IP) regulations in WTO member ...
Chakraborty, Kajal
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ZOOTHERAPY AMONG THE ETHNIC GROUPS OF NORTH EASTERN REGION OF INDIA-A CRITICAL REVIEW
Journal of Critical Reviews, 2017 The main objective of the study is to review the practices of Zootherapy among the ethnic groups of the northeastern part of India and to prepare an inventory of all the information. The data were collected from 11 published papers on the practices of zootherapy among different ethnic groups from the region.
Khirod Sankar Das +2 more
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Anais da Academia Brasileira de Ciências, 2012 This work documents the zootherapeutic practices in Ethnoveterinary medicine (EVM) of Pedra Lavrada (6°45'S, 36°28'W), Northeastern Brazil. We interviewed 23 people (22 men and 1 woman), who provided information on animal species used as remedies, body ...
Wedson M.S. Souto +4 more
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Fauna used in popular medicine in Northeast Brazil
Journal of Ethnobiology and Ethnomedicine, 2009 Background Animal-based remedies constitute an integral part of Brazilian Traditional Medicine. Due to its long history, zootherapy has in fact become an integral part of folk medicine both in rural and urban areas of the country.
Alves Rômulo RN
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Honeys and plants used in the traditional medicine of northern Misiones [PDF]
, 2011 Se analizan los usos medicinales de los productos obtenidos de colonias de abejas silvestres, en cuanto al uso diferencial de estos recursos según las especies de abejas y el consenso de usos de mezclas que involucran mieles.
Hilgert, Norma Ines, Zamudio, Fernando
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