Medical Ethnobiology and Ethnopharmacology in Latin America

[...]the integrative aspect is noteworthy; it includes medical ethnobotany and zootherapy (the treatment of human diseases using drug-based therapies derived from animals). Animal-based remedies have constituted part of the inventory of medicinal substances used in various cultures since ancient tim...

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Published inEvidence-based complementary and alternative medicine Vol. 2012; pp. 379160 - 2
Main Authors Albuquerque, Ulysses Paulino, Cooper, Edwin L., Medeiros, Maria Franco Trindade, Alves, Rômulo Romeu Nóbrega, Ladio, Ana H.
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published United States Hindawi Publishing Corporation 01.01.2012
Hindawi Limited
Subjects
Animals
Ethnobiology
Ethnopharmacology
Medicine
Minerals
Natural products
Natural resources
Public health
Urban areas
Brazil
Africa
Latin America
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Summary:[...]the integrative aspect is noteworthy; it includes medical ethnobotany and zootherapy (the treatment of human diseases using drug-based therapies derived from animals). Animal-based remedies have constituted part of the inventory of medicinal substances used in various cultures since ancient times. [...]studies concerning diversity of plants and animals used in medical systems of immigrants have occupied little space in the ethnopharmacological literature. [...]there has been influence of migration on traditional medical systems.
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ISSN:1741-427X
1741-4288
DOI:10.1155/2012/379160