Ethnobotany
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Monday, November 23, 2009

An ethnobotanical study of medicinal plants used by local people in the lowlands of Konta Special Woreda, southern nations, nationalities and peoples regional state, Ethiopia.

22 Sep 2009 BACKGROUND: Research was carried out in Konta Special Woreda (District); it is a remote area with lack of infrastructure like road to make any research activities in the area. Therefore, this research was conducted to investigate medicinal plants of ... Read more...

Plants used during pregnancy, childbirth and postpartum healthcare in Lao PDR: a comparative study of the Brou, Saek and Kry ethnic groups.

6 Sep 2009 BACKGROUND: In many Southeast Asian cultures the activities and diet during the postpartum period are culturally dictated and a period of confinement is observed. Plants play an important role in recovery during the postpartum period in diet, ... Read more...

Susto etiology and treatment according to Bolivian Trinitario people: a "masters of the animal species" phenomenon.

30 Aug 2009 This article addresses two concepts that are quite widespread among Latin American cultures: susto or "'fright sickness," and the "masters of the animal species" philosophy, whereby individual animal spirits are believed to be "owned" by ... Read more...

Latest indexed articles for 'Ethnobotany'

These are the very latest articles for this heading:

• An ethnobotanical study of medicinal plants used by local people in the lowlands of Konta Special Woreda, southern nations, nationalities and peoples regional state, Ethiopia. 22 Sep 2009
• Plants used during pregnancy, childbirth and postpartum healthcare in Lao PDR: a comparative study of the Brou, Saek and Kry ethnic groups. 6 Sep 2009
• Susto etiology and treatment according to Bolivian Trinitario people: a "masters of the animal species" phenomenon. 30 Aug 2009
• The ethnomedicine of the Haya people of Bugabo ward, Kagera Region, north western Tanzania. 29 Aug 2009
• Aboriginal uses and management of ethnobotanical species in deciduous forests of Chhattisgarh state in India. 2 Aug 2009
• Active compounds and atoms of society: plants, bodies, minds and cultures in the work of Kenyan ethnobotanical knowledge. 30 Jul 2009
• Ethnobotanical survey of trees in Fundong, Northwest Region, Cameroon. 23 Jun 2009
• Medicinal plants of the Meinit ethnic group of Ethiopia: an ethnobotanical study. 16 May 2009
• Uses of medicinal plants by Haitian immigrants and their descendants in the Province of Camagüey, Cuba. 16 May 2009
• Ethnobotany of the Alt Empordà region (Catalonia, Iberian Peninsula): plants used in human traditional medicine. 3 May 2009
• Ethnobotany as a pharmacological research tool and recent developments in CNS-active natural products from ethnobotanical sources. 3 May 2009
• Medicinal plants used by Tibetans in Shangri-la, Yunnan, China. 3 May 2009
• Ethnobotanical study on medicinal plants around Mt.Yinggeling, Hainan Island, China. May 2009
• Ethnopharmacological notes about ancient uses of medicinal plants in Trás-os-Montes (northern of Portugal). May 2009
• Ethnomedical survey of Berta ethnic group Assosa Zone, Benishangul-Gumuz regional state, mid-west Ethiopia. 29 Apr 2009
• Medicinal plants used by the Yi ethnic group: a case study in central Yunnan. 21 Apr 2009
• Valorizing the 'Irulas' traditional knowledge of medicinal plants in the Kodiakkarai Reserve Forest, India. 12 Apr 2009
• Ethnobotanical study of knowledge and medicinal plants use by the people in Dek Island in Ethiopia. 9 Apr 2009
• Chemosensory perception and medicinal plants for digestive ailments in a Mapuche community in NW Patagonia, Argentina. 29 Mar 2009
• Naming a phantom - the quest to find the identity of Ulluchu, an unidentified ceremonial plant of the Moche culture in Northern Peru. 29 Mar 2009

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Technical information about 'Ethnobotany'

Definition: The study of plant lore and agricultural customs of a people. In the fields of ETHNOMEDICINE and ETHNOPHARMACOLOGY, the emphasis is on traditional medicine and the existence and medicinal uses of PLANTS and PLANT EXTRACTS and their constituents, both historically and in modern times.

Descriptor UI: D019448

Alternative terms: Ethnobotany;

Related Mesh Headings: Phytotherapy; Ethnopharmacology;

Allowable Qualifiers: classification; economics; education; history; instrumentation; legislation & jurisprudence; manpower; methods; organization & administration; standards; trends; statistics & numerical data; ethics;

Tree Number: H01.158.273.118.299;

History Note: 97

Technical Notes: specialty; coordinate with geographic term or ethnic group if pertinent; coordinate NIM with specific drug or plant (IM) for ethnobotany aspects of the plant