| Description |
1 online resource (265 p.) |
| Contents |
Cover -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Preface -- Table of Contents -- Part 1: Ethnobotany -- 1. The Genus Aloysia Paláu (Verbenaceae) in Argentina. A Paradigm in Ethnobotany -- 2. Ethnobotany of Medicinal and Sacred Plants with Ethnopharmacological Potential from Southwestern Colombia -- 3. Ethnobotanical Uses and Potential Pharmaceutical Applications of the Cactaceae Family -- 4. Traditional Use of Plants in Mexico for the Treatment of Diabetes: An Ethnopharmacological Review and Scientific Evaluations |
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5. Limits and Risks of Plants Valorization in Morocco Associated with Their Vernacular Names -- 6. Resilience of Mapuche Health System and the Influence of COVID-19 -- Part 2: Traditional Knowledge of Useful Plants -- 7. Medicinal Use of the Plants of the Atacama Desert -- 8. Local Botanical Knowledge of Plants Associated with Andean and Chinese Traditions in the Metropolitan Area of Buenos Aires (Argentina): An Urban Ethnobotany Study -- 9. Traditional Uses, Phytochemistry, and Pharmacology of Mopane (Colophospermum mopane) in Southern African Countries |
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10. Traditional Medicine of the Kichwa of the Upper Napo -- 11. Traditional Practices Regarding the Use of Botanicals to Treat Bovine Haemonchosis in Pakistan -- Index |
| Summary |
In this book we present recent studies that have been carried out on some widely used medicinal plants. The need for new and alternative treatments stem from the lack of efficiency of existing remedies for certain illnesses. We have compiled information that may be useful to researchers in their quest to develop new drugs |
| Notes |
Description based upon print version of record |
| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Maroyi, Alfred
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Wagner, Marcelo L
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| ISBN |
9781000839586 |
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1000839583 |
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