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| ethnobotanySummarySummary: The 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. Top Publications
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Integration of ethnobotany and phytochemistry. dream or reality?Otto R Gottlieb
Departamento de Fisiologia e Farmacodinamica, Instituto Oswaldo Cruz, FIOCRUZ, 22051 030, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Phytochemistry 60:145-52. 2002..This finding is an important step toward the construction of a coherent chemo-biological language by a dynamic holistic quantitative methodology, one of the most potent prospects for understanding the functioning of nature...- Medical ethnobotany of the tribals of Sonaghati of Sonbhadra district, Uttar Pradesh, IndiaA K Singh
Department of Botany, Banaras Hindu University, Varanasi 221 005, India
J Ethnopharmacol 81:31-41. 2002..Part of the plant used, dosage and the mode of drug administration in different ailments are described... 
Traditional use of medicinal plants by the Jaintia tribes in North Cachar Hills district of Assam, northeast IndiaAlbert L Sajem
Department of Botany, Haflong Government College, Haflong 788819 Assam, India
J Ethnobiol Ethnomed 2:33. 2006The study of ethnobotany relating to any tribe is in itself a very intricate or convoluted process...- Ethnobotanical remarks on Central and Southern ItalyPaolo Maria Guarrera
Dipartimento di Biologia Vegetale Università La Sapienza Roma, Italy
J Ethnobiol Ethnomed 3:23. 2007..These different cultural contributions left certain traces, both in the toponyms and in the vernacular names of the plants and, more generally, in the culture as a whole... - Ethnobotanical notes about some uses of medicinal plants in Alto Tirreno Cosentino area (Calabria, Southern Italy)Maria Lucia Leporatti
Dipartimento di Biologia Vegetale, Università La Sapienza P, le A, Moro, 5 Roma, Italia
J Ethnobiol Ethnomed 3:34. 2007..In the area studied medicinal plants still play a small role among farmers, shepherds and other people who live far from villages and built-up areas... 
Medicinal plants of the Meinit ethnic group of Ethiopia: an ethnobotanical studyMirutse Giday
Aklilu Lemma Institute of Pathobiology, P O Box 1176, Addis Ababa University, Torhailoch Street, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
J Ethnopharmacol 124:513-21. 2009..Thus, there is an urgent need to document and analyse the knowledge...- The future is written: impact of scripts on the cognition, selection, knowledge and transmission of medicinal plant use and its implications for ethnobotany and ethnopharmacologyMarco Leonti
Dipartimento Farmaco Chimico Tecnologico, Universita di Cagliari, Facolta di Farmacia, Via Ospedale 72, 09124 Cagliari CA, Italy
J Ethnopharmacol 134:542-55. 2011..Therefore, I try to visualize how field based studies in ethnobiology and especially medical ethnobotany and ethnopharmacology run the risk of repeating information and knowledge and illustrate the importance of .. - Plants used during pregnancy, childbirth and postpartum healthcare in Lao PDR: a comparative study of the Brou, Saek and Kry ethnic groupsHugo de Boer
Department of Systematic Biology, Evolutionary Biology Centre, Uppsala University, Norbyvagen 18D, SE 75236 Uppsala, Sweden
J Ethnobiol Ethnomed 5:25. 2009..It aims to identify culturally important traditions that may facilitate implementation of culturally appropriate healthcare... - Ethnobotanical studies and economic evaluation of medicinal plants in Taounate province (Northern Morocco)Jaouad El-Hilaly
UFR Physiology-Pharmacology, Laboratory of Animal Physiology, Department of Biology, Faculty of Sciences, Dhar El Mehraz, USMBA, BP 1976 Atlas Fez, Morocco
J Ethnopharmacol 86:149-58. 2003..This survey demonstrates that the medicinal plant sector in the province is a promising economic resource for developing this region, but it needs planned exploitation, and that the tribes should continue to master the folk-medicine... - An ethnobotanical study of plants used for the treatment of sexually transmitted diseases (njovhera) in Guruve District, ZimbabweL Kambizi
Department of Botany, University of Fort Hare, Alice 5700, South Africa
J Ethnopharmacol 77:5-9. 2001..Generally the water extracts show less activity than acetone and methanol extracts... - Ethnobotanical study of medicinal plants used by the Jah Hut peoples in MalaysiaK W Lin
Lviv National Medical University, Lviv, Ukraine
Indian J Med Sci 59:156-61. 2005..An ethnobotanical study was carried out among the Jah Hut people who live in the central part of peninsular Malaysia... - Ethnobotanical study of some Ghanaian anti-malarial plantsAlex Asase
Department of Botany, University of Ghana, P.O. Box LG 55 Legon, Ghana
J Ethnopharmacol 99:273-9. 2005..The results are discussed and recommendations made for future research to support the conservation and sustainable harvesting of the species reported to have medicinal properties... - Ethnobotanical study of knowledge and medicinal plants use by the people in Dek Island in EthiopiaTilahun Teklehaymanot
Endod and Other Medicinal Plants Unit, Aklilu Lemma Institute of Pathobiology, Addis Ababa University, P O Box 1176, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
J Ethnopharmacol 124:69-78. 2009..It reveals the trend of knowledge of medicinal plants and the documentation serves as a baseline data for future phytochemical and pharmacological studies... - Indigenous use and bio-efficacy of medicinal plants in the Rasuwa District, Central NepalYadav Uprety
Human Ecology Department, Vrije Universiteit Brussel, Laarbeeklaan 109, B 1090 Brussels, Belgium
J Ethnobiol Ethnomed 6:3. 2010By revealing historical and present plant use, ethnobotany contributes to drug discovery and socioeconomic development. Nepal is a natural storehouse of medicinal plants... - The use of medicinal plants in the trans-Himalayan arid zone of Mustang district, NepalShandesh Bhattarai
Nepal Academy of Science and Technology, Khumaltar, Lalitpur, Nepal
J Ethnobiol Ethnomed 6:14. 2010..Traditional botanical medicine is the primary mode of healthcare for most of the population of this district and traditional Tibetan doctors (Amchi) serve as the local medical experts... - Informant consensus factor and antibacterial activity of the medicinal plants used by the people of San Rafael Coxcatlán, Puebla, MéxicoM Canales
Laboratorio de Fitoquimica, UBIPRO Facultad de Estudios Superiores Iztacala UNAM, Tlalnepantla 54090, Edo Mex, Mexico
J Ethnopharmacol 97:429-39. 2005..Schldl. (Julianiaceae) were those that showed the biggest activity. Moreover, these species also had the highest informant consensus factor values... - Ethnobotany as a pharmacological research tool and recent developments in CNS-active natural products from ethnobotanical sourcesWill C McClatchey
Department of Botany, University of Hawai i at Manoa, Honolulu, HI 96822, USA
Pharmacol Ther 123:239-54. 2009The science of ethnobotany is reviewed in light of its multi-disciplinary contributions to natural product research for the development of pharmaceuticals and pharmacological tools... - Ethnobotanical study of plants used for the treatment of diarrhoea in the Eastern Cape, South AfricaJ R Appidi
Department of Botany, University of Fort Hare, Alice 5700, South Africa
Pak J Biol Sci 11:1961-3. 2008..Roots, bark and leaves are the common parts of plants used, while decoctions and infusions are the main methods of preparation... - Medical ethnobotany of the Teribes of Bocas del Toro, PanamaM P Gupta
Centro de Investigaciones Farmacognósticas de la Flora Panameña CIFLORPAN, Facultad de Farmacia, Universidad de Panama, Apartado 10767, Estafeta Universitaria, Republica de Panama
J Ethnopharmacol 96:389-401. 2005..The recorded medicinal plants were used mainly for fever, various type of pain and inflammation. The potential value of 26 plants and their traditional uses was elucidated through literature search... - The role of weeds as sources of pharmaceuticalsJohn R Stepp
Tropical Conservation and Development Program, Department of Anthropology, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL 32611 7305, USA
J Ethnopharmacol 92:163-6. 2004..Biochemical evidence based on literature is presented to explain this occurrence. This finding suggests that disturbed habitats may be important areas to search for novel compounds in drug discovery... - Quantitative ethnobotany in an atlantic forest fragment of northeastern Brazil: implications to conservationLuiz Vital F Cruz Da Cunha
Departamento de Biologia, , Recife, Pernambuco, Brasil
Environ Monit Assess 114:1-25. 2006..Using the methodology of quantitative ethnobotany allied to the ecological parameters (richness, relative frequency, relative density, relative dominance and .. - Diversity and utilization of antimalarial ethnophytotherapeutic remedies among the Kikuyus (Central Kenya)Grace N Njoroge
Jomo Kenyatta University of Agriculture Science and Technology, Botany Department, P O Box 62000, Nairobi, Kenya
J Ethnobiol Ethnomed 2:8. 2006..The results of this study become a basis for selecting plants for further pharmacological and phytochemical studies in developing new and locally relevant anti-malarial agents... - Use and traditional management of Anadenanthera colubrina (Vell.) Brenan in the semi-arid region of northeastern BrazilJulio Marcelino Monteiro
Departamento de Biologia, Área de Botânica, Laboratório de Etnobotânica Aplicada, Universidade Federal Rural de Pernambuco, Rua Dom Manoel de Medeiros s n, Dois Irmaos, Recife, Pernambuco, 52171 030, Brazil
J Ethnobiol Ethnomed 2:6. 2006..The study of the population structure of this tree species indicated that management and conservation strategies must include the participation of the local community... - Ethnomedicinal plant knowledge and practice of the Oromo ethnic group in southwestern EthiopiaHaile Yineger
Department of Biology, Jimma University, P, O, Box 5195, Jimma, Ethiopia
J Ethnobiol Ethnomed 4:11. 2008..Our results showed that ethnomedicinal plant species used by healers are under serious threat due to several factors, which indicates the need for urgent attention towards their conservation and sustainable utilization... - The herbal market of Thessaloniki (N Greece) and its relation to the ethnobotanical traditionE Hanlidou
Laboratory of Systematic Botany and Phytogeography, School of Biology, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, 541 24 Thessaloniki, Greece
J Ethnopharmacol 91:281-99. 2004..Thus it is suggested that the herb trade is still based on the Greek ethnobotanical tradition, dating from antiquity... - Fataluku medicinal ethnobotany and the East Timorese military resistanceSean W M Collins
Department of Biology, University of Ottawa, Ottawa, Canada
J Ethnobiol Ethnomed 3:5. 2007..This study is of importance as a historical document and because no previous medicinal ethnobotanical studies on this region exist... - Ethnobotany of the Alt Empordà region (Catalonia, Iberian Peninsula): plants used in human traditional medicineMontse Parada
Laboratori de Botànica, Facultat de Farmacia, Universitat de Barcelona, Av Joan XXIII, s n 08028 Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain
J Ethnopharmacol 124:609-18. 2009..This paper provides significant ethnobotanical information on pharmaceutical plant uses from a tourist and industrialised region, where some degree of acculturation exists, so that there is urgency in recording such data... - The role of ethnobotanical skills and agricultural labor in forest clearance: evidence from the Bolivian AmazonVictoria Reyes-García
Institut de Ciencia i Tecnologia Ambientals, Universitat Autonoma de Barcelona, Spain
Ambio 40:310-21. 2011..We explain the finding in the context of Tsimane' increasing integration to the market economy... - Pharmaceutical ethnobotany in the western part of Granada province (southern Spain): ethnopharmacological synthesisG Benitez
Department of Botany, University of Granada, Spain
J Ethnopharmacol 129:87-105. 2010..An analysis was made of the species used, parts of the plant employed, preparation methods, administration means, and the ailments treated in relation to pathological groups... - Ethnobotanical survey of medicinal plants commonly used by Kani tribals in Tirunelveli hills of Western Ghats, IndiaMuniappan Ayyanar
Department of Botany, Pachaiyappa s college, Chennai 600 030, Tamil Nadu, India
J Ethnopharmacol 134:851-64. 2011.... - Snakebites and ethnobotany in the northwest region of Colombia. Part III: neutralization of the haemorrhagic effect of Bothrops atrox venomR Otero
Programa de Ofidismo, Facultad de Medicina, Universidad de Antioquia, A A 1226, Medellin, Colombia
J Ethnopharmacol 73:233-41. 2000..d. venom injection (10 microg), neutralization of haemorrhage dropped below 25% for all the extracts. Additionally, B. rosademonte and P. percussa extracts were able to inhibit the proteolytic activity of B. atrox venom on casein... - Ethnobotany in the search for vasoactive herbal medicinesD F Slish
Department of Biological Science, Plattsburgh State University, NY 12901 2681, USA
J Ethnopharmacol 66:159-65. 1999..None of the 32 randomly collected samples produced a relaxation response. These data support the hypothesis that ethno-directed collection is a more efficient means of drug discovery than random plant screens... - Ethnobotanical survey of knowledge and usage custom of traditional insect/mosquito repellent plants among the Ethiopian Oromo ethnic groupKaliyaperumal Karunamoorthi
Unit of Vector Biology and Control, School of Environmental Health Science, Faculty of Public Health, Jimma University, Jimma, Ethiopia
J Ethnopharmacol 125:224-9. 2009..Hence, the aim of this study was to assess the knowledge and usage custom of traditional insect/mosquito repellent plants among the Oromo ethnic group in Ethiopia... - Ethnomedicinal study of plants used by Sheko ethnic group of EthiopiaMirutse Giday
Aklilu Lemma Institute of Pathobiology, P O Box 1176, Addis Ababa University, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
J Ethnopharmacol 132:75-85. 2010..This study was conducted to document and evaluate knowledge on medicinal plant use by Sheko ethnic group in Southwest Ethiopia... - Medicinal plants from the "Sierra de Comechingones", ArgentinaMarta Ester Goleniowski
Agencia Cordoba Ciencia, Unidad Ceprocor Arenales 230, B Juniors, CP X5004AAP, Cordoba, Argentina
J Ethnopharmacol 107:324-41. 2006..Previous reports on phytochemical and biological activities in relation to cancer, antimicrobials and pesticides were also included... - Barking up the same tree: a comparison of ethnomedicine and canine ethnoveterinary medicine among the AguarunaKevin A Jernigan
COPIAAN Comité de Productores Indígenas Awajún de Alto Nieva, Bajo Cachiaco, Peru
J Ethnobiol Ethnomed 5:33. 2009.... - An ethnobotanical survey of plants used to manage HIV/AIDS opportunistic infections in Katima Mulilo, Caprivi region, NamibiaKazhila C Chinsembu
University of Namibia, Faculty of Science, Department of Biological Sciences, P B 13301, Windhoek, Namibia
J Ethnobiol Ethnomed 6:25. 2010..Further research is needed to isolate the plants' active chemical compounds and understand their modes of action... - Plants known as té in Spain: an ethno-pharmaco-botanical reviewManuel Pardo de Santayana
Real Jardín Botánico CSIC, Plaza de Murillo 2, E 28014 Madrid, Spain
J Ethnopharmacol 98:1-19. 2005..Other remarkable but more locally used tés include Cruciata glabra (only in the Pyrenees), Inula salicina and Mentha arvensis (in the Central Mountain Range of Madrid), and Potentilla caulescens (in Tarragona)... - Traditional medicinal plant knowledge and use by local healers in Sekoru District, Jimma Zone, Southwestern EthiopiaHaile Yineger
Department of Biology, Jimma University, P, O, Box 5195, Jimma, Ethiopia
J Ethnobiol Ethnomed 3:24. 2007..Plant parts used for remedy preparations showed significant difference with medicinal plant species abundance in the study area... - An ethnobotanical survey of medicinal plants commercialized in the markets of La Paz and El Alto, BoliviaManuel J Macía
Real Jardín Botánico de Madrid CSIC, Plaza de Murillo 2, E 28014 Madrid, Spain
J Ethnopharmacol 97:337-50. 2005..The present urban phytotherapy represents a medicinal alternative to treat main health problems and remains closer to the cultural and social context of this society... - An ethnobotanical study on the usage of wild medicinal herbs from Kopaonik Mountain (Central Serbia)Snezana Jarić
Department of Ecology, The Sinisa Stanković Institute for Biological Research, University of Belgrade, Bulevar Despota Stefana 142, Belgrade, Serbia and Montenegro
J Ethnopharmacol 111:160-75. 2007..rheumatism and skin ailments) and Ficaria verna Huds. (tubers for treating haemorrhoids). In addition, 10 wild species used in veterinary medicine, as well as 25 herbs used for human nourishment were noted... - Wild food plants of popular use in SicilyFrancesca Lentini
Department of Botanical Sciences, University of Palermo, Palermo, Italy
J Ethnobiol Ethnomed 3:15. 2007..These studies may also suggest new applications for a few botanicals in medico-nutritional fields. The work includes also a short review of the seaweeds and mushrooms traditionally gathered and consumed in Sicily... - An ethnobotanical survey of wild edible plants of Paphos and Larnaca countryside of CyprusAthena Della
Agricultural Research Institute, P O Box 22016, 1516 Nicosia, Cyprus
J Ethnobiol Ethnomed 2:34. 2006..The research of ethnobotany should be extended to other areas of Cyprus in order not only to preserve the traditional knowledge related to .. - Ritual plants of Muslim graveyards in northern IsraelAmots Dafni
Institute of Evolution, University of Haifa, Haifa, 31905, Israel
J Ethnobiol Ethnomed 2:38. 2006..Most of the traditions are common to the whole Middle East showing high relatedness to the classical world as well as to the present-day Europe... - Re-examining hypotheses concerning the use and knowledge of medicinal plants: a study in the Caatinga vegetation of NE BrazilUlysses Paulino de Albuquerque
Laboratório de Etnobotânica Aplicada, Área de Botânica, Departamento de Biologia, Universidade Federal Rural de Pernambuco, Rua Dom Manoel de Medeiros s n, Dois Irmãos Recife Pernambuco, 52171 030, Brasil
J Ethnobiol Ethnomed 2:30. 2006..However, very little information is available concerning the interaction of people with the plants of the Caatinga... - Ta chòrta: wild edible greens used in the Graecanic area in Calabria, Southern ItalySabine Nebel
Centre for Pharmacognosy and Phytotherapy, The School of Pharmacy, University of London, 29/ 39 Brunswick Square, London WC1N 1AX, UK
Appetite 47:333-42. 2006..The present study demonstrates how the consumption of wild food plant species is strongly embedded in the local culture, and that they contribute to a healthy and balanced diet... - Circum-Mediterranean cultural heritage and medicinal plant uses in traditional animal healthcare: a field survey in eight selected areas within the RUBIA projectAndrea Pieroni
SCH Group, Department of Social Sciences, Wageningen University and Research Centres, Postbus 8060 6700 DA Wageningen, The Netherlands
J Ethnobiol Ethnomed 2:16. 2006..heritage in veterinary practices, which raises critical questions about the concept of Mediterraneanism in ethnobotany and suggests that further discussion is required... - Plant use of the Maasai of Sekenani Valley, Maasai Mara, KenyaRainer W Bussmann
University of Hawaii, Lyon Arboretum, 3860 Manoa Rd, Honolulu, HI 96822, USA
J Ethnobiol Ethnomed 2:22. 2006..In most cases the treatment of illness involves herbal purgatives to cleanse the patient. There are also frequent indications of plant use for common problems like wounds, parasites, body aches and burns... - Ethnoveterinary plant preparations as livestock dewormers: practices, popular beliefs, pitfalls and prospects for the futureJohn B Githiori
International Livestock Research Institute, PO Box 30709, Nairobi 00100, Kenya
Anim Health Res Rev 6:91-103. 2005..Fostering better interaction between traditional healers and scientists is advocated to prevent harmful overexploitation, both of local knowledge and of plant species that may have effects against nematode parasites... - Medicinal plants popularly used in the villages of Yunt Mountain(Manisa-Turkey)Emin Ugurlu
Celal Bayar University, Faculty of Science and Art, Department of Biology, 45100 Manisa, Turkey
Fitoterapia 79:126-31. 2008..Fifty-four medicinal plants belonging to 32 family were recorded. Among them 41 species were wild and 13 species were cultivated plants... - Indigenous knowledge and uses of medicinal plants by local communities of the Kali Gandaki Watershed Area, NepalA R Joshi
South Asia Cooperative Environment Programme, 10 Anderson Road, 5, Colombo, Sri Lanka
J Ethnopharmacol 73:175-83. 2000..Traditional medicine remains an integral part of the health system in these areas. Local people have remarkable knowledge of species identity and their uses as crude drugs... - Using home gardens to decipher health and healing in the AndesRuthbeth Finerman
Department of Anthropology, University of Memphis, USA
Med Anthropol Q 17:459-82. 2003..New threats to the sustainability of home gardens threaten the foundation of Saraguro's ethnomedical system and women's authority in the home and community... - Mao's heritage: medicinal plant knowledge among the Bai in Shaxi, China, at a crossroads between distinct local and common widespread practiceCaroline S Weckerle
Institute of Systematic Botany, University of Zurich, Zollikerstrasse 107, Ch 8008 Zurich, Switzerland
J Ethnopharmacol 123:213-28. 2009..In an area of high biodiversity, distinct medicinal plant knowledge is documented and the influence of herbals on local knowledge is revealed... - Ethnomedical survey of Berta ethnic group Assosa Zone, Benishangul-Gumuz regional state, mid-west EthiopiaTeferi Flatie
Department of Pharmacognosy, School of Pharmacy, Addis Ababa University, PO Box 1176, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
J Ethnobiol Ethnomed 5:14. 2009..This study indicates that although the proportion of the population that uses TM may be small it is still an important component of the public health care in the study community as complementary and alternative medicine... - Consensus of the 'Malasars' traditional aboriginal knowledge of medicinal plants in the Velliangiri holy hills, IndiaSubramanyam Ragupathy
Floristic Diversity Research Group, OAC Herbarium, University of Guelph, Guelph, Ontario, N1G 2W1, Canada
J Ethnobiol Ethnomed 4:8. 2008.... - An ethnobotanical study of medicinal plants in Mana Angetu district, southeastern EthiopiaErmias Lulekal
Department of Biology, Debre Berhan University, P, O, Box 445, Debre Berhan, Ethiopia
J Ethnobiol Ethnomed 4:10. 2008..Documenting the eroding plants and associated indigenous knowledge can be used as a basis for developing management plans for conservation and sustainable use of medicinal plants in the area... - Extending the temporal context of ethnobotanical databases: the case study of the Campania region (southern Italy)Antonino De Natale
Department Ar, BO, PA, VE, University of Naples Federico II Via Università, 100, 80055 Portici, NA, Italy
J Ethnobiol Ethnomed 5:7. 2009..Campania, a region of southern Italy, has been selected for a database implementation containing present and past information on plant uses... - A review of the taxonomy, ethnobotany, chemistry and pharmacology of Sutherlandia frutescens (Fabaceae)B E van Wyk
Department of Botany and Plant Biotechnology, University of Johannesburg, P O Box 524, Auckland Park 2006, South Africa
J Ethnopharmacol 119:620-9. 2008..Results of animal studies, as well as a phase I clinical study, have shown no indications of toxicity. Sufficient preclinical data are now available to justify controlled clinical studies... - Ethnobotany and antibacterial activity of some plants used in traditional medicine of Zapotitlán de las Salinas, Puebla (México)T Hernandez
Laboratorio de Fitoquimica, UBIPRO, Facultad de Estudios Superiores Iztacala, Universidad Nacional Autonoma de Mexico, Tlalnepantla 54090, Edo de Mexico, Mexico
J Ethnopharmacol 88:181-8. 2003..In conclusion, the knowledge of plants most frequently used for gastrointestinal infections in Zapotitlán de las Salinas is supported by scientific rationale... - Cross-cultural adaptation in urban ethnobotany: the Colombian folk pharmacopoeia in LondonMelissa Ceuterick
Division of Pharmacy Practice, University of Bradford, Richmond Building, Richmond Road, Bradford BD7 1DP, West Yorkshire, UK
J Ethnopharmacol 120:342-59. 2008..To investigate traditional health care practices and changes in medicinal plant use among the growing Colombian community in London... - An ethnobotanical survey of medicinal plants in Babungo, Northwest Region, CameroonDavid J Simbo
Department of Bioscience Engineering, Faculty of Science, University of Antwerp, Groenenborgerlaan 171, 2020 Antwerp, Belgium
J Ethnobiol Ethnomed 6:8. 2010..An ethnobotanical survey was undertaken to record information on medicinal plants from traditional medical practitioners in Babungo and to identify the medicinal plants used for treating diseases... - An ethnobotanical study of medicinal plants used by local people in the lowlands of Konta Special Woreda, southern nations, nationalities and peoples regional state, EthiopiaTesfaye Hailemariam Bekalo
Louis Dreyfus Commodities Coffee Division, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
J Ethnobiol Ethnomed 5:26. 2009..Therefore, this research was conducted to investigate medicinal plants of the Konta people and to document the local knowledge before environmental and cultural changes deplete the resources... - Use of medicinal plants and pharmaceuticals by indigenous communities in the Bolivian Andes and AmazonIna Vandebroek
Research Associate, Ghent University, Laboratory of Tropical and Subtropical Agriculture and Ethnobotany, Coupure Links 653, B 9000 Ghent, Belgium
Bull World Health Organ 82:243-50. 2004.... - Ethnobotanical knowledge in rural communities of Cordoba (Argentina): the importance of cultural and biogeographical factorsBárbara Arias Toledo
Cat, Antropologia, Facultad de Ciencias Exactas, Fisicas y Naturales, Universidad Nacional de Cordoba, Av, Vélez Sarsfield 299 X5000JJC Córdoba, Argentina
J Ethnobiol Ethnomed 5:40. 2009.... - Medicinal plant knowledge of the Bench ethnic group of Ethiopia: an ethnobotanical investigationMirutse Giday
Aklilu Lemma Institute of Pathobiology, PO Box 1176, Addis Ababa University, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
J Ethnobiol Ethnomed 5:34. 2009..The purpose of the present study was to record and analyse traditional medicinal plant knowledge of the Bench ethnic group in Southwest Ethiopia... - Medicinal plants of the Shinasha, Agew-awi and Amhara peoples in northwest EthiopiaMirutse Giday
Aklilu Lemma Institute of Pathobiology, P O Box 1176, Addis Ababa University, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
J Ethnopharmacol 110:516-25. 2007..Measures are needed to conserve plants that are reported as scarce in the study area but still are only harvested from the wild... - Contribution to the knowledge of the veterinary science and of the ethnobotany in Calabria region (Southern Italy)Nicodemo G Passalacqua
Museo di Storia Naturale della Calabria ed Orto Botanico, Universita della Calabria, 87030 Arcavacata di Rende, Italy
J Ethnobiol Ethnomed 2:52. 2006..Until some decades ago the road network was poorly developed and villages were isolated, so that the culture of the "subsistence" and some archaic customs were kept... - Ethnomedicines used in Trinidad and Tobago for urinary problems and diabetes mellitusCheryl A Lans
BCICS, University of Victoria, British Columbia, V8W 2Y2, Canada
J Ethnobiol Ethnomed 2:45. 2006..This paper is based on ethnobotanical interviews conducted from 1996-2000 in Trinidad and Tobago with thirty male and female respondents... - Contribution to the knowledge of the folk plant medicine in Calabria region (Southern Italy)N G Passalacqua
Museo di Storia Naturale della Calabria ed Orto Botanico, Universita della Calabria, 87030 Arcavacata di Rende, Italy
Fitoterapia 78:52-68. 2007.... - An ethnobotanical survey of medicinal plants used in Loja and Zamora-Chinchipe, EcuadorVicente Tene
Planta de Productos Naturales, Universidad Técnica Particular de Loja, Loja, Ecuador
J Ethnopharmacol 111:63-81. 2007..The present study reports a total of 275 plant species, having 68 different therapeutical uses... - Herbal care for reproductive health: ethno medicobotany from Uttara Kannada district in Karnataka, IndiaH V Hegde
Regional Medical Research Centre ICMR, Nehru Nagar, Belgaum 590 010, Karnataka, India
Complement Ther Clin Pract 13:38-45. 2007..Understanding and working with local healers and tribes provides a unique opportunity to learn about the use of potentially new herbal and plant medications... - Ethnobotanical survey of plants used to treat asthma in Andhra Pradesh, IndiaN Savithramma
Department of Botany, S V University, Tirupati 517502, Andhra Pradesh, India
J Ethnopharmacol 113:54-61. 2007..Clinical and pharmacological data are available for these plants. Most of the plants used for treating asthma by local herbalists appear not to have been recorded hitherto... - Ethnomedicines used against four common ailments by the tribal communities of Lahaul-Spiti in western HimalayaK N Singh
Biodiversity Division, Institute of Himalayan Bioresource Technology, Palampur, 176061 Himachal Pradesh, India
J Ethnopharmacol 115:147-59. 2008..Mode of preparation, administration and dosage are discussed along with the family and local names of plants and plant parts used... - Ethnobotanical survey of folk plants for the treatment of snakebites in Southern part of Tamilnadu, IndiaRamar Perumal Samy
Venom and Toxin Research Programme, Department of Anatomy, Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine, National University of Singapore, Singapore 117597, Singapore
J Ethnopharmacol 115:302-12. 2008.... - Comparison of health conditions treated with traditional and biomedical health care in a Quechua community in rural BoliviaIna Vandebroek
Institute of Economic Botany, The New York Botanical Garden, Bronx River Parkway at Fordham Road, Bronx, NY 10458, USA
J Ethnobiol Ethnomed 4:1. 2008.... - Ethnophytotherapeutical research in the high Molise region (Central-Southern Italy)Paolo Maria Guarrera
Museo Nazionale Arti e Tradizioni Popolari, Piazza Marconi 8 10, 00144 Rome, Italy
J Ethnobiol Ethnomed 4:7. 2008..Primordial traditions (e.g. harvest feasts) are typical of the region... - Agreement and meaning: rethinking consensus analysisDaniel E Moerman
University of Michigan Dearborn, 6515 Cherry Hill Road Ypsilanti, MI 48198, USA
J Ethnopharmacol 112:451-60. 2007..study provides a critical perspective on "informant agreement (consensus) analysis" as it is used in ethnobotany and ethnopharmacology... - Analyzing factors that influence the folk use and phytonomy of 18 medicinal plants in NavarraSilvia Akerreta
Departamento de Biología Vegetal Sección Botánica, Universidad de Navarra, C Irunlarrea s n, Pamplona, 31080, Navarra, Spain
J Ethnobiol Ethnomed 3:16. 2007..high blood pressure (Rhamnus alaternus, Olea europaea...) or skin diseases (Hylotelephium maximum, H. telephium, Anagallis arvensis, A. foemina)... - Ethnoveterinary medicines used for ruminants in British Columbia, CanadaCheryl Lans
School of Environmental Studies, University of Victoria, British Columbia, V8W 3P5, Canada
J Ethnobiol Ethnomed 3:11. 2007..The use of medicinal plants is an option for livestock farmers who are not allowed to use allopathic drugs under certified organic programs or cannot afford to use allopathic drugs for minor health problems of livestock... - Plants with possible psychoactive effects used by the Krahô Indians, BrazilEliana Rodrigues
Department of Psychobiology, Universidade Federal de Sao Paulo, SP, Brazil
Rev Bras Psiquiatr 28:277-82. 2006..Also, the present data were compared with the data obtained during a review of the literature on the use of psychoactive plants by 25 Brazilian indigenous groups... - Medicinal and poisonous diversity of the flora of "Cariri Paraibano", BrazilM F Agra
Laboratorio de Tecnologia Farmaceutica, Universidade Federal da Paraiba, Caixa Postal 5009, 58015 970 João Pessoa, Paraiba, Brazil
J Ethnopharmacol 111:383-95. 2007..This study aims at emphasizing the importance of setting up conservation priorities, and sustained development of various medicinal plants of semi-arid area of Northeast of Brazil... - Is the use-impact on native caatinga species in Brazil reduced by the high species richness of medicinal plants?Ulysses Paulino de Albuquerque
Laboratório de Etnobotânica Aplicada, Departamento de Biologia, Área de Botânica, Universidade Federal Rural de Pernambuco, Pernambuco, Brazil
J Ethnopharmacol 113:156-70. 2007..Our model of utilitarian redundancy has important consequences for testing ethnobotanical hypotheses, as well as for indicating strategies for biodiversity conservation... - Plants species in the folk medicine of Montecorvino Rovella (inland Campania, Italy)Antonino De Natale
Department ArBoPaVe, University of Naples Federico II, Via Universita, 100, 80055 Portici, Italy
J Ethnopharmacol 109:295-303. 2007..Plant uses by Montecorvino inhabitants are compared with those described in medical and botanical literature by Campanian authors from the last three centuries... - Folk herbal medicines from tribal area of Rajasthan, IndiaS S Katewa
Laboratory of Ethnobotany and Agrostology, Department of Botany, College of Science, ML Sukhadia University, Udaipur 313 001, India
J Ethnopharmacol 92:41-6. 2004..A categorical list of plant species along with their plant part/s used and the mode of administration reported to be for effective control in different ailments is prepared... - Antimalarial activity of medicinal plants used in traditional medicine in S. Tomé and Príncipe islandsMaria do Céu de Madureira
Departamento de Farmacognosia, Faculdade de Farmacia, Universidade de Coimbra, R Norte, 3000 Coimbra, Portugal
J Ethnopharmacol 81:23-9. 2002..In vivo, the extracts caused partial reduction of Plasmodium berghei parasitaemia in mice... - Ethnobotany of medicinal plants from Dibru-Saikhowa Biosphere Reserve of Northeast IndiaJubilee Purkayastha
Division of Plant Sciences and Ecology, Regional Research Laboratory, Jorhat-785006, Assam, India
Fitoterapia 76:121-7. 2005..For each plant species, botanical name, vernacular name, part(s) used, popular medicinal use, forms of preparation and applications of the herbal remedies are provided... - Ethnopharmacy of the ethnic Albanians (Arbëreshë) of northern Basilicata, ItalyAndrea Pieroni
Centre for Pharmacognosy and Phytotherapy, The School of Pharmacy, University of London, 29 39 Brunswick Square, WC1N 1AX, London, UK
Fitoterapia 73:217-41. 2002..Ethnopharmacological and anthropological considerations about these usages are discussed... - Ethnomedicobotany of Uttara Kannada District in Karnataka, India--plants in treatment of skin diseasesV H Harsha
PG Department of Botany, Karnatak University, Dharwad 580 003, Karnataka, India
J Ethnopharmacol 84:37-40. 2003..This also includes 17 new claims to the ethnomedical knowledge. The parts used and methods of preparation are discussed along with the family and local name for all the plants... - Traditional herbal drugs of Southern Uganda, II: literature analysis and antimicrobial assaysF A Hamill
Southwest Foundation for Biomedical Research, Department of Virology and Immunology, PO Box 760549, San Antonio, TX 78245 0549, USA
J Ethnopharmacol 84:57-78. 2003..Many species proved active against microorganisms in several susceptibility assays conducted in Uganda and the US... - Ethnobotanical knowledge of local Arab practitioners in the Middle Eastern regionH Azaizeh
Research and Development Regional Center affiliated with Haifa University, Haifa, Israel, The Galilee Society, PO Box 437, Shefa Amr 20200, Israel
Fitoterapia 74:98-108. 2003.... - Ethnobotanical and ethnomedicinal uses of plants in the district of Acquapendente (Latium, Central Italy)Paolo Maria Guarrera
Museo Nazionale Arti e Tradizioni Popolari, Piazza Marconi 8-10, 00144 Roma, Italy
J Ethnopharmacol 96:429-44. 2005..longicaulis (used to curdle milk)... - Ethnobotanical knowledge of the Istro-Romanians of Zejane in CroatiaAndrea Pieroni
Department of Pharmacy, School of Life Sciences, University of Bradford, Richmond Building, Richmond Road, Bradford, West Yorkshire BD7 1DP, UK
Fitoterapia 74:710-9. 2003.... - Bioprospecting Rumphius's Ambonese Herbal: Volume IE J Buenz
Complementary and Integrative Medicine Program, Mayo College of Medicine, Mayo Clinic and Foundation, 200 First Street NW, Rochester, MN 55905, USA
J Ethnopharmacol 96:57-70. 2005.... - Techniques: Bioprospecting historical herbal texts by hunting for new leads in old tomesEric J Buenz
Complementary and Integrative Medicine Program, Mayo Clinic College of Medicine, Rochester, MN 55905, USA
Trends Pharmacol Sci 25:494-8. 2004b>Ethnobotany has led to the identification of novel pharmacological agents but many challenges to using ethnobotany as a research tool remain... - Ethnobotanical inventory of medicinal plants used in the Bustillo Province of the Potosi Department, BoliviaE C Fernandez
Department of Tropical and Subtropical Crops, Institute of Tropical and Subtropical Agriculture, Czech University of Agriculture in Prague, Kamycka 129, Prague 6-Suchdol, Czech Republic
Fitoterapia 74:407-16. 2003..Fifty-six plant species belonging to 24 families and 46 different genera were included. Their botanical and vernacular names, plant part used, popular medicinal use, forms of preparation and applications of the herbal remedies are given... - Folk pharmaceutical knowledge in the territory of the Dolomiti Lucane, inland southern ItalyAndrea Pieroni
School of Pharmacy School of Life Sciences, University of Bradford, Richmond Road, West Yorkshire, Bradford BD7 1DP, UK
J Ethnopharmacol 95:373-84. 2004.... - Studies on pharmaceutical ethnobotany in Arrabida Natural Park (Portugal)M H Novais
Departamento de Ecologia da Universidade de Evora, Evora, Portugal
J Ethnopharmacol 93:183-95. 2004..Working with 72 local people, data on medicinal uses of 156 taxa, belonging to 56 botanical families, were obtained and presented, of which 214 uses corresponding to 81 taxa were previously unreported... - A review of plants used in folk veterinary medicine in Italy as basis for a databankLucia Viegi
Dipartimento di Scienze Botaniche, Universita di Pisa, Via Luca Ghini 5, I 56126 Pisa, Italy
J Ethnopharmacol 89:221-44. 2003..This represents the basis for the first national databank for ethnoveterinary botany in Europe. Plants not yet sufficiently studied in pharmacology and veterinary phytotherapy were also identified... - Crinum species in traditional and modern medicineC W Fennell
Research Centre for Plant Growth and Development, School of Botany and Zoology, Faculty of Science and Agriculture, University of Natal-Pietermaritzburg, Private Bag X01, 3209, Scottsville, South Africa
J Ethnopharmacol 78:15-26. 2001..Even though much has been reported on the medicinal properties of Crinum, only an estimated 20% of the species worldwide are represented in these analyses, as reviewed in this paper... - Traditional phytotherapy in Central Italy (Marche, Abruzzo, and Latium)Paolo Maria Guarrera
Museo Nazionale Arti e Tradizioni Popolari, Piazza Marconi 8 10, Roma, 00144, Italy
Fitoterapia 76:1-25. 2005..arvense (emergency haemostatic), P. diffusa (insect bites), and Scrophularia canina (antiseptic and cicatrizing agent for wounds in bovines and sheep)... - Ethnomedicine in Himalaya: a case study from Dolpa, Humla, Jumla and Mustang districts of NepalRipu M Kunwar
Center for Biological Conservation, Nepal
J Ethnobiol Ethnomed 2:27. 2006..This paper examines the ethnobotany and traditional use of plants extracted from the vulnerable alpine zone in the Dolpa, Humla, Jumla and Mustang ..
Research Grants
- Dominican Herbal Medicine: Plants Used for InflammationMichael Balick; Fiscal Year: 2006..multidisciplinary approach will be utilized that incorporates biology, chemistry, clinical medicine, ethnobotany, ethnomedicine, and public health...
- AYURVEDIC HERBALS: EFFECTS ON LIPIDS & ATHEROSCLEROSISPhilippe Szapary; Fiscal Year: 2004..To supplement his formal research training, he also plans to take courses in pharmacognosy and ethnobotany at the University of the Sciences in Philadelphia (USP)...
- Plants in the service of human healthDJAJA SOEJARTO; Fiscal Year: 2007..The proposed symposium will allow a unique interaction that may bring about advances in both programs, optimizing and enhancing their ability to deliver plant-based therapies for human health. ..
- Culturing Uncultivatable Gut MicroorganismsKim Lewis; Fiscal Year: 2010....
- A GENOMICS APPROACH TO DRUG TOLERANCEKim Lewis; Fiscal Year: 2009....
- Training in Alternative Tropical Botanical MedicineBRADLEY BENNETT; Fiscal Year: 2005..Key personnel from three institutions include a variety of disciplines ranging from ethnobotany to medical microbiology. Southern Florida's population exceeds six million...
- Strengthening Botanical CAM Research: A Collaboration between CUNY and ColumbiaEdward Kennelly; Fiscal Year: 2007..research strengths at CUNY we anticipate that CAM-related research projects may be developed in the areas of ethnobotany, cancer chemoprevention, traditional Asian medicine, and metabolic engineering...
- Super-persistent cells and the paradox of untreatable infectionsKim Lewis; Fiscal Year: 2010..Our findings are likely to change the way we view infectious diseases and will provide rational approaches for discovering drugs that completely eradicate the infection. ..
- A GENOMICS APPROACH TO DRUG TOLERANCEKim Lewis; Fiscal Year: 2009..Persisters are largely responsible for many serious relapsing infections. Identifying genes responsible for persister formation will lead to targets for developing an anti-persister therapy. ..
- Social Influences on Early Adult Stress BiomarkersTHOMAS W MC DADE; Fiscal Year: 2010..abstract_text> ..
- A synergy-based therapy against C. difficileKim Lewis; Fiscal Year: 2010..We will develop an effective therapeutic against drug-resistant C. difficile by disabling the mechanism of resistance to berberine, a widely used antimicrobial from medicinal plants. ..
- Super-persistent cells and the paradox of untreatable infectionsKim Lewis; Fiscal Year: 2009..Our findings are likely to change the way we view infectious diseases and will provide rational approaches for discovering drugs that completely eradicate the infection. ..
- A GENOMICS APPROACH TO DRUG TOLERANCEKim Lewis; Fiscal Year: 2010..Persisters are largely responsible for many serious relapsing infections. Identifying genes responsible for persister formation will lead to targets for developing an anti-persister therapy. ..
- Social Influences on Early Adult Stress BiomarkersTHOMAS MC DADE; Fiscal Year: 2007....
- BIODEFENSE THERAPEUTICS FROM UNCULTURED MICROORGANISMSKim Lewis; Fiscal Year: 2005..Determination of chemical structure will be performed by a combination of MS and NMR methods. ..
- NOVEL METHODS FOR DISCOVERY OF ANTI-MICROBIALSKim Lewis; Fiscal Year: 2005..Determination of chemical structure will be performed by a combination of MS and NMR methods. ..
- A GENOMICS APPROACH TO P. AERUGINOSA BIOFILMSKim Lewis; Fiscal Year: 2003..This information will likely contribute to the understanding of the mechanism of resistance. Resistance genes identified in this project will serve as targets for drug discovery and development of effective anti-biofilm therapies. ..
- NATURAL SUBSTRATES AND INHIBITORS OF MICROBIAL MDR PUMPSKim Lewis; Fiscal Year: 2002..MDR inhibitors will potentiate the action of conventional antibiotics, aiding eradication of multidrug resistant human pathogens. ..
- A GENOMICS APPROACH TO BIOFILMSKim Lewis; Fiscal Year: 2007..These studies will form the basis for understanding biofilm infections and developing drugs that target persister proteins. ..
- SCREEN DEVELOPMENT FOR ANTIMICROBIAL PRODRUGSKim Lewis; Fiscal Year: 2007....
- A High-Throughput Screen for Specific Anti-M. tuberculosis CompoundsKim Lewis; Fiscal Year: 2010..We will also look for compounds that act specifically against the pathogen M. tuberculosis, which will avoid killing of the good bacteria of our gut flora. ..
- Social Influences on Early Adult Stress BiomarkersTHOMAS MC DADE; Fiscal Year: 2009..abstract_text> ..
- SCREEN DEVELOPMENT FOR ANTIMICROBIAL PRODRUGSKim Lewis; Fiscal Year: 2009..RESEARCH GRANT TABLE OF CONTENTS Page Numbers Face Page 1 Description, ..
- The Nature of Bacterial UncultivabilityKim Lewis; Fiscal Year: 2007..Unculturable bacteria are an enormous untapped source of potentially useful pharmaceutical compounds. Unculturable bacteria also make up most of the human oral and intestinal microflora. ..