Ethnopharmacological relevance: It is not always possible to correlate the “emic” terms to
the “etic” ones during ethnopharmacological surveys, especially regarding those related to …

Ethnopharmacological relevance It is not always possible to correlate the “emic” terms to the
“etic” ones during ethnopharmacological surveys, especially regarding those related to …

ETHNOPHARMACOLOGICAL RELEVANCE: Parts and products of animals and plants, like
exudates, have been used for medicinal and/or toxic purposes by various human groups …

Background The extensive medicinal plant knowledge of Amazonian tribal peoples is widely
recognized in the scientific literature and celebrated in popular lore. Despite this broad …

The use of sacred plants with high hallucinogenic power characterizes one of the forms
identities of the peoples of the Amazon. The imaginaries about disease and death …

Traditional usage–which can be many centuries old-is considered in Western medicine as
not sufficient for safe application of these natural remedies. Most often, strict scientific …

AIM OF THE STUDY: At present, the Peruvian Amazonian district of Chazuta represents one
of the main reservoirs of the San Martin Quechuas (also known as Lamas Quechuas) and …

The relation between health and disease has been assuming importance in debates in the
most diverse areas of the human sciences. This work aims to point out and describe the …

The Quilombolas constitute ethnic-racial groups with African ancestry, with their own
historical trajectory, and endowed with specific territorial relations. The Quilombolas have …

Ethnopharmacological relevance Considerable medicinal plant research in Brazil has
focused on indigenous and mixed-race (caboclo and caiçara) communities, but relatively …