Theories and major hypotheses in ethnobotany

OG Gaoue, MA Coe, M Bond, G Hart, BC Seyler… - Economic Botany, 2017 - Springer
Ethnobotany has evolved from a discipline that largely documented the diversity of plant use
by local people to one focused on understanding how and why people select plants for a …

The future is written: impact of scripts on the cognition, selection, knowledge and transmission of medicinal plant use and its implications for ethnobotany and …

M Leonti - Journal of Ethnopharmacology, 2011 - Elsevier
AIM OF THE STUDY: Apart from empirically learned medicinal and pharmacological
properties, the selection of medicinal plants is dependent on cognitive features, ecological …

Ethnobotanical survey of medicinal plant species used by communities around Mabira Central Forest Reserve, Uganda

P Tugume, EK Kakudidi, M Buyinza… - Journal of ethnobiology …, 2016 - Springer
Background An ethnobotanical study of medicinal plants was carried out in 14 villages
adjacent to Mabira Central Forest Reserve (CFR) in Central Uganda between August 2013 …

Ethno-pharmacological survey of herbal remedies used in the treatment of paediatric diseases in Buhunga parish, Rukungiri District, Uganda

P Tugume, C Nyakoojo - BMC Complementary and Alternative Medicine, 2019 - Springer
Background Plants have been used as a primary source of medicine since ancient times
and about 80% of the world's population use herbal medicine to treat different ailments …

Medicinal plants used in the traditional management of diabetes and its sequelae in Central America: A review

P Giovannini, MJR Howes, SE Edwards - Journal of ethnopharmacology, 2016 - Elsevier
Ethnopharmacological relevance Globally 387 million people currently have diabetes and it
is projected that this condition will be the 7th leading cause of death worldwide by 2030. As …

Traditional plants used for medicinal purposes by local communities around the Northern sector of Kibale National Park, Uganda

J Namukobe, JM Kasenene, BT Kiremire… - Journal of …, 2011 - Elsevier
Ethnopharmacological relevance The study was done to establish medicinal plants used in
the treatment of various diseases by the people in the Northern sector of Kibale National …

Ethnobotanical study of medicinal plants used by local communities in Sekerak Subdistrict, Aceh Tamiang, Indonesia

ZI Navia, AB Suwardi, B Baihaqi - Biodiversitas Journal of Biological …, 2021 - smujo.id
Navia ZI, Suwardi AB, Baihaqi. 2021. Ethnobotanical study of medicinal plants used by local
communities in Sekerak Subdistrict, Aceh Tamiang, Indonesia. Biodiversitas 22: 4273-4281 …

Medicinal plants and their traditional uses in the highland region of Bordj Bou Arreridj (Northeast Algeria)

MD Miara, H Bendif, K Rebbas, B Rabah… - Journal of Herbal …, 2019 - Elsevier
In the highlands of Bordj Bou Arreridj in Northeast Algeria, traditional knowledge about
medicinal plants is still put to use, but has been poorly explored by researchers. In view of its …

Antioxidant and Anti-Inflammatory Activities of Extracts from Cassia alata, Eleusine indica, Eremomastax speciosa, Carica papaya and Polyscias fulva Medicinal …

B Sagnia, D Fedeli, R Casetti, C Montesano… - PloS one, 2014 - journals.plos.org
Background The vast majority of the population around the world has always used medicinal
plants as first source of health care to fight infectious and non infectious diseases. Most of …

Medicinal plants used by traditional medicine practitioners in the treatment of tuberculosis and related ailments in Uganda

JRS Tabuti, CB Kukunda, PJ Waako - Journal of ethnopharmacology, 2010 - Elsevier
AIM OF THE STUDY: Tuberculosis (TB) remains one of the most difficult ailments to control
in the world today. The emergence of drug resistant strains has made previously effective …