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 …

Ethnopharmacological field studies: a critical assessment of their conceptual basis and methods

M Heinrich, S Edwards, DE Moerman… - Journal of …, 2009 - Elsevier
Ethnopharmacology as a well-defined field has a relatively short history, but for centuries
researchers have been interested in the observation, description, and experimental …

Taraxacum officinale and related species—An ethnopharmacological review and its potential as a commercial medicinal plant

M Martinez, P Poirrier, R Chamy, D Prüfer… - Journal of …, 2015 - Elsevier
Abstract Ethnopharmacological relevance Dandelion (Taraxacum spec) is a wild plant that
has been used for centuries as a traditional medicine in the relief and treatment of several …

Astonishing diversity—the medicinal plant markets of Bogotá, Colombia

RW Bussmann, NY Paniagua Zambrana… - Journal of Ethnobiology …, 2018 - Springer
Background Despite the importance of local markets as a source of medicinal plants in
Colombia, comparatively little comparative research reports on the pharmacopoeiae sold …

Urban forest justice and the rights to wild foods, medicines, and materials in the city

MR Poe, RJ McLain, M Emery, PT Hurley - Human ecology, 2013 - Springer
Urban forests are multifunctional socio-ecological landscapes, yet some of their social
benefits remain poorly understood. This paper draws on ethnographic evidence from …

Globalization and loss of plant knowledge: challenging the paradigm

I Vandebroek, MJ Balick - PloS one, 2012 - journals.plos.org
The erosion of cultural knowledge and traditions as a result of globalization and migration is
a commonly reported phenomenon. We compared one type of cultural knowledge about …

An ethnobotany of Western Cape Rasta bush medicine

LA Philander - Journal of ethnopharmacology, 2011 - Elsevier
AIMS OF THIS STUDY: This descriptive ethnobiological research is the first documentation
of the materials utilized in the pharmacopeia of a novel group of herbalists, Rasta bush …

[HTML][HTML] A review of medicinal plants for the treatment of diabetes mellitus: The case of Indonesia

FH Arifah, AE Nugroho, A Rohman… - South African Journal of …, 2022 - Elsevier
Indonesia is rich in biodiversity and ethnic groups, including those that use traditional
medicine to treat diabetes mellitus (DM). Ethnopharmacological of antidiabetic medicinal …

Cross-cultural ethnobiology in the Western Balkans: medical ethnobotany and ethnozoology among Albanians and Serbs in the Pešter Plateau, Sandžak, South …

A Pieroni, ME Giusti, CL Quave - Human Ecology, 2011 - Springer
An ethnobiological study concerning the medical ethnobotany and ethnozoology of two
neighbouring communities of Serbians and Albanians living in the Pešter plateau (south …

The use of medicinal plants by migrant people: adaptation, maintenance, and replacement

PM Medeiros, GT Soldati, NL Alencar… - Evidence‐Based …, 2012 - Wiley Online Library
Given the importance of studying the knowledge, beliefs, and practices of migrant
communities to understand the dynamics of plant resource use, we reviewed the scientific …