[HTML][HTML] Insects: an underrepresented resource for the discovery of biologically active natural products

L Seabrooks, L Hu - Acta Pharmaceutica Sinica B, 2017 - Elsevier
Nature has been the source of life-changing and-saving medications for centuries. Aspirin,
penicillin and morphine are prime examples of Nature׳ s gifts to medicine. These discoveries …

Medical ethnobotany in Europe: From field ethnography to a more culturally sensitive evidence‐based CAM?

CL Quave, M Pardo-de-Santayana… - Evidence‐Based …, 2012 - Wiley Online Library
European folk medicine has a long and vibrant history, enriched with the various
documented uses of local and imported plants and plant products that are often unique to …

Measuring the Sixth Extinction: what do mollusks tell us?

C Régnier, B Fontaine, RH Cowie, P Bouchet - The Nautilus, 2017 - hal.science
The International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) is the premier global biodiversity
conservation organization. Its Red List is a rigorous vehicle for assessing the conservation …

Traditional use of wild and domestic Fauna among different ethnic groups in the Western Himalayas—A cross cultural analysis

M Hassan, SM Haq, R Ahmad, M Majeed, HA Sahito… - Animals, 2022 - mdpi.com
Simple Summary In traditional medicinal systems, animals play an essential role in treating
health issues (zoo therapy) as different body parts are used to treat different diseases …

Ethnozoological study of animals based medicine used by traditional healers and indigenous inhabitants in the adjoining areas of Gibbon Wildlife Sanctuary, Assam …

MP Borah, SB Prasad - Journal of ethnobiology and ethnomedicine, 2017 - Springer
Background India has an immense faunal, floral, as well as cultural diversity with many
ethnic communities who are primarily dependent on the traditional medicinal system for their …

Ethnomedicinal applications of animal species by the local communities of Punjab, Pakistan

M Altaf, M Umair, AR Abbasi, N Muhammad… - Journal of ethnobiology …, 2018 - Springer
Background Different species of animals are being utilized in traditional therapies by various
cultures for a long time and such uses still exist in folk medicine. The present study aimed to …

Humans, animals, and health: From ecology to entanglement

AM Nading - Environment and society, 2013 - berghahnjournals.com
Medical and environmental social scientists have recently become interested in how health
brings human and nonhuman animals together. is article discusses historical approaches to …

Medicinal animals and plants as alternative and complementary medicine in southern regions of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan

S Mussarat, R Ali, S Ali, RA Mothana, R Ullah… - Frontiers in …, 2021 - frontiersin.org
Background: Local communities use animals and plants as common traditional therapies for
various diseases. The study aimed to document animals and animal-plant mixture recipes …

The use of fish and herptiles in traditional folk therapies in three districts of Chenab riverine area in Punjab, Pakistan

M Altaf, AM Abbasi, M Umair, MS Amjad… - Journal of ethnobiology …, 2020 - Springer
Background Like botanical taxa, various species of animals are also used in traditional and
modern health care systems. Present study was intended with the aim to document the …

Ethnomedicinal and cultural practices of mammals and birds in the vicinity of river Chenab, Punjab-Pakistan

M Altaf, A Javid, M Umair, KJ Iqbal, Z Rasheed… - Journal of ethnobiology …, 2017 - Springer
Background Although, use of animal species in disease treatment and culture practices is as
ancient as that of plant species; however ethnomedicinal uses and cultural values of animal …