Ethnobotany: local knowledge and traditions

"Ethnobotany: Local Knowledge and Traditions discusses various plants that have actually been used in traditional medicine for a specific ailment. It desribes the biological effectiveness (activities) related to each "sickness" which have been scientifically verified. This book will also discuss the bioactivities established/determined that are promising and have potential. Finally, this book will be an appropriate consultation tool for scientists/professionals/experts such as ethnobotanists, botanists, cell/molecular biologists, chemists, pharmacists, pharmacologists, environmentalists/ecologists"--

Mururé (Brosimum acutifolium Huber) in the treatment of syphilis in colonial Amazonia: from historical data to the actual contribution in treatment / Erika Fernanda de Matos Vieira, Maria da Graça Ribeiro Campos and Flávia Cristina Araújo Lucas -- Agroecology, local knowledge and participatory research: articulation of knowledge for sustainable use of plant resources in agroecosystems / Santiago Peredo Parada -- The path of ethnopharmacobotany: from economic botany to ethnobotany / Marcelo L. Wagner, Leonardo M. Anconatani, Rafael A. Ricco, Beatriz G. Varela and Gustavo C. Giberti -- Patagonian berries: an ethnobotanical approach to exploration of their nutraceutical potential / Melina F. Chamorro, Ana Ladio and Soledad Molares -- Status of research on medicinal plants in the Cajamarcas region, Peru / Juan F. Seminario Cunya, Berardo Escalante Zumaeta and Alejandro Seminario Cunya -- Recent reports on ethnopharmacological and ethnobotanical studies of Valeriana carnosa sm. (valerianaceae) / Soledad Molares, Ana H. Ladio and Nicolás Nagahama -- Traditional knowledge of antivenom plants: bioactive compounds and their antiophidic properties / Carolina Alves dos Santos, Marco V. Chaud…