Ethnobotany

Ethnobotany: Local Knowledge and Traditions discusses various plants that have actually been used in traditional medicine for a specific ailment. It describes 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 -- Agroecology, Local Knowledge and Participatory Research: Articulation of Knowledge for Sustainable Use of Plant Resources in Agroecosystems -- The Path of Ethnopharmacobotany: From Economic Botany to Ethnobotany -- Patagonian Berries: An Ethnobotanical Approach to Exploration of their Nutraceutical Potential -- Status of Research on Medicinal Plants in the Cajamarca's Region, Peru -- Recent Reports on Ethnopharmacological and Ethnobotanical Studies of Valeriana carnosa Sm: (Valerianaceae) -- Traditional Knowledge of Antivenom Plants: Bioactive Compounds and Their Antiophidic Properties -- Ethnobotanical Study of Dakshin Dinajpur District of West Bengal -- Antipsoriatic Medicinal Plants: From Traditional Use to Clinic -- Knowledge of the Ethnomedicinal Plants Used by Tobas and Mocovíes Tribes in the Central-North of Argentina -- Ethnobotany of Teucrium Species -- Ethnobotanical Issues on Medicinal Plants from Paraguay -- An Overview of Vetiveria zizanioides (Linn.) Nash (Poaceae): Traditional Uses and Products -- Native Medicinal Pla…