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Pharmaceutical Terminology in Ancient and Medieval Time – andrachne, chrysocolla and Others.
Ancient and medieval pharmacological and medical texts contain a substantial amount of plant and mineral names. In some cases, the identification is straightforward. But for the majority of the data, we are unable to identify these ingredients with high certainty. In this paper, we discuss a selection of plant and... -
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The botany and macroscopy of Chinese materia medica: sources, substitutes and sustainability.
Interest in Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM) is global. The burgeoning international trade in its crude and processed plant ingredients (Chinese materia medica - CMM) reflects demand across all sectors of healthcare, yet the identification of source plants and CMM has been overlooked for many years leading to problems in safety,...Leon, Christine
Taxonomy, Chinese medicine, Botany, Medicinal plants, Medicine, Materia medica, Conservation, Plant morphology, Authentication, and China
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Book
An ancient Mesopotamian herbal.
Throughout the world, traditional medical systems continue to be important to healthcare. They vary greatly in their underlying beliefs, but almost all share the use of herbal medicines as a central practice. Ancient Mesopotamia – the area of modern-day Iraq and adjoining regions – offers a special opportunity to study...Böck, Barbara ; Ghazanfar, Shahina A. ; Nesbitt, Mark
Mesopotamia, Identification, Herbal medicine, Assyria, Herbals, Materia medica, Traditional medicines, Medicinal plants, and Babylonia
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Exhibition
Unearthing Indigenous and Enslaved African Horticultural Knowledge in St Vincent Botanical Garden (1785-1811).
The St. Vincent Botanical Garden was established in 1765 as the first Botanical Garden in the Caribbean and was intended, by the British colonial authorities, to ensure that military personnel stationed on the island had some form of health care. Over time the Garden developed into a nursery for plants... -
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Sunflower spines and beyond: mechanisms and breadth of pollen that reduce gut pathogen infection in the common eastern bumble bee.
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Traditional, Therapeutic Uses and Phytochemistry of Terrestrial European Orchids and Implications for Conservation.
The Orchidaceae family accounts for about 28,000 species, and most of them are mentioned in the folk medicine of nations around the world. The use of terrestrial orchids in European and Mediterranean regions has been reported since ancient times, but little information is available on their medicinal properties, as well...Bazzicalupo, Miriam ; Calevo, Jacopo ; Smeriglio, Antonella ; Cornara, Laura
Orchidaceae, Threatened species, Ethnobotany, Biological properties, Medicinal plants, Europe, and Conservation
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Ethnobotanical survey of medicinal wild plants in the Shouf Biosphere Reserve, Lebanon.
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Poster (unpublished)
A New Online Resource for CITES Medicinal Plant Listings – Kew’s Medicinal Plant Names Services (graphic summary of Information Document CoP17 Inf. 26).
Irving, Jason T. W. ; Dauncey, Elizabeth A. ; Allkin, Bob
Nomenclature, Databases, Medicinal plants, and Medicinal Plant Names Services
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Cancer and Traditional Plant Knowledge, an Interesting Field to Explore: Data from the Catalan Linguistic Area.
Cancer is the second cause of death in the world and is foreseen to be responsible for about 16 million deaths in 2040. Approximately, 60% of the drugs used to treat cancer are of natural origin. Besides the extensive use of some of these drugs in therapies, such as those... -
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Two new species of Staurogyne (Acanthaceae) from northern Myanmar.
Two new species of , J.R.I.Wood & K.Armstr. and J.R.I.Wood & K.Armstr. from Hkamti District, Sagaing Region in northern Myanmar, are described and illustrated. Notes on their affinities, conservation status and habitat are included. Attention is drawn to the medicinal uses of by Shan Ni communities living in Hkamti District.
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