Is the use-impact on native caatinga species in Brazil reduced by the high species richness of medicinal plants?

Journal of Ethnopharmacology

Volumn 113, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 156-170

  Albuquerque, Ulysses Paulino de ^a   Oliveira, Rosilane Ferreira de ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDADE FEDERAL RURAL DE PERNAMBUCO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Conservation; Ethnopharmacology; Local knowledge; Quantitative ethnobotany; Use redundancy

Indexed keywords

AMBURANA CEARENSIS EXTRACT; ANADENANTHERA COLUBRINA EXTRACT; MYRACRODRUON URUNDEUVA EXTRACT; PLANT EXTRACT; SIDEROXYLON OBTUSIFOLIUM EXTRACT; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; ZIZIPHUS JOAZEIRO EXTRACT;

ACANTHACEAE; ANACARDIACEAE; ANGIOSPERM; APIALES; APOCYNACEAE; ARECACEAE; ARTICLE; BIGNONIACEAE; BIODIVERSITY; BORAGINACEAE; BRAZIL; CAATINGA; CACTACEAE; CAESALPINIA; CAPPARACEAE; CAPRIFOLIACEAE; CARICACEAE; CARYOPHYLLACEAE; CELASTRACEAE; CONSERVATION BIOLOGY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CONVOLVULACEAE; EUPHORBIA; FLORA; GOOSEFOOT; LEGUME; MALPIGHIACEAE; MEDICINAL PLANT; MELIACEAE; MONIMIACEAE; MORACEAE; MUSACEAE; MYRTACEAE; NONHUMAN; NYCTAGINACEAE; PASSION FRUIT; REDUNDANCY ANALYSIS; RURAL POPULATION; SQUASH; TREATMENT INDICATION; VEGETATION; WOODY PLANT;

BIODIVERSITY; BRAZIL; CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES; ETHNOBOTANY; ETHNOPHARMACOLOGY; HUMANS; MEDICINE, TRADITIONAL; PHYTOTHERAPY; PLANT EXTRACTS; PLANTS, MEDICINAL; TREES;

AMBURANA CEARENSIS; ANADENANTHERA COLUBRINA; ASTRONIUM URUNDEUVA; SIDEROXYLON OBTUSIFOLIUM; ZIZIPHUS JOAZEIRO;

EID: 34447641483     PISSN: 03788741     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jep.2007.05.025     Document Type: Article

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