Cross-cultural adaptation in urban ethnobotany: The Colombian folk pharmacopoeia in London

Journal of Ethnopharmacology

Volumn 120, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 342-359

  Ceuterick, Melissa ^a   Vandebroek, Ina ^b   Torry, Bren ^a   Pieroni, Andrea ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRADFORD   (United Kingdom)

^b INSTITUTE OF ECONOMIC BOTANY   (United States)

Author keywords

Colombians; Cross cultural adaptation; Literature survey; London; Urban ethnobotany

Indexed keywords

ANANAS COMOSUS EXTRACT; APIUM GRAVEOLENS EXTRACT; CALENDULA OFFICINALIS EXTRACT; CARICA PAPAYA EXTRACT; COCA EXTRACT; DAUCUS CAROTA EXTRACT; EQUISETUM GIGANTEUM EXTRACT; GARLIC EXTRACT; GUAVA EXTRACT; LACTUCA SATIVA EXTRACT; MANGIFERA INDICA EXTRACT; MATRICARIA RECUTITA EXTRACT; MELISSA OFFICINALIS EXTRACT; OCIMUM BASILICUM EXTRACT; ONION EXTRACT; ORIGANUM VULGARE EXTRACT; PETROSELINUM CRISPUM EXTRACT; PEUMUS BOLDO EXTRACT; PIMPINELLA ANISUM EXTRACT; PLANT EXTRACT; ROSMARINUS OFFICINALIS EXTRACT; SMILAX MEDICA EXTRACT; TARAXACUM OFFICINALE EXTRACT; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VALERIAN;

ADAPTATION; ALOE; ANISE; ARTICLE; BASIL; BEET; CARROT; CASSAVA; CELERY; CINNAMON; CLOVE; COCA; COLOMBIA; CORN; CYMBOPOGON CITRATUS; DANDELION; EQUISETUM; ETHNOBOTANY; EUCALYPTUS; GARLIC; GINGER; GUAVA; HUMAN; LEMON; LETTUCE; LINSEED; LIPPIA; MANGO; MARIGOLD; MATRICARIA; MEDICINAL PLANT; MELISSA OFFICINALIS; MENTHA; OAT; ONION; ORANGE (FRUIT); OREGANO; PAPAYA; PARSLEY; PEUMUS BOLDUS; PHYTOTHERAPY; PINEAPPLE; POTATO; ROSEMARY; RUTACEAE; SALVIA; SARSAPARILLA; SEMI STRUCTURED INTERVIEW; SOYBEAN; SPINACH; SUGARCANE; THYME; TRADITIONAL MEDICINE; UNITED KINGDOM; URBAN AREA;

ACCULTURATION; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; COLOMBIA; CROSS-CULTURAL COMPARISON; ETHNOBOTANY; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; LONDON; MALE; MEDICINE, TRADITIONAL; MIDDLE AGED; PHARMACOPOEIAS AS TOPIC; PHYTOTHERAPY; PLANTS, MEDICINAL; URBAN POPULATION; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 56649100552     PISSN: 03788741     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jep.2008.09.004     Document Type: Article

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