The causal dependence of present plant knowledge on herbals-Contemporary medicinal plant use in Campania (Italy) compared to Matthioli (1568)

Journal of Ethnopharmacology

Volumn 130, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 379-391

  Leonti, Marco ^a   Cabras, Stefano ^a   Weckerle, Caroline S ^b   Solinas, Maria Novella ^a   Casu, Laura ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAGLIARI   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Causal inference; De Materia Medica; Ethnobotany; History; Knowledge transmission; Pharmacognosy; Pharmacopoeia; Renaissance; Sardinia; Sicily; Statistical methods

Indexed keywords

HERBACEOUS AGENT; PLANT EXTRACT; PLANT MEDICINAL PRODUCT;

ANGIOSPERM; APIALES; ARALIACEAE; ARTICLE; ASTERACEAE; BORAGINACEAE; CAPRIFOLIACEAE; ETHNOBOTANY; GUTTIFERAE; ITALY; KNOWLEDGE; MEDICAL LITERATURE; MEDICINAL PLANT; MORACEAE; PAPAVERACEAE; PHARMACOGNOSY; POACEAE; ROSACEAE; RUTACEAE; URTICACEAE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; BAYES THEOREM; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CULTURAL FACTOR; HISTORY; HISTORY OF MEDICINE; HUMAN; INFORMATION DISSEMINATION; PHYTOTHERAPY; STATISTICAL MODEL;

BAYES THEOREM; CULTURAL CHARACTERISTICS; ETHNOBOTANY; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HISTORY OF MEDICINE; HISTORY, ANCIENT; HISTORY, MEDIEVAL; HUMANS; INFORMATION DISSEMINATION; ITALY; MODELS, STATISTICAL; PHYTOTHERAPY; PLANT PREPARATIONS; PLANTS, MEDICINAL;

EID: 77954957659     PISSN: 03788741     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jep.2010.05.021     Document Type: Article

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