Dynamics of traditional knowledge of medicinal plants in a rural community in the Brazilian semi-arid region

Revista Brasileira de Farmacognosia

Volumn 21, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 382-391

  Silva, Flávia dos Santos ^a   Ramos, Marcelo A ^a   Hanazaki, Natalia ^b   de Albuquerque, Ulysses P ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDADE FEDERAL RURAL DE PERNAMBUCO   (Brazil)

^b FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF SANTA CATARINA   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Caatinga; Ethnobotany; Intracultural variation; Traditional botanical knowledge

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAZIL; CONSERVATION BIOLOGY; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; KNOWLEDGE; MALE; MEDICINAL PLANT; NONHUMAN; OCCUPATION; PLANT; POPULATION DYNAMICS; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RURAL POPULATION; SEMI STRUCTURED INTERVIEW;

EID: 79960584012     PISSN: 0102695X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/S0102-695X2011005000054     Document Type: Article

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