Traditional use of medicinal plants in the boreal forest of Canada: Review and perspectives

Journal of Ethnobiology and Ethnomedicine

Volumn 8, Issue , 2012, Pages

  Uprety, Yadav ^a   Asselin, Hugo ^a   Dhakal, Archana ^a   Julien, Nancy ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DU QUÉBEC EN ABITIBI TÉMISCAMINGUE   (Canada)

Author keywords

Aboriginal people; Algonquian; Athapaskan; Boreal forest; Conservation; Management; Medicinal plants; Policy; Traditional knowledge

Indexed keywords

PLANT EXTRACT;

AMERICAN INDIAN; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CANADA; ENVIRONMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL PLANNING; GASTROINTESTINAL DISEASE; HUMAN; MEDICINAL PLANT; MUSCULOSKELETAL DISEASE; PHYTOTHERAPY; REVIEW; TRADITIONAL MEDICINE; TREE;

CANADA; ENVIRONMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY; GASTROINTESTINAL DISEASES; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; INDIANS, NORTH AMERICAN; MEDICINE, TRADITIONAL; MUSCULOSKELETAL DISEASES; PHYTOTHERAPY; PLANT EXTRACTS; PLANTS, MEDICINAL; TREES;

EID: 84856251128     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17464269     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1746-4269-8-7     Document Type: Review

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