Traditional knowledge on medicinal and food plants used in Val San Giacomo (Sondrio, Italy) - An alpine ethnobotanical study

Journal of Ethnopharmacology

Volumn 145, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 517-529

  Vitalini, Sara ^a   Iriti, Marcello ^a   Puricelli, Cristina ^a   Ciuchi, Davide ^a   Segale, Alessandro ^a   Fico, Gelsomina ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MILAN   (Italy)

Author keywords

Alpine area; Ethnobotany; North Italy; Officinal plants; Quantitative indexes

Indexed keywords

ASTRINGENT AGENT; COSMETIC; HERBACEOUS AGENT; LAXATIVE; THYME OIL;

ACHILLEA; ACHILLEA MOSCHATA; ADULT; AGED; ARNICA MONTANA; ARTEMISIA; ARTEMISIA GENIPI; ARTICLE; ASTERACEAE; CONSENSUS; ETHNOBOTANY; FEMALE; FLOWER; FRUIT; HUMAN; INFORMATION; ITALY; LAMIACEAE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICINAL PLANT; MILLET; NONHUMAN; PLANT; PLANT LEAF; RHODODENDRON; RHODODENDRON FERRUGINEUM; ROSACEAE; SEMPERVIVUM; SEMPERVIVUM MONTANUM; STRUCTURED INTERVIEW; TRADITIONAL MEDICINE; VETERINARY MEDICINE;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; DATA COLLECTION; FEMALE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; ITALY; MALE; MEDICINE, TRADITIONAL; MIDDLE AGED; PLANTS, EDIBLE; PLANTS, MEDICINAL;

ACHILLEA MOSCHATA; ARNICA MONTANA; ARTEMISIA GENIPI; ASTERACEAE; LAMIACEAE; PANICUM MILIACEUM; RHODODENDRON FERRUGINEUM; ROSACEAE; SEMPERVIVUM; THYMUS PULEGIOIDES;

EID: 84872151226     PISSN: 03788741     EISSN: 18727573     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jep.2012.11.024     Document Type: Article

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