What is the role of exotic medicinal plants in local medical systems? A study from the perspective of utilitarian redundancy

Revista Brasileira de Farmacognosia

Volumn 24, Issue 5, 2014, Pages 506-515

  Alencar, Nélson Leal ^a,b   Santoro, Flávia Rosa ^a   Albuquerque, Ulysses Paulino ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDADE FEDERAL RURAL DE PERNAMBUCO   (Brazil)

^b FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF PIAUÍ   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Ethnobotany; Ethnomedicine; Ethnopharmacology; Human ecology

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BIOGEOGRAPHY; BIOME; BRAZIL; ETHNOBOTANY; EXOTIC SPECIES; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MEDICINAL PLANT; NONHUMAN; PHARMACOGNOSY; SPECIES DIVERSITY; TRADITIONAL MEDICINE;

EID: 84918545780     PISSN: None     EISSN: 1981528X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.bjp.2014.09.003     Document Type: Article

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