Ethnomycological survey of traditional usage and indigenous knowledge on desert truffles among the native Sahara Desert people of Algeria

Journal of Ethnopharmacology

Volumn 162, Issue , 2015, Pages 31-38

  Bradai, Lyès ^a   Neffar, Souad ^b   Amrani, Khaled ^c   Bissati, Samia ^a   Chenchouni, Haroun ^b  

^a KASDI MERBAH UNIVERSITY   (Algeria)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEBESSA   (Algeria)

^c CIHEAM Institute Agronomique Mediterraneen de Montpellier (IAMM)   (France)

Author keywords

Algeria; Desert truffles; Ethnomycology; Medicinal use; Northern; Sahara; Traditional knowledge

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ALGERIA; ARTICLE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DESERT TRUFFLES; EDIBLE MUSHROOM; EYE INFECTION; HARVEST; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INDIGENOUS PEOPLE; KNOWLEDGE; MALE FERTILITY; NATIVE SAHARAN; SPECIES; TERFEZIA AREANARIA; TERFEZIA CLAVERYI; TIRMANIA NIVEA; TRADITIONAL MEDICINE; WEAKNESS; AFRICAN MEDICINE; ASCOMYCETES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; QUESTIONNAIRE;

FUNGI; HELIANTHEMUM LIPPII; TERFEZIA; TERFEZIA CLAVERYI; TIRMANIA NIVEA; TUBER (TRUFFLE);

ADULT; AGED; ALGERIA; ASCOMYCOTA; HUMANS; MALE; MEDICINE, AFRICAN TRADITIONAL; MIDDLE AGED; SURVEYS AND QUESTIONNAIRES;

EID: 84920733570     PISSN: 03788741     EISSN: 18727573     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jep.2014.12.031     Document Type: Article

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