Medicinal and local food plants in the south of Alava (Basque Country, Spain)

Journal of Ethnopharmacology

Volumn 176, Issue , 2015, Pages 207-224

  Alarcón, Rocío ^a   Pardo De Santayana, Manuel ^b   Priestley, Caroline ^c   Morales, Ramón ^d   Heinrich, Michael ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSIDAD AUTÓNOMA DE MADRID   (Spain)

^c SUNTORY LTD   (Japan)

^d CSIC   (Spain)

Author keywords

Ethnobotany; Ethnopharmacology; Food plants; Food medicines; Spanish BasqueCountry; Traditionalknowledge

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; BALLOTA; BASQUE (PEOPLE); CHAMAEMELUM; DATA ANALYSIS SOFTWARE; FAMILY; FAMILY STUDY; FIELD WORK; FOOD CROP; HEALTH FOOD; HUMAN; INFUSION; MEDICINE; OAK; PARTICIPANT OBSERVATION; PRUNUS; SEMI STRUCTURED INTERVIEW; SPAIN; SPECIES; VEGETABLE; WALKING; WESTERN EUROPEAN; EDIBLE PLANT; ETHNOBOTANY; FEMALE; MALE; MEDICINAL PLANT; MIDDLE AGED; PHYTOTHERAPY; TRADITIONAL MEDICINE; VERY ELDERLY; YOUNG ADULT;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ETHNOBOTANY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MEDICINE, TRADITIONAL; MIDDLE AGED; PHYTOTHERAPY; PLANTS, EDIBLE; PLANTS, MEDICINAL; SPAIN; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84947430761     PISSN: 03788741     EISSN: 18727573     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jep.2015.10.022     Document Type: Article

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