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Showing 1 to 10 of 10 for “"Ethnomedicine"”.
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The Survival of Traditional Healing in a Contemporary Black Community
I find that from 1850 to modern times, ethnomedicine has thrived amidst a confluence of factors that give cohort members robust incentives to pursue herbal and magical healing and equally compelling disincentives to pursue biomedicine. Ethnomedicine's resonance with a perceived black world view may …
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A Balanced Approach to Health: Understanding the Health Care Practices of Guatemalan Maya in the United States
… States revealed that though they do utilize ethnomedicine, they tend to overvalue biomedical techniques and caregivers—even if they do not seek care from them. Maya history, cultural identity, and the experience of diaspora shape the way Maya immigrants view their health and their health care …
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Potential implications of climate change for Rooibos (A. linearis) production and distribution in the greater Cederberg region, South Africa
… linearis (rooibos), which is extensively used as ethnomedicine by local communities, while also commercially grown and exported for the herbal tea market. Being a range-restricted species, climate change poses a threat to wild plants and their dependent communities, as well as the sustainability …
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Deciphering the chemistry of host-parasitic plants interactions using the UHPLC-q-TOF-MS and chemometrics
… in the genus Viscum are extensively used in ethnomedicine globally, the parasitic nature of these plants can impact their secondary metabolite composition and thereby, influence their medicinal properties. The main objective of this study was to contrast the metabolome of Viscum combreticola …
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Terminalia ivorensis and human health: the impact of Terminalia ivorensis on biomarkers of cyto- and genotoxicity in human cells in vitro.
… sub-tropical zones of the world. It is used in ethnomedicine for the treatment of diuresis, body pains, malaria and wound healing. There are no data investigating the impact of TI on human liver cells and cancer. Cancer is a global health problem causing an estimated 10 million deaths worldwide …
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Designing and characterizing the plant-based chitosan-modified poly (lactic-co-glycolic acid) nanoparticles for salmonella and e. coli-induced gastroenteritis
… derived from medicinal plants are used in ethnomedicine in African countries including Namibia as alternative treatments for Salmonella and E. coli induced gastroenteritis. However, the lack of information on the presence and quantity of bioactive compounds present, their safety, and …
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How traditional healers diagnose and treat diabetes mellitus in the Pretoria Mamelodi area and how do these purported medications comply with complementary and alternative medicine regulations
Introduction Medicine regulation and control is not an option but a necessity for national health programmes. In South Africa, a new amended regulation required a review of complementary and alternative medicine (CAMs) call-up for registration in November 2013, this impacted traditional healers …
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Antimicrobial and antioxidant activity of crude extracts and fractions from stems and leaves of Tephrosia Lupinifolia
Tephrosia lupinifolia is used traditionally for the treatment of malaria, diarrhea, toothache and tuberculosis. Two flavonoids, lupinifolin and lupinifolinol were previously isolated from the hexane root extract of T. lupinifolia, but there are no reports on phytochemical and pharmacological …
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The Social Context of Cervical Cancer Knowledge and Prevention Among Haitian Immigrant Women
Cervical cancer is the primary cause of cancer deaths among Haitian women; however, the social context of cervical cancer among Haitian immigrant women has not been systematically examined. The ways in which women assign meaning to this disease, understand its causality and situate it within the …
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Structure Elucidation of Bioactive Compounds Isolated from Endophytes of Alstonia scholaris and Acmena graveolens
Alstonia scholaris is an evergreen tree native to Southeast Asia and Australia. It is commonly used as a medicinal plant throughout these regions. In the present study, an endophyte of the genus Xylaria was isolated from a stem of Alstonia scholaris, its mycelia and exudate extracted, and the …