Bioprospecting of South African Plants as a Unique Resource for Bioactive Endophytic Microbes
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DOI: 10.3389/fphar.2018.00456
Abstract: South Africa has a long history and strong belief in traditional herbal medicines. Using ethnobotanical knowledge as a lead, a large number of South African medicinal plants have been discovered to possess a wide spectrum… read more here.
Keywords: natural products; south african; ethnobotanical knowledge; medicinal plants ... See more keywords
Divergence of Ethnobotanical Knowledge of Slovenians on the Edge of the Mediterranean as a Result of Historical, Geographical and Cultural Drivers
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DOI: 10.3390/plants10102087
Abstract: State boundaries limit human contacts in a homogenous context of a landscape and its natural features, including plants. After nine centuries of separation, finally the two territories in Slovenia share the same political history. In… read more here.
Keywords: cultural drivers; knowledge; divergence ethnobotanical; area ... See more keywords
Traditional Ethnobotanical Knowledge of the Central Lika Region (Continental Croatia)—First Record of Edible Use of Fungus Taphrina pruni
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DOI: 10.3390/plants11223133
Abstract: This study analyzed the use of plants and fungi, some wild and some cultivated, in three municipalities of Lika-Senj County (Perušić, Gospić and Lovinac). The range of the study area was about 60 km. Forty… read more here.
Keywords: ethnobotanical knowledge; area; fungus taphrina; knowledge ... See more keywords
Ethnobotanical Knowledge in Sete Cidades, Azores Archipelago: First Ethnomedicinal Report
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DOI: 10.3390/plants8080256
Abstract: Knowledge about folk medicines is limited to elder community members of remote communities, like Sete Cidades in the Azores. The Azores, 1300 km west of Portugal, are nine volcanic islands, totalling 2330 km2 of land… read more here.
Keywords: knowledge sete; azores archipelago; knowledge; cidades azores ... See more keywords