Medicinal plants and folk uses in Trás-os-Montes (Portugal). An overview of phytochemical properties and bioactive compounds potential
Ethnobotanical surveys conducted in north-eastern Portugal reported plant knowledge and uses of several wild species in folk medicine based on field studies using ethnographic methodologies. Taking advantage of a multidisciplinary team, besides botanical inventories and sociocultural and anthropolog...
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| Format: | conferenceObject |
| Language: | eng |
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2011
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| Online Access: | http://hdl.handle.net/10198/3687 |
| Country: | Portugal |
| Oai: | oai:bibliotecadigital.ipb.pt:10198/3687 |
| Summary: | Ethnobotanical surveys conducted in north-eastern Portugal reported plant knowledge and uses of several wild species in folk medicine based on field studies using ethnographic methodologies. Taking advantage of a multidisciplinary team, besides botanical inventories and sociocultural and anthropological studies, we set out applied phytochemical research on locally used medicinal plants (more frequently cited, i.e. frequency of citation > 50%) that have special cultural significance. Experimental phytochemical research points to pharmacological effects that confirm the importance of the empirical use of these species and their contribution to a good health condition. |
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