Medicinal plants are the most important source of life saving drugs for the majority of the world's population. The biotechnological tools are important to select, multiply and conserve the critical genotypes of medicinal plants. In-vitro regeneration holds tremendous potential for the production...
An ethnobotanical survey was carried out in eight villages around Mount Cameroon in the South West Region of Cameroon. It was focused on determining the uses of the members of the family Annonaceae in this region. Show and Tell Semi-structured Interviews employing a checklist of questions and dir...
Bele, M.Y.
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Focho, D.A.
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Egbe, E.A.
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Chuyong, G.B.
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[Ethnobotanical survey of the uses of Annonaceae around mount Cameroon]
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Ethnobotanical survey of the uses of Annonaceae around mount Cameroon
Uncaria tomentosa and U. guianensis appear to hold a potential to become an important export commodity and a source of income for small farmers in the tropical forest belt of the country. Both species have been important in traditional healing in many South American countries. They contain about ...
Jong, W. de
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Melnyk, M.
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Alfaro, L.
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Rosales, M.
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García, M.
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[A concerted approach to una de gato development in Peru]
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A concerted approach to una de gato development in Peru
This paper use a conceptual box-and-arrow model for understanding woodland use in Zimbabwe in the context of the complex ecological-social-economic system of which it is part. Central themes within the model are: the policy framework; local institutions; land pressures; rural-urban relationships;...
Campbell, Bruce M.
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Frost, P.
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Goebel, A.
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Standa-Gunda, W.
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Mukamuri, B.
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Veenan, M.
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[A conceptual model of woodland use and change in Zimbabwe]
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A conceptual model of woodland use and change in Zimbabwe
Over the last three decades, forest degradation in the Brazilian Amazon has diminished the availability of some widely used medicinal plant species. Results of a 9-year market study suggest that forests represent an important habitat for medicinal plants used in eastern Amazonia: Nine of the twel...
Shanley, P.
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Luz, L.
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[The impacts of forest degradation on medicinal plant use and implications for health care in Eastern Amazonia]
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The impacts of forest degradation on medicinal plant use and implications for health care in Eastern Amazonia
Increased trade in non-timber forest products (NTFP) has been promoted as one possible means to slow tropical deforestation by increasing the economic value of intact forest. A market surcey of NTFP's occuring in the Capim River basin in eastern Amazonia, Brazil demonstrated that the realitty for...
Shanley, P.
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[The faint promise of a distant market: a survey of Belem's trade in non-timber forest products]
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The faint promise of a distant market: a survey of Belem's trade in non-timber forest products
A total of 55 goats were divided into 7 treatment groups of 7-8 goats. Five groups received different doses of the crude preparation of A. indica leaf: 0.5, 1.0, 2.0, 5.0 and 10.0 g/kg body weight. The other two groups were a negative control group (untreated) and a positive control group (treate...
Dawo, F.
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Asseye, Z.
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Tibbo, Markos
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[Comparative evaluation of crude preparation of Azadirachta indica leaf and Albendazole(R) in naturally infected goats with internal parasites]
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Comparative evaluation of crude preparation of Azadirachta indica leaf and Albendazole(R) in naturally infected goats with internal parasites
Kartawinata, K.
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[Biodiversity conservation in relation to plants used for medicines and other products in Indonesia]
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Biodiversity conservation in relation to plants used for medicines and other products in Indonesia
Ouarghidi, A
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Martin, G.J
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Powell, B.
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Esser, G
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Abbad, A.
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[Botanical identification of medicinal roots collected and traded in Morocco and comparison to the existing literature]
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Botanical identification of medicinal roots collected and traded in Morocco and comparison to the existing literature