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Kindly suggest the questions for ethnobotanical data collection. What can be the possible practical exercises in the field for ethnobotanical research?
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I have tried DPPH assay and Hydrogen peroxide assay for plant extract but in both cases control absorbance is lower than the sample absorbance. So please rectify me so I can go ahead.
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Is this plant, observed near Orodara in Burkina Faso, an exotic species used in agronomy. Some elders locally use it for ritual purposes. They claim that this plant is wild, that it has become...
09 September 2016 3,373 11 View
I am currently identifying samples recovered from an archaeological site in the Pacific coast of Panama. Does anyone have information about the use of Roupala montana or other wood species as...
22 August 2016 8,692 3 View
Coix lacryma jobi L. is known as Job´s Tears, adly.
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Can anyone help identify this plant, I suspect it may be from the Euphorbiaceae family, we found it in the rainforest in Kota Kinabalu. A local herbalist told me it is used to prevent aging,...
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I am planning to submit an ethnobotanical study done in an indigenous community in the Philippines. I want to publish it in a journal which focuses on ethnobotany/ Please share journals where you...
08 August 2016 6,200 4 View
What is the main difference between homeopathy, Tabbi and auyervadic types of medication, should religious aspects be involved in ethnobotany?
06 June 2016 4,464 2 View
I have collected several medicinal information from local baidyas and herbal healers. It is difficult for me to test its phytochemical constituents. But can i publish my data in good journals by...
06 June 2016 4,339 6 View
Dear All, Can any one help me to identify the name of this plant Thanks in Advance
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Can anyone help me in identifying this fruit?
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Lesser periwinkle is a European species of Mediterranean origin, but the exact natural range of its distribution is unknown. In some geographical regions (e.g. in North America) lesser periwinkle...
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I'am interested to learn where the Job's tears (Coix lacryma-Jobi) has been domesticated, where, and also which were its first end-uses (food, feed, religious rituals, traditional medicine, etc.)....
02 February 2016 6,712 10 View
In the coastal char area of Bangladesh peoples generally collect herbs and shrubs from non cultivated source. A variety of plants have to identify in respect to ethnobotanic study. I want to know...
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Genus Kamettia Kostel., Allg. Med.-Pharm. Fl. 3: 1062. (1834) is valid, but Kamettia malabarica Kostel., Allg. Med.-Pharm. Fl. 3: 1062. (1834) is illegitimate. Kamettia malabarica Kostel. =...
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Is Ethnobotany a divison of Ethnopharmacology?
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I have only 8 key informants because I selected them based on certain criteria. However, I would like to analyze the data quantitatively. Thanks in advance.
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I know of it possessing majority of the phytochemicals but want to know whether it has proved to have neuroprotective ability or not.
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