Medicinal plants in cultures of Afro-descendant communities in Brazil, Europe and Africa

ABSTRACT Ethnomedicine focuses on empirical and traditional knowledge of healing practices of different human groups, including the use of plants as medicine. We aimed to determine whether there is consensus regarding the use of plants in traditional medicine of Afro-descendant communities in Brazil...

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Main Authors: Maria Corette Pasa, Natalia Hanazaki, Olga Maria Duarte Silva, Adelaide Bela Agostinho, Sofia Zank, Maria Inês Pires Neves Esteves
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Sociedade Botânica do Brasil
Series:Acta Botânica Brasílica
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Online Access:http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0102-33062019000200340&lng=en&tlng=en