Why do people use exotic plants in their local medical systems? A systematic review based on Brazilian local communities.

Why do people use exotic plants in their local medical systems? A systematic review based on Brazilian local communities.

Efforts have been made to understand the processes that lead to the introduction of exotic species into local pharmacopoeias. Among those efforts, the diversification hypothesis predicts that exotic plants are introduced in local medical systems to amplify the repertoire of knowledge related to the...

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Main Authors:	Patrícia Muniz de Medeiros, Washington Soares Ferreira Júnior, Marcelo Alves Ramos, Taline Cristina da Silva, Ana Haydée Ladio, Ulysses Paulino Albuquerque
Format:	Article
Language:	English
Published:	Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2017-01-01
Series:	PLoS ONE
Online Access:	http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC5617200?pdf=render

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