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Animals in Traditional Folk Medicine Implications for Conservation /

People have relied on medicinal products derived from natural sources for millennia, and animals have long been an important part of that repertoire; nearly all cultures, from ancient times to the present, have used animals as a source of medicine. Ingredients derived from wild animals are not only...

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Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor Corporativo: SpringerLink (Online service)
Otros Autores: Alves, Rômulo Romeu Nóbrega (Editor ), Rosa, Ierecê Lucena (Editor )
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Berlin, Heidelberg : Springer Berlin Heidelberg : Imprint: Springer, 2013.
Edición:1st ed. 2013.
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Acceso en línea:Texto Completo
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  • Introduction - Toward a Plural Approach to the Study of Medicinal Animals
  • From Past to Present: Medicinal Animals in a Historical Perspective
  • Medicine From the Wild: An Overview of the Use and Trade of Animal Products in Traditional Medicines
  • Medicinal Animals in Ethnoveterinary Practices: A World Overview
  • Animals as a Source of Drugs: Bioprospecting and Biodiversity Conservation
  • Fish Folk Medicine of Caiçara (Atlantic Coastal Forest) and Caboclo (Amazon Forest) Communities
  • Herpetofauna Used in Traditional Folk Medicine: Conservation Implications
  • Primates in Traditional Folk Medicine: World Overview
  • A Global Overview of Carnivorous Used in Traditional Medicines Implications
  • Seahorses in Traditional Medicines: A Global Overview
  • Aquatic Mammals Used in Traditional Folk Medicine: A Global Analysis
  • Marine Invertebrates in Traditional Medicines
  • The Role of Animal-Derived Remedies as Complementary Medicine in Brazil
  • Mediterranean Zootherapy: A Historical to Modern Perspective
  • A Review of Fauna Used in Zootherapeutic Remedies in Portugal: Historical Origins, Current Uses and Implications for Conservation
  • Zootherapy and Biodiversity Conservation in Nigeria
  • Wild Mammals Trade for Zootherapeutic and Mythic Purposes in Benin (West Africa): Capitalizing Species Involved, Provision Sources and Implications for Conservation
  • Birds of a Feather: Quantitative Assessments of the Diversity and Levels of Threat to Birds Used in African Traditional Medicine
  • Animals Traded for Traditional Medicine at the Faraday Market in South Africa: Species Diversity and Conservation Implications
  • Finely Ground-Hornbill: The Sale of Bucorvus Cafer in a Traditional Medicine Market in Bulawayo, Zimbabwe.A World Overview
  • Animals as a Source of Drugs: Bioprospecting and Biodiversity Conservation
  • Fish Folk Medicine of Caiçara (Atlantic Coastal Forest) and Caboclo (Amazon Forest) Communities
  • Herpetofauna Used in Traditional Folk Medicine: Conservation Implications
  • Primates in Traditional Folk Medicine: World Overview
  • A Global Overview of Carnivorous Used in Traditional Medicines Implications
  • Seahorses in Traditional Medicines: A Global Overview
  • Aquatic Mammals Used in Traditional Folk Medicine: A Global Analysis
  • Marine Invertebrates in Traditional Medicines
  • The Role of Animal-Derived Remedies as Complementary Medicine in Brazil
  • Mediterranean Zootherapy: A Historical to Modern Perspective
  • A Review of Fauna Used in Zootherapeutic Remedies in Portugal: Historical Origins, Current Uses and Implications for Conservation
  • Zootherapy and Biodiversity Conservation in Nigeria
  • Wild Mammals Trade for Zootherapeutic and Mythic Purposes in Benin (West Africa): Capitalizing Species Involved, Provision Sources and Implications for Conservation
  • Birds of a Feather: Quantitative Assessments of the Diversity and Levels of Threat to Birds Used in African Traditional Medicine
  • Animals Traded for Traditional Medicine at the Faraday Market in South Africa: Species Diversity and Conservation Implications
  • Finely Ground-Hornbill: The Sale of Bucorvus Cafer in a Traditional Medicine Market in Bulawayo, Zimbabwe.