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Traditional and Indigenous Knowledge for the Modern Era
  • Language: en
  • Pages: 252

Traditional and Indigenous Knowledge for the Modern Era

  • Type: Book
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  • Published: 2019-09-05
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  • Publisher: CRC Press

While there is talk of the Fourth Industrial Revolution, old and new challenges bedevil the world – climate change, nutrition, and health poverty being at the top of the list. In seeking solutions to these and other problems which afflict the modern era, it is worthwhile to look into our collective past, to the traditions and knowledges of our ancestors. Such knowledge continues to exist in many parts of the world, though now marginalized by homogenous, Eurocentric ontolology and epistemology. This book presents a compilation of reviews, case studies, and primary research attempting to locate the utility of traditional and Indigenous Knowledges in an increasingly complex world. It assemble...

Ethnoveterinary Botanical Medicine
  • Language: en
  • Pages: 450

Ethnoveterinary Botanical Medicine

  • Type: Book
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  • Published: 2010-06-23
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  • Publisher: CRC Press

Despite the undoubted success of a scientific approach to pharmaceuticals, the last few decades have witnessed a spectacular rise in interest in herbal medicinal products. This general interest has been followed by increasing scientific and commercial attention that led to the coining of the term ethnopharmacology to describe the scientific discipl

Functionalized Nanomaterials for Cancer Research
  • Language: en
  • Pages: 771

Functionalized Nanomaterials for Cancer Research

  • Type: Book
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  • Published: 2024-03-22
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  • Publisher: Elsevier

Functionalized Nanomaterials for Cancer Research: Applications in Treatments, Tools and Devices presents an in-depth and step by step description of knowledge on functionalized nanomaterials for cancer research, including treatment and future developments as well as their impact on patients' overall outcomes. The book discusses the functionalized nanoplatforms for cancer detection and imaging, interactions between nanomaterials and cancer cells, and drug resistant malignancies. The chapters are organized in a manner that can be readily adopted as sources for new and further studies by highlighting the main in vitro and in vivo nano-therapeutic achievements on cancer. Additionally, current tr...

Traditional Medicines for Modern Times
  • Language: en
  • Pages: 331

Traditional Medicines for Modern Times

  • Type: Book
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  • Published: 2005-11-02
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  • Publisher: CRC Press

The increasing prevalence of diabetes mellitus world-wide is an issue of major socio-economic concern. Scientific interest in plant-derived medicine is steadily rising, yet there is often a wide disparity in the caliber of information available. A detailed compilation of scientific information from across the globe, Traditional Medicines for Modern

Traditional and Indigenous Knowledge for the Modern Era
  • Language: en
  • Pages: 339

Traditional and Indigenous Knowledge for the Modern Era

  • Type: Book
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  • Published: 2019-09-05
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  • Publisher: CRC Press

While there is talk of the Fourth Industrial Revolution, old and new challenges bedevil the world – climate change, nutrition, and health poverty being at the top of the list. In seeking solutions to these and other problems which afflict the modern era, it is worthwhile to look into our collective past, to the traditions and knowledges of our ancestors. Such knowledge continues to exist in many parts of the world, though now marginalized by homogenous, Eurocentric ontolology and epistemology. This book presents a compilation of reviews, case studies, and primary research attempting to locate the utility of traditional and Indigenous Knowledges in an increasingly complex world. It assemble...

African Indigenous Medical Knowledge and Human Health
  • Language: en
  • Pages: 198

African Indigenous Medical Knowledge and Human Health

  • Type: Book
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  • Published: 2018-01-29
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  • Publisher: CRC Press

Despite the relevance of and empirical evidence for African Traditional Medicine, based on African Indigenous Medical Knowledge (AIMK), research and development of new phytomedicines from this continent has been slow. African Indigenous Medical Knowledge and Human Health aims to provide a catalyst for health innovations based on the rich African biodiversity and AIMK. The book documents some of the success stories from the continent related to AIMK and serves as a one-step reference for all professionals interested in the research and development of medical interventions - including pharmacognosists, ethnobiologists, botanists, phytochemists, pharmacologists and medical scientists.

Ethnobotany of India, Volume 2
  • Language: en
  • Pages: 403

Ethnobotany of India, Volume 2

  • Type: Book
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  • Published: 2016-12-01
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  • Publisher: CRC Press

This is the second of a five-volume set. This series of volumes on the ethnobotany of different regions of India melds important knowledge in one place. India is one of the most important regions of the old world and has culturally rich and diverse knowledge systems. The expert authors have been selected to summarize information on the various aspects of ethnobotany of India, such as ethnoecology, traditional agriculture, cognitive ethnobotany, material sources, traditional pharmacognosy, ethnoconservation strategies, bioprospection of ethnodirected knowledge, and protection of ethnobotanical knowledge.

Sustainable Development in India
  • Language: en
  • Pages: 376

Sustainable Development in India

  • Type: Book
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  • Published: 2005
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  • Publisher: Unknown

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Ethnobotany of India, 5-Volume Set
  • Language: en
  • Pages: 2242

Ethnobotany of India, 5-Volume Set

  • Type: Book
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  • Published: 2021-03-11
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  • Publisher: CRC Press

This new 5-volume set, Ethnobotany of India, provides an informative overview of human-plant interrelationships in India, focusing on the regional plants and their medicinal properties and uses. Each volume focuses on a different significant region of India, including Volume 1: Eastern Ghats and Deccan Volume 2: Western Ghats and West Coast of Peninsular India Volume 3: North-East India and Andaman and Nicobar Islands Volume 4: Western and Central Himalaya Volume 5: The Indo-Gangetic Region and Central India With chapters written by experts in the field, the book provides comprehensive information on the tribals (the indigenous populations of the region) and knowledge on plants that grow aro...

Novel Plant Bioresources
  • Language: en
  • Pages: 1141

Novel Plant Bioresources

Novel Plant Bioresources: Applications in Food, Medicine and Cosmetics serves as the definitive source of information on under-utilized plant species, and fills a key niche in our understanding of the relationship of human beings with under-utilized plants. By covering applications in food, medicine and cosmetics, the book has a broad appeal. In a climate of growing awareness about the perils of biodiversity loss, the world is witnessing an unprecedented interest in novel plants, which are increasingly prized for their potential use in aromas, dyes, foods, medicines and cosmetics. This book highlights these plants and their uses. After an introductory section which sets the scene with an ove...