Ethnomedicine and ethnobotany of Maerua subcordata (Gilg) DeWolf
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Ethnobiology is a multidisciplinary field of study that draws on approaches and methods from both the social and biological sciences. Ethnobiology aims at investigating culturally based biological and environmental knowledge, cultural perception and cognition of the natural world, and associated behaviours and practices. Ethnomedicine is concerned with the cultural interpretations of health, di...
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ژورنال
عنوان ژورنال: Journal of Ethnic Foods
سال: 2019
ISSN: 2352-6181
DOI: 10.1186/s42779-019-0032-4