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Traditional medicine and childcare in Western Africa: mothers' knowledge, folk illnesses, and patterns of healthcare-seeking behavior.
Autor: Alexandra M Towns, Sandra Mengue Eyi, Tinde van Andel
Publikováno v: PLoS ONE, Vol 9, Iss 8, p e105972 (2014)
In spite of the strong role of traditional medicine in childcare in the pluralistic healthcare system in Western Africa, little information is known on mothers' domestic plant knowledge. Identifying local perspectives and treatments of children's ill
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Traditional, Indigenous, or Leafy? A Definition, Typology, and Way Forward for African Vegetables
Autor: Charlie M. Shackleton, Alexandra M. Towns
Publikováno v: Economic Botany. 72:461-477
Traditional, Indigenous, or Leafy? A Definition, Typology, and Way Forward for African Vegetables. Around 1000 different species of indigenous and naturalized vegetables contribute to the dietary diversity, food security, and livelihoods of populatio
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https://doi.org/10.1007/s12231-019-09448-1
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Wild plants, pregnancy, and the food-medicine continuum in the southern regions of Ghana and Benin
Autor: Tinde van Andel, Alexandra M. Towns
Publikováno v: Journal of Ethnopharmacology 179 (2016)
Journal of Ethnopharmacology, 179, 375-382
Ethnopharmacological relevance In West Africa, women utilize wild plant species to maintain and enhance their health throughout the duration of pregnancy. These plants are a culturally resilient and financially accessible form of nourishment for preg
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https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jep.2016.01.005
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Prioritizing West African medicinal plants for conservation and sustainable extraction studies based on market surveys and species distribution models
Autor: Alexandra M. Towns, E.E. van Loon, T.R. van Andel, Diana Quiroz, Niels Raes, S. Croft
Publikováno v: Biological Conservation 181 (2015)
Biological Conservation, 181, 173-181
Biological Conservation, 181, 173-181. Elsevier
Sub-Saharan African human populations rely heavily on wild-harvested medicinal plants for their health. The trade in herbal medicine provides an income for many West African people, but little is known about the effects of commercial extraction on wi
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https://doi.org/10.1016/j.biocon.2014.11.015
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A billion cups: The diversity, traditional uses, safety issues and potential of Chinese herbal teas
Autor: Yao Fu, Jianwen Li, Xuefei Yang, Alexandra M. Towns, Jin-chao Yang, Hua-ying Yang, Anthony B. Cunningham, Yu Zhang
Publikováno v: Journal of ethnopharmacology. 222
Ethnopharmacological relevance Herbal teas have long been consumed by Chinese people for preventive and/or therapeutic healthcare. Although herbal teas are widely consumed by many cultural groups in different regions of China, no thorough review has
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https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/29730132
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Cultivated, caught, and collected: defining culturally appropriate foods in Tallé, Niger
Autor: Daniel Potter, Alexandra M. Towns, Sadou Idrissa
Publikováno v: Development in Practice. 23:169-183
The indigenous plants and fish of Niger are incorporated into the Songhai people's daily life but are largely underemphasised in development programmes. In this paper we describe the culturally appropriate foods of Talle, Niger. Based on information
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https://doi.org/10.1080/09614524.2013.771985
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The medicine from behind : The frequent use of enemas in western African traditional medicine
Autor: Britt Myren, Alexandra M. Towns, Sabine van Onselen, Diana Quiroz, Tinde van Andel
Publikováno v: Journal of Ethnopharmacology 174 (2015)
Journal of Ethnopharmacology, 174, 637-643
Ethnopharmacological relevance Purgative enemas form an integral part of African traditional medicine. Besides possible benefits, serious health risks of rectal herbal therapy have been described in literature. To design appropriate health education
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https://research.wur.nl/en/publications/the-medicine-from-behind-the-frequent-use-of-enemas-in-western-af
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Local plant names reveal that enslaved Africans recognized substantial parts of the New World flora
Autor: Tinde van Andel, Sofie Ruysschaert, Margot van den Berg, Charlotte I.E.A. van’t Klooster, Alexandra M. Towns, Diana Quiroz
Publikováno v: Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, 111(50), E5346-E5353
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, 111(50). National Academy of Sciences
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America 111 (2014) 50
How did the forced migration of nearly 11 million enslaved Africans to the Americas influence their knowledge of plants? Vernacular plant names give insight into the process of species recognition, acquisition of new knowledge, and replacement of Afr
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https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.1418836111
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Consequences of the Trans-Atlantic Slave Trade on Medicinal Plant Selection: Plant Use for Cultural Bound Syndromes Affecting Children in Suriname and Western Africa
Autor: Alexandra M. Towns, Tinde van Andel, Diana Quiroz, T.E. Vossen, Sofie Ruysschaert
Publikováno v: PLoS ONE
PLoS ONE, 9(11)
PLoS ONE, Vol 9, Iss 11, p e112345 (2014)
PLOS One
PLOS One, 9(11), e112345
PLoS ONE 9 (2014) 11
Folk perceptions of health and illness include cultural bound syndromes (CBS), ailments generally confined to certain cultural groups or geographic regions and often treated with medicinal plants. Our aim was to compare definitions and plant use for
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https://hdl.handle.net/1887/74255
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