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| Pasa,Maria Corette; Hanazaki,Natalia; Silva,Olga Maria Duarte; Agostinho,Adelaide Bela; Zank,Sofia; Esteves,Maria Inês Pires Neves. |
| ABSTRACT Ethnomedicine focuses on empirical and traditional knowledge of healing practices of different human groups, including the use of plants as medicine. We aimed to determine whether there is consensus regarding the use of plants in traditional medicine of Afro-descendant communities in Brazil, Europe and Africa. Data were obtained through interviews, walks-in-the-woods, participant observations and bibliographic searches. We analyzed similarities among data sets to determine whether there is convergence in the use of traditional medicinal plants among these communities considering that they share influence from African culture and a common spoken language (Portuguese). Similarities among communities were assessed through cluster analysis using... |
| Tipo: Info:eu-repo/semantics/article |
Palavras-chave: African diaspora; Cultural exchange; Ethnobotany; Medicinal plants; Traditional medicine. |
| Ano: 2019 |
URL: http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0102-33062019000200340 |
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