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A case of zootherapy with the tarantula Brachypelma vagans Ausserer, 1875 in traditional medicine of the Chol Mayan ethnic group in Mexico

BACKGROUND: In practically every human culture, the use of arthropods as medicinal resources has been reported. In Mexico, the Mayan people mainly use plants but occasionally also animals and minerals in their medicine. This article is the first to report the traditional use of the tarantula Brachyp...

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Autores principales: Machkour-M'Rabet, Salima, Hénaut, Yann, Winterton, Peter, Rojo, Roberto
Formato: Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2011
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3072308/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/21450096
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1746-4269-7-12