Indigenous Uses and Pharmacological Activity of Traditional Medicinal Plants in Mount Taibai, China

This study was carried out to investigate the indigenous use and pharmacological activity of traditional medicinal plants of Mount Taibai, China. Pharmacological data were collected by conducting informal interviews with local experienced doctors practicing traditional Chinese medicine and via open-...

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Autores principales: Chang, Na, Luo, Ziwen, Li, Dengwu, Song, Huiying
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Hindawi Publishing Corporation 2017
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5338068/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28303162
http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2017/8329817
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author Chang, Na
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Li, Dengwu
Song, Huiying
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description This study was carried out to investigate the indigenous use and pharmacological activity of traditional medicinal plants of Mount Taibai, China. Pharmacological data were collected by conducting informal interviews with local experienced doctors practicing traditional Chinese medicine and via open-ended questionnaires on villagers. We conclude that the residents of Mt. Taibai possess rich pharmacological knowledge. This study may help identify high-value traditional medicinal plant species, promote economic development associated with local medicinal plants, and increase awareness from government departments.
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spelling pubmed-53380682017-03-16 Indigenous Uses and Pharmacological Activity of Traditional Medicinal Plants in Mount Taibai, China Chang, Na Luo, Ziwen Li, Dengwu Song, Huiying Evid Based Complement Alternat Med Research Article This study was carried out to investigate the indigenous use and pharmacological activity of traditional medicinal plants of Mount Taibai, China. Pharmacological data were collected by conducting informal interviews with local experienced doctors practicing traditional Chinese medicine and via open-ended questionnaires on villagers. We conclude that the residents of Mt. Taibai possess rich pharmacological knowledge. This study may help identify high-value traditional medicinal plant species, promote economic development associated with local medicinal plants, and increase awareness from government departments. Hindawi Publishing Corporation 2017 2017-02-20 /pmc/articles/PMC5338068/ /pubmed/28303162 http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2017/8329817 Text en Copyright © 2017 Na Chang et al. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5338068/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28303162
http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2017/8329817
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