Beschreibung:
A compilation of articles by prominent experts in their respective fields on compensation for and collaboration with indigenous people in regard to their knowledge and provision of rare plants which are used for some of the most potent drugs in Western medicine.
A compilation of articles by prominent experts in their respective fields on compensation for and collaboration with indigenous people in regard to their knowledge and provision of rare plants which are used for some of the most potent drugs in Western medicine.
Partial table of contents:Ethnobotany, Drug Development and BiodiversityConservation--Exploring the Linkages (M. Balick).The Ethnobotanical Approach to Drug Discovery: Strengths andLimitations (P. Cox).Basic, Quantitative and Experimental Research Phases of FutureEthnobotany with Reference to the Medicinal Plants of South America(W. Lewis & M. Elvin-Lewis).Ethnopharmacological Search for Antiviral Compounds: Treatmentof Gastrointestinal Disorders by Kayapó Medical Specialists(E. Elisabetsky & D. Posey).Natural Product Chemistry in North-Eastern Brazil (A. Craveiroet al.).African Medicinal Plants in the Search for New Drugs Based onEthnobotanical Leads (M. Iwu).Two Decades of Mexican Ethnobotany and Research on Plant-DerivedDrugs (X. Lozoya).Ethnobotany and Intellectual Property Rights (J. Barton).Indexes.