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Promising medicinal plants for bioprospection in a Cerrado area of Chapada do Araripe, Northeastern Brazil.

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This study investigated the diversity of medicinal plants in a disjunct area of cerrado in Chapada do Araripe, Ceará, Brazil, and assessed the species of interest for bioprospecting.
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This article is published in Journal of Ethnopharmacology.The article was published on 2014-09-29. It has received 79 citations till now.

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Plant species as a therapeutic resource in areas of the savanna in the state of Pernambuco, Northeast Brazil.

TL;DR: Most of the species cited by the key informants are well known scientifically, but it is interesting that some have been studied little or not all with regard to confirming their purported medicinal properties and can contribute substantially to pharmacological and phytochemical investigations in the search for new drugs.
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Ethnopharmacological study of plants sold for therapeutic purposes in public markets in Northeast Brazil

TL;DR: A survey of plants sold for therapeutic purposes in public markets in the Crajubar Triangle in Northeast Brazil indicated 91 useful species from a therapeutic point of view, distributed in 49 plant families and 89 genera.
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Evidence of traditionality of Brazilian medicinal plants: the case studies of Stryphnodendron adstringens (Mart.) Coville (barbatimão) barks and Copaifera spp. (copaíba) oleoresin in wound healing.

TL;DR: The traditional secular use of barks of barbatimão and oleoresin of copaiba to treat wounds was confirmed based on the historic bibliographic research and can be considered effective in the treatment of wounds.
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Biodiversity hotspots for conservation priorities

TL;DR: A ‘silver bullet’ strategy on the part of conservation planners, focusing on ‘biodiversity hotspots’ where exceptional concentrations of endemic species are undergoing exceptional loss of habitat, is proposed.
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International Statistical Classification of Diseases and Related Health Problems

TL;DR: There is substantial global variation in the relative burden of stroke compared with IHD, and the disproportionate burden from stroke for many lower-income countries suggests that distinct interventions may be required.
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Natural products in drug discovery.

TL;DR: Various screening approaches are being developed to improve the ease with which natural products can be used in drug discovery campaigns, and data mining and virtual screening techniques are also being applied to databases of natural products.
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Ethnobotany: A Methods Manual

TL;DR: The 'People and Plants' Initiative' is a network of 120 institutions, including universities, think tanks, and non-governmental organisations that are committed to promoting human and plant welfare.
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Informant Consensus: A New Approach for Identifying Potentially Effective Medicinal Plants

TL;DR: In this article, the authors argue that intra-and intergroup similarities in the use of medicinal plants have arisen and persist because particular remedies produce reactions that are both predictable and considered to be desirable.
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