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Continuity and change in medicinal plant use; The example of monasteries on Cyprus and historical iatrosophia texts.

Lardos, A; Heinrich, M; (2013) Continuity and change in medicinal plant use; The example of monasteries on Cyprus and historical iatrosophia texts. J Ethnopharmacol , 150 (1) pp. 202-214. 10.1016/j.jep.2013.08.026. Green open access

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Abstract

How medicinal plant knowledge changes over time is a question of central importance in modern ethnopharmacological research. However, only few studies are available which undertook a comprehensive exploration of the evolution of plant use in human cultures.

Type: Article
Title: Continuity and change in medicinal plant use; The example of monasteries on Cyprus and historical iatrosophia texts.
Open access status: An open access version is available from UCL Discovery
DOI: 10.1016/j.jep.2013.08.026
Publisher version: http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jep.2013.08.026
Additional information: © 2013 The Authors. Published by Elsevier Ireland Ltd. All rights reserved. This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Unported License.
Keywords: Continuity and change, Cyprus, Ethnobotany, Food plants, Historical texts, Medicinal plants, Mediterranean, Monastic medicine, Traditional medicine
UCL classification: UCL
UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Life and Medical Sciences
UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Life and Medical Sciences > Faculty of Life Sciences
UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Life and Medical Sciences > Faculty of Life Sciences > UCL School of Pharmacy
UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Life and Medical Sciences > Faculty of Life Sciences > UCL School of Pharmacy > Pharma and Bio Chemistry
URI: https://discovery.ucl.ac.uk/id/eprint/1405855
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