Medicinal and ethnoveterinary remedies of hunters in Trinidad
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Medicinal and ethnoveterinary remedies of hunters in Trinidad
BACKGROUND Ethnomedicines are used by hunters for themselves and their hunting dogs in Trinidad. Plants are used for snakebites, scorpion stings, for injuries and mange of dogs and to facilitate hunting success. RESULTS Plants used include Piper hispidum, Pithecelobium unguis-cati, Bauhinia excisa, Bauhinia cumanensis, Cecropia peltata, Aframomum melegueta, Aristolochia rugosa, Aristolochia t...
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عنوان ژورنال: BMC Complementary and Alternative Medicine
سال: 2001
ISSN: 1472-6882
DOI: 10.1186/1472-6882-1-10