Our study took place in the Mifi Division, western Cameroon. The aim of this was to identify medicinal plants used Division. To carry out survey, we three methods collect data: field study, comparative and interview traditional healers from a pre-established list. We interviewed 15 who were recommended us by chiefs, some churchmen health workers. interviews with yielded 39 Bafoussam, 62 Baleng,...

BACKGROUND Studies on popular names of birds help to understand the relationship between human beings and birds and it also contributes to the field of ornithology. METHODS This study aims to register the ethnotaxonomy of birds in the village of Pedra Branca, Santa Teresinha municipality, Bahia State, Brazil, by cataloguing and identifying their popular names, besides understanding the ethnoc...

An ever-expanding body of empirical research suggests that ethno-religious divisions adversely impact a host of normatively desirable objectives linked to the quality of life in society, implicitly representing a strong challenge to multiculturalist theory and policies. The appropriate conceptualization and measurement of ethno-religious divisions has consequently become the subject of complex ...

Peptic ulcer is considered as one of the most common disorder among gastrointestinal ailments all over the world which is mainly caused by Helicobacter pylori infection, abundant use of NSAIDs, excessive alcohol intake and stress etc. Treatment of peptic ulcer with synthetic drugs such as proton pump inhibitors, H2 receptor antagonists and other non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs reported to...