Pharmaceutical discovery, ethnobotany, tropical forests and reciprocity: Integrating indigenous knowledge, conservation and sustainable development

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Year of Publication
1992
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Book Title
Sustainable harvest and marketing of rain forest products
Pagination
231-238 [1-12]
Date Published
07/1992
Publisher
Island Press
City
Washington, DC and Covelo, CA
Language
English
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ISBN
1-55963-168-6; 978-1-55963-168-6
Call Number
SD387.S87S86 1992
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Abstract
This is an incomplete paper that details the works and goals of Shaman Pharmaceuticals. They are trying to discover ways to develop antifungal, antiviral, and sedative drugs from the same type of plants. They are combining the methods of ethnobotany, chemistry, and pharmacology. Also, they are trying to come up with a better way to screen and test these drugs. The combination of ethnobotanists and medical personnel show the coming together of the two pieces of a scientific puzzle. The company has created The Healing Forest Conservancy, a non-profit organization to share the responsibilities of the development of plant biodiversity.
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General Note: Proceedings of a meeting sponsored by Conservation International and the Asociación Nacional para la Conservación de la Naturaleza, held in Panama City on June 20-21, 1991
Bibliography note: Includes bibliographical references and index
Book title submitted as Sustainable Harvest of the Rainforest in original bibliography; Chapter 26 in Sustainable Harvest and Marketing of Rain Forest Products

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Book title noted as Sustainable Harvest of the Rainforest in CIKARD original files; pp. 1-12
Short Title
Pharmaceutical discovery, ethnobotany, tropical forests and reciprocity