Pharmaceutical discovery, ethnobotany, tropical forests and reciprocity: Integrating indigenous knowledge, conservation and sustainable development
| Title | Pharmaceutical discovery, ethnobotany, tropical forests and reciprocity: Integrating indigenous knowledge, conservation and sustainable development |
| Publication Type | Book Chapter |
| Year of Publication | 1992 |
| Authors | King, SR |
| Editor | Plotkin, MJ, Famolare, L |
| Book Title | Sustainable harvest and marketing of rain forest products |
| Pagination | 231-238 [1-12] |
| Date Published | July 1992 |
| Publisher | Island Press |
| City | Washington, DC and Covelo, CA |
| Language | English |
| ISBN | 1-55963-168-6; 978-1-55963-168-6 |
| Call Number | SD387.S87S86 1992 |
| Keywords | Conservation International, Asociación Nacional para la Conservación de la Naturaleza; ethnobotany; ethnopharmacology; medicinal plants; rainforests; traditional medicine |
| 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. |
| Notes | 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 |
| URL | http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/231440749 |
| Research Notes | 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 |
