ABSTRACT
The aim of this volume is to promote a bio-behavioral focus for indigenous plant research.
TABLE OF CONTENTS
part One|29 pages
The Importance of Multidisciplinary Approaches to Plant Use
chapter Chapter 1|28 pages
Multidisciplinary Perspectives in the Interpretation of Plants Used in Indigenous Medicine and Diet
part Two|97 pages
Criteria used in the Selection of Medicinal Plants
chapter Chapter 5|22 pages
Informant Consensus: A New Approach for Identifying Potentially Effective Medicinal Plants
part Three|160 pages
Plants in Medicinal and Dietary Contexts
chapter Chapter Nine|15 pages
Chinese Diet and Traditional Materia Medica: Effects on Platelet Function and Atherogenesis
chapter Chapter Ten|25 pages
Medicinal Plants of the New Guinea Highlands: an Ethnopharmacologic and Phytochemical Update
chapter Chapter Twelve|23 pages
Coumarin-Containing Plants and Serum Albumin Polymorphisms: Biomedical Implications For Native Americans of The Southwest
chapter Chapter 14|23 pages
Chemical Selection in Andean Domesticated Tubers as a Model for the Acquisition of Empirical Plant Knowledge
part Four|40 pages
Medical Panaceas and Misunderstood Plants
