Disciplines and Occupations

Ethnobotany

The study of plant lore and agricultural customs of a people. In the fields of ETHNOMEDICINE and ETHNOPHARMACOLOGY, the emphasis is on traditional medicine and the existence and medicinal uses of PLANTS and PLANT EXTRACTS and their constituents, both historically and in modern times.

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The study of plant lore and agricultural customs of a people. In the fields of ETHNOMEDICINE and ETHNOPHARMACOLOGY, the emphasis is on traditional medicine and the existence and medicinal uses of PLANTS and PLANT EXTRACTS and their constituents, both historically and in modern times.

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12 allowable subheadings

Indexed with the subheadings classification, economics, education, ethics, history, instrumentation, legislation & jurisprudence, methods, organization & administration, standards, statistics & numerical data, trends.

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specialty; coordinate with geographic term or ethnic group if pertinent; coordinate NIM with specific drug or plant (IM) for ethnobotany aspects of the plant

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97

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  • Medicine, Traditional (1979-1996)
  • Plants, Medicinal (1970-1996)

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  1. H01w.158w.273w.118w.299w

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References

  1. National Library of Medicine. Ethnobotany. Medical Subject Headings (MeSH). 2026. Unique ID D019448. http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/2026/D019448
  2. Ethnobotany. In: Wikipedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ethnobotany
  3. Ethnobotany. In: Wikidata. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q841408