Pharmacological and behavioral investigation of putative self-medicative plants in Budongo chimpanzee diets.

Wild chimpanzees consume a variety of plants to meet their dietary needs and maintain wellbeing. While some plants have obvious value, others are nutritionally poor and/or contain bioactive toxins which make ingestion costly. In some cases, these nutrient-poor resources are speculated to be medicina...

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Published in:	PLoS ONE
Main Authors:	Elodie Freymann, Susana Carvalho, Leif A Garbe, Dinda Dwi Ghazhelia, Catherine Hobaiter, Michael A Huffman, Geresomu Muhumuza, Lena Schulz, Daniel Sempebwa, Florian Wald, Eguma R Yikii, Klaus Zuberbühler, Fabien Schultz
Format:	Article
Language:	English
Published:	Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2024-01-01
Online Access:	https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0305219