Ethnobotanical inventory of medicinal plants used by Cashinahua (Huni Kuin) herbalists in Purus Province, Peruvian Amazon

Abstract This study aims to document the diversity of medicinal plants used by the Cashinahua people (also known as Huni Kuin) of the Curanja River, as well as describe and compare their uses with pharmacological and phytochemical records from previously published studies. The ethnic has been studie...

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Published in:	Journal of Ethnobiology and Ethnomedicine
Main Authors:	Jana Horackova, Maria Elena Chuspe Zans, Ladislav Kokoska, Naji Sulaiman, Zoyla Mirella Clavo Peralta, Ludvik Bortl, Zbynek Polesny
Format:	Article
Language:	English
Published:	BMC 2023-05-01
Subjects:	Ethnobotany Ethnomedicine Indigenous people Traditional knowledge Peru
Online Access:	https://doi.org/10.1186/s13002-023-00586-4

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