First comprehensive contribution to medical ethnobotany of Western Pyrenees.

ABSTRACT:

Background

An ethnobotanical and medical study was carried out in the Navarre Pyrenees, an area known both for its high biological diversity and its cultural significance. As well as the compilation of an ethnopharmacological catalogue, a quantitative ethnobotanical comparison has been carried out in relation to the outcomes from other studies about the Pyrenees. A review of all drugs used in the area has also been carried out, through a study of the monographs published by the institutions and organizations responsible for the safety and efficacy of medicinal plants (WHO, ESCOP, and the E Commission of the German Department of Health) in order to ascertain the extent to which the Navarre Pyrenees ethnopharmacology has been officially evaluated.

Methods

Fieldwork was carried

SUBMITTER: Akerreta S 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC1904192 | biostudies-literature | 2007 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature