The causal dependence of present plant knowledge on herbals—Contemporary medicinal plant use in Campania (Italy) compared to Matthioli (1568)

Leonti, Marco; Cabras, Stefano; Weckerle, Caroline S.; Solinas, Maria Novella; Casu, Laura

doi:10.1016/j.jep.2010.05.021

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“…This is especially true in those rural areas of Southern Europe where traditional knowledge systems, although eroded at present, also show a certain degree of resilience (for a recent partial overview see Pardo de Santayana et al 2010). Only a few studies have contributed to our understanding of the overlaps and osmosis between folk medicinal plant knowledge of rural classes and the TK developed in "official" medical schools (Pollio et al 2008;Leonti et al 2009Leonti et al , 2010. Moreover, few studies have focused on the analysis of how agro-biodiversity is managed, i.e., in mountainous home-gardens (Agelet et al 2000;Vogl-Lukasser 2003;Reyes-García et al 2010).…”

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Cross-Cultural Ethnobiology in the Western Balkans: Medical Ethnobotany and Ethnozoology Among Albanians and Serbs in the Pešter Plateau, Sandžak, South-Western Serbia

2011

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An ethnobiological study concerning the medical ethnobotany and ethnozoology of two neighbouring communities of Serbians and Albanians living in the Pešter plateau (south-western Serbia) was conducted, the latter representing a diasporic community that immigrated to the area approximately three centuries ago. Sixty-two botanical taxa used in 129 plant-based remedies and 204 folk plant uses were recorded. In addition, 31 animal-derived remedies and 27 mineral or non-indigenous products were also documented. Approximately half of the recorded phytotherepeutical uses have been recorded for the first time in the ethnobotany of the Western Balkans and more than onethird of these uses have no correlation with Western evidence-based phytotherapy. Moreover, while both communities use approximately the same number of medicinal plants, two-thirds of the botanical taxa, but only one-third of plant folk medical uses are found in common among the two communities. These findings demonstrate that the two communities, although having lived in close proximity to each other during the past three centuries and in a relatively low biodiverse environment, have maintained or developed unique phytotherapeutical trajectories. The differences between the two folk medical biologies of these communities are reflective of the specific history of the Albanian diaspora, and of the complex processes of its cultural adaptation over the last three centuries.

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Cross-Cultural Ethnobiology in the Western Balkans: Medical Ethnobotany and Ethnozoology Among Albanians and Serbs in the Pešter Plateau, Sandžak, South-Western Serbia

2011

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“…While a few scholars (especially in Central and Northern Europe) are researching archives where unpublished ethnographic records of plant uses can still be found (Łuczaj 2010a, b;Kalle 2011, 2012), others are using historical sources concerning plant uses (Svanberg et al 2011, and references therein) and meta-analysis of (heterogeneous) ethnobotanical field studies (Leonti et al 2010;Weckerle et al 2011). Nevertheless, original field studies are still urgently needed to document ethnobotanical TK central to preservation of local biocultural heritage, as well as offering important insights into smallscale business activities involving locally neglected plants (e.g., herbal medicines, handicrafts, local food products, and ecotourism).…”

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“We Are Italians!”: The Hybrid Ethnobotany of a Venetian Diaspora in Eastern Romania

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“…Other topic-specific ("theme-documentspecies" -e.g., poisonous plants) studies either used related records (17%) or historical documents (16%, e.g., recipes or codices) for information about the plants that were studied ("document-species"). Leonti et al 2010) or by evaluating the historical evolution of human relationships with the specific plant resources addressed (Bedigian 2004;Aderkas 1984;Buckles 1995). Regarding the types of use discussed in the publications, the medical category predominated in 54% of all of the works that were assessed.…”

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Historical ethnobotany: an overview of selected studies

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Historical Ethnobotany is an area of research responsible for understanding past interrelationships between people and plant using written records and iconography. The literature on this topic is scattered, and many of these studies are not recognised as such; therefore, it is difficult to compile historical ethnobotanical data. Accordingly, this study attempted to draw a general picture of the publications in this field. The Scopus, ISI Web of Knowledge and Scirus databases were used to search for articles with such keywords as “Ethnobotany + History” and “Historical Ethnobotany” among others. After the studies were selected, information was extracted that included the continents addressed and historical ages. Most studies encompassed a time frame that began in the Modern Age (54.7%), and 46% of the studies were focused on the American continent. With regard to the nature of the source, 98% of the studies included written records, and publications that used the documental analysis as a secondary data in their scope of research were among the most frequent types of studies that were found. In respect to iconographic sources, paintings were used in 6% of the studies. A total of 66% of the studies involved a species or species group as the study object. Our survey revealed the vast scope of these Historical Ethnobotany studies. We believe that this scientific field has great potential for future development and that its findings will only grow in importance considering the current ethnobotanical debate.

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The causal dependence of present plant knowledge on herbals—Contemporary medicinal plant use in Campania (Italy) compared to Matthioli (1568)

Cited by 86 publications

References 27 publications

Cross-Cultural Ethnobiology in the Western Balkans: Medical Ethnobotany and Ethnozoology Among Albanians and Serbs in the Pešter Plateau, Sandžak, South-Western Serbia

Cross-Cultural Ethnobiology in the Western Balkans: Medical Ethnobotany and Ethnozoology Among Albanians and Serbs in the Pešter Plateau, Sandžak, South-Western Serbia

“We Are Italians!”: The Hybrid Ethnobotany of a Venetian Diaspora in Eastern Romania

Historical ethnobotany: an overview of selected studies

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