Disciplines and Occupations

Ethnopharmacology

The study of the actions and properties of medicinal agents, often derived from PLANTS, indigenous to populations or ETHNICITY.

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Abstract

The study of the actions and properties of medicinal agents, often derived from PLANTS, indigenous to populations or ETHNICITY.

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Aspects Covered

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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Indexing Annotation

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

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History Note

2000

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Previous Indexing

  • Medicine, Traditional (1979-1999)
  • Pharmacology (1983-1999)

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  1. H01w.158w.703w.015w
  2. H02w.628w.100w
  3. I01w.076w.201w.450w.654w.252w

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NLM Classification

QV 752

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References

  1. National Library of Medicine. Ethnopharmacology. Medical Subject Headings (MeSH). 2026. Unique ID D020834. http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/2026/D020834
  2. Ethnopharmacology. In: Wikipedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ethnopharmacology
  3. Ethnopharmacology. In: Wikidata. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1371415