Ethnopharmacology
Ethnopharmacology is the scientific study of ethnic groups and drugs Ethnopharmacology is related to botany in that many pharmaceuticals are delivered through plants.[1]
It is also often associated with ethnopharmacy, but while the aim of ethnopharmacology is the bio-evaluation of the effectiveness of traditional medicines, the former deals instead with much broader trans-disciplinary aspects related to the study of the perception, use, and management of pharmaceuticals (not necessarily traditional medicines) within a given human society. In British Columbia it is used to procure the constant evolution of a strain of cannabis.[citation needed]
It is also related to pharmacoepidemiology.
When investigating a natural product used by a certain culture as a medicine, it is important that the methods of collection, extraction, preparation are the same or similar to those used by the ethnic group, as it is these processes which have allowed safe usage of the substance and give it its safety record. [citation needed]
See also
- Ethnobotany
- Pharmacognosy
- Natural product drug discovery
- Latin American and Caribbean Bulletin of Medicinal and Aromatic Plants
- Alain Touwaide
References
- ^ Thomas M. Johnson, Carolyn F. Sargent (1996). "Ethnopharmacology: The Conjunction of Medical Ethnography and the Biology of Therapeutic Action". Medical Anthropology: Contemporary Theory and Method. Praeger Publishers. pp. 132–133, 151.
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