The Orchidaceae family accounts for about 28,000 species, and most of them are mentioned
in the folk medicine of nations around the world. The use of terrestrial orchids in European …

Background Romanian ethnopediatrics has a long history of medicinal plant use. The main
objective of the present review was to identify, collect, systematize, and prioritize the …

Ethnopharmacological relevance Plants have provided medicine to humans for thousands
of years, and in most parts of the world people still use traditional plant-derived medicine …

A wild food ethnobotanical field study was conducted in the Ishkoman and Yasin valleys,
located in the Hindukush Mountain Range of Gilgit-Baltistan, northern Pakistan. These …

Wild foods constitute an essential component of people's diets around the world. According
to the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO), over 100 million people in the EU consume …

Background This study examined the use of wild plants in the food, medicinal and veterinary
areas within a small territory limited to one village council in the Liubań district of Belarus …

Wild food gathering activities (ie, foraging practices) played an important role in securing
food in the past. Nowadays, these resources and the knowledge around their use are …

Ethnobiological research in SE Europe is especially important for providing concrete
insights aimed at developing small-scale markets of local medicinal plants and food …

Ethnobotanical research in the Balkans is important for providing concrete insights aimed at
developing small-scale markets of local medicinal plants and food products to support rural …

Background: An ethnobotanical field study was conducted in 17 villages of the Shigar valley
(Central Karakorum Ranges), northern Pakistan to explore the phyto-cultural diversity …