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"ETHNOPHARMACOLOGY" is a common misspelling or typo for: Ethno pharmacology.

Specialty Definition: ETHNOPHARMACOLOGY

DomainDefinition
HealthThe study of the actions and properties of drugs, usually derived from medicinal plants, indigenous to a population or ethnic group. (references)
WikipedicEthnopharmacology is the study of the effects of medicinal plants, and how their usages/effects vary between cultures and ethnicities. (references)

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Extended Definition: Ethnopharmacology

Ethnopharmacology

Ethnopharmacology is the scientific study correlating ethnic groups, their health, and how it relates to their physical habits and methodology in creating and using medicines. As an amalgamation of the social science of ethnology and the medical science of pharmacology, ethnopharmacology studies the pharmacological aspects of a culture's medical treatment as well as its social appeal, including taste, symbology, and religious context. Through this, a culture's exposure to pharmacological substances can be determined.[1]

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

References

  1. a b (1996) "Ethnopharmacology: The Conjunction of Medical Ethnography and the Biology of Therapeutic Action", Medical Anthropology: Contemporary Theory and Method. Praeger Publishers, 132-133, 151. 

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Source: adapted by the editor from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia; from the article "Ethnopharmacology". Image Credit.



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