| 释义 |
ethnopharmacology, n.|ˌɛθnəʊˌfɑːməˈkɒlədʒɪ|
[f. ethno- + pharmacology n.]
The scientific study or description of the use made of substances for medical purposes by particular societies; the study of pharmacognosy as practised in different ethnic groups.
1967Psychopharmacol. Bull. Dec. 2/1 The most fascinating part of ethnopharmacology is perhaps the one dealing with man's use of intoxicating compounds. 1977Sci. Amer. May 15/2 Siri von Reis Altschul..is honorary curator of ethnobotany at the New York Botanical Garden and honorary research associate in ethnopharmacology at the Botanical Museum of Harvard University. 1979(title) Journal of ethnopharmacology. 1979Jrnl. R. Soc. Med. LXXII. 548/1 In their opening editorial, the editors of this new journal define ethnopharmacology as a ‘multidisciplinary area of research, concerned with the observation, description, and experimental investigation of indigenous drugs and their biological activities’. |