ethnobotany
enUKeth·no·bot·a·ny
E0229200 (ĕth′nō-bŏt′n-ē)ethnobotany
(ˌɛθnəʊˈbɒtənɪ)eth•no•bot•a•ny
(ˌɛθ noʊˈbɒt n i)n.
单词 | ethnobotany |
释义 | ethnobotanyenUKeth·no·bot·a·nyE0229200 (ĕth′nō-bŏt′n-ē)ethnobotany(ˌɛθnəʊˈbɒtənɪ)eth•no•bot•a•ny(ˌɛθ noʊˈbɒt n i)n. ethnobotanyethnobotanyenUKethnobotany[¦eth·nō′bät·ən·ē]ethnobotanyenUKethnobotanyHerbal medicineThe field of alternative healthcare that formally studies the relationship between plants and a population, in particular the medicinal use of plants by an ethnic group. The ethonobotanical approach to drug discovery is more efficient than random searches for plant-derived agents of therapeutic interest; drugs so discovered include aspirin (Filipendula ulmaria), codeine (Papaver somniferum), ipecac (Psychotria ipecacuanha), pilocarpine (Pilocarpus jaborandi), reserpin (Rauvolfia serpentina), theophylline (Camelia sinensis) and vinblastine (Cantharanthus roseus). eth·no·bot·a·ny(ethnō-botă-nē ) |
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