Ethnomedicinal use of African pangolins by traditional medical practitioners in Sierra Leone

BACKGROUND: Pangolins (Manidae) have long been used for traditional medicinal purposes in most parts of sub-Saharan Africa. However, very little is known about the extent of this use, the body parts that are used and the ailments these practices are attempting to cure or alleviate. Pangolin body par...

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Published in:J Ethnobiol Ethnomed
Main Authors: Boakye, Maxwell K, Pietersen, Darren W, Kotzé, Antoinette, Dalton, Desiré L, Jansen, Raymond
Format: Artigo
Language:Inglês
Published: BioMed Central 2014
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Online Access:https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4247607/
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25412571
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.govhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1746-4269-10-76
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