Open AccessAdvancing urban ethnopharmacology: a modern concept of sustainability, conservation and cross-cultural adaptations of medicinal plant lore in the urban environment
Author(s) -
Tusheema Dutta,
Uttpal Anand,
Suman Saha,
Abhijit Bhagwan Mane,
Dorairaj Arvind Prasanth,
Ramesh Kandimalla,
Jarosław Proćków,
Abhijit Dey
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
conservation physiology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.942
H-Index - 37
ISSN - 2051-1434
DOI - 10.1093/conphys/coab073
Subject(s) - traditional knowledge , indigenous , ethnobotany , traditional medicine , population , ingenuity , modern medicine , sustainability , folklore , microbiology and biotechnology , social science , agroforestry , biology , medicinal plants , sociology , medicine , ecology , anthropology , environmental health , neoclassical economics , economics
Urban ethnopharmacology is rapidly advancing and gaining significant attention throughout the world. In this review, we have presented the potential of urban ethnopharmacology and medicinal plants from the anthropologist and religious viewpoints. Additionally, the emergence and the present status of urban ethnopharmacology throughout the globe have been critically reviewed.