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Ethnomedicinal plant diversity in Thailand
Methee Phumthum ,
Kamonnate Srithi ,
Angkhana Inta ,
Auemporn Junsongduang ,
Kornkanok Tangjitman ,
Wittaya Pongamornkul ,
Chusie Trisonthi ,
Henrik Balslev
March 2018
March 2018
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Abstract
Plants have provided medicine to humans for thousands of years, and in most parts
of the world people still use traditional plant-derived medicine. Knowledge related
to traditional use provides an important alternative to unavailable or expensive western
medicine in many rural communities. At the same time, ethnomedicinal discoveries are
valuable for the development of modern medicine. Unfortunately, globalization and
urbanization causes the disappearance of much traditional medicinal plant knowledge.