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Introduction: tracing the preclinical trial of an indigenous plant -- Knowing umhloyane/Artemisia afra -- Engaging in medicine -- Tracing medicine/wayfaring -- Imagining indigeneity -- Healing the nation -- Dreams, ancestors and sound healing -- Weaving molecules in life -- Conclusion -- imagining the clinical trial. |
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"Umhlonyane, also known as Artemisia afra, is one of the oldest and best-documented indigenous medicines in South Africa. This bush, which grows wild throughout the sub-Saharan region, smells and tastes like "medicine," thus easily making its way into people's lives and becoming the choice of everyday healing for Xhosa healer-diviners and Rastafarian herbalists. This 'natural' remedy has recently sparked curiosity as scientists search for new molecules against a tuberculosis pandemic while hoping to recognize indigenous medicine. Laplante follows umhlonyane on its trails and trials of becoming a biopharmaceutical -- from the "open air" to controlled environments -- learning from the plant and from the people who use it with hopes in healing."--Provided by publisher. |
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Artemisia afra -- Therapeutic use -- South Africa.
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Medicinal plants -- South Africa.
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Traditional medicine -- South Africa.
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Medical anthropology -- South Africa.
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Ethnopharmacology -- South Africa.
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Molecular biology -- Social aspects.
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Drugs -- Testing.
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Tuberculosis -- Chemotherapy.
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Drugs -- Testing. |
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Ethnopharmacology. |
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Medical anthropology. |
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Medicinal plants. |
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Molecular biology -- Social aspects. |
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Traditional medicine. |
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Tuberculosis -- Chemotherapy. |
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South Africa. |
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Electronic books. |
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Boundless (Digital media service)
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9781782385554 : $114.00 |
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178238555X : $114.00 |
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