The use of organs or parts of animals as medicine is the basis of many traditional therapeutic pract

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1 Departamento de Biologia, Universidade Estadual da Paraíba, Avenida das Baraúnas, Campina Grande, Paraíba 58109-753, Brasil
The electronic version of this article is the complete one and can be found online at: http://www.ethnobiomed.com/content/7/1/9 Received: 12 January 2011 Accepted: 7 March 2011 Published: 7 March 2011
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Zootherapy is the treatment of human ailments with remedies girl talk feed the animals sample list made from animals and their products. Despite its prevalence in traditional medical practices worldwide, research on this phenomenon has often been neglected girl talk feed the animals sample list in comparison to medicinal plant research. This review discusses some related girl talk feed the animals sample list aspects of the use of animal-based remedies in Latin America, identifies those species used as folk remedies, and discusses the implications of zootherapy for public health and biological conservation. girl talk feed the animals sample list The review of literature revealed that at least 584 animal species, distributed girl talk feed the animals sample list in 13 taxonomic categories, have been used in traditional medicine in region. The number of medicinal species catalogued was quite expansive and demonstrates the importance of zootherapy as an alternative mode of therapy in Latin America. Nevertheless, this number is certainly underestimated since the number of studies on the theme are very limited. Animals provide the raw materials for remedies prescribed clinically and are also used in the form of amulets and charms in magic-religious rituals and ceremonies. Zootherapeutic resources were used to treat different diseases. The medicinal fauna is largely based on wild animals, including some endangered species. Besides being influenced by cultural aspects, the relations between humans and biodiversity in the form of zootherapeutic practices are conditioned by the social and economic relations between humans themselves. Further ethnopharmacological studies are necessary to increase our understanding of the links between traditional uses of faunistic resources and conservation biology, public health policies, sustainable management of natural resources and bio-prospecting. Introduction
Throughout human history, people have used various materials from nature to cure their illnesses and improve their health [ 1 ]. Traditional human populations have a broad natural pharmacopoeia consisting of wild plant and animal species. According to the World Health Organization, 80 percent of the developing world's rural population depends on traditional medicines girl talk feed the animals sample list for its primary healthcare needs [ 2 ]. In many parts of the world, traditional medicine is the preferred form of health care, and remains the most available and affordable form of therapy in low income countries [ 3 ]. Ingredients sourced from wild plants and animals are not only used in traditional medicines, but are also increasingly valued as raw materials in the preparation of modern medicines and herbal preparations. girl talk feed the animals sample list Nature has been the source of medicinal agents for thousands of years, and an impressive number of modern drugs have been isolated from natural sources, many based on their use in traditional medicine girl talk feed the animals sample list [ 1 ].
The use of biological resources for various therapies has been documented in many different parts of the world [ 4 - 16 ]. Plants girl talk feed the animals sample list and animals have been used as medicinal sources since ancient times [ 1 , 2 , 17 - 22 ], and even today animal and plant-based pharmacopeias continue to play an essential role in world health care [ 1 , 2 , 4 ]. Although plants and plant-derived materials make up the majority of ingredients used in most traditional medical systems globally, whole animals, animal parts, and animal-derived products (e.g., girl talk feed the animals sample list urine, fat, etc.) also constitute important elements of the Materia Medica [ 2 , 23 - 25 ].
The use of organs or parts of animals as medicine is the basis of many traditional therapeutic practices [ 25 ]. Zootherapy is the treatment of human ailments with remedies made from animals and their products [ 2 ]. As Marques [ 26 ] states, "all human culture which presents a structured medical system will utilize animals as medicines". The phenomenon of zootherapy is marked both