Herbs as a food and medicine source in Palestine
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Herbs as a food and medicine source in Palestine
Asian Pac J Cancer Prev.
2005 Jul-Sep.
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Abstract
This article describes the broad ethno-botany and folk medicine in Palestine. It presents examples of different edible plants and their use by Palestinians in a host of manners, fresh, cooked and dried, both as foodstuffs and treatment of diseases and medical disorders. Their potential application as cancer chemopreventive agents needs to be a focus of research attention.
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