Rainer W. Bussmann

Research interests

Publications

• Unity in diversity—food plants and fungi of Sakartvelo (Republic of Georgia), Caucasus

  Journal of Ethnobiology and Ethnomedicine · 2021 · https://doi.org/10.1186/s13002-021-00490-9

• Astonishing diversity—the medicinal plant markets of Bogotá, Colombia

  Journal of Ethnobiology and Ethnomedicine · 2018 · https://doi.org/10.1186/s13002-018-0241-8

• Medicinal plants of the Andes and the Amazon - The magic and medicinal flora of Northern Peru

  Ethnobotany Research and Applications · 2018 · https://doi.org/10.32859/era.15.2.001-295

• Plants in the spa – the medicinal plant market of Borjomi, Sakartvelo (Republic of Georgia), Caucasus

  Journal · 2017

• Ethnobotany of Samtskhe-Javakheti, Sakartvelo (Republic of Georgia), Caucasus

  Journal · 2017

• A comparative ethnobotany of Khevsureti, Samtskhe-Javakheti, Tusheti, Svaneti, and Racha-Lechkhumi, Republic of Georgia (Sakartvelo), Caucasus

  Journal of Ethnobiology and Ethnomedicine · 2016 · https://doi.org/10.1186/s13002-016-0110-2

• Plant and fungal use in Tusheti, Khevsureti, and Pshavi, Sakartvelo (Republic of Georgia), Caucasus

  Acta Societatis Botanicorum Poloniae · 2016 · https://doi.org/10.5586/asbp.3517

• Traditional use of medicinal plants among Kalasha, Ismaeli and Sunni groups in Chitral District, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province, Pakistan

  Journal of Ethnopharmacology · 2016 · https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jep.2016.04.059

• Changing markets – Medicinal plants in the markets of La Paz and El Alto, Bolivia

  Journal of Ethnopharmacology · 2016 · https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jep.2016.07.074

• Ethnomedicinal plants traditionally used in health care practices by inhabitants of Western Himalaya

  Journal of Ethnopharmacology · 2015 · https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jep.2015.06.002

• Wine, Beer, Snuff, Medicine, and Loss of Diversity - Ethnobotanical travels in the Georgian Caucasus

  Ethnobotany Research and Applications · 2014 · https://doi.org/10.17348/era.12.0.237-313

• Medicinal plants, traditional medicine, markets and management in far-west Nepal

  Journal of Ethnobiology and Ethnomedicine · 2013 · https://doi.org/10.1186/1746-4269-9-24

• Ecological status and traditional knowledge of medicinal plants in Kedarnath Wildlife Sanctuary of Garhwal Himalaya, India

  Journal of Ethnobiology and Ethnomedicine · 2013 · https://doi.org/10.1186/1746-4269-9-1

• Medicinal plant use in two Andean communities located at different altitudes in the Bolívar Province, Peru

  Journal of Ethnopharmacology · 2012 · https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jep.2012.10.066

• Proving that Traditional Knowledge Works: The antibacterial activity of Northern Peruvian medicinal plants

  Ethnobotany Research and Applications · 2011 · https://doi.org/10.17348/era.9.0.67-96

• Toxicity of medicinal plants used in traditional medicine in Northern Peru

  Journal of Ethnopharmacology · 2011 · https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jep.2011.04.071

• Plant use in Odo-Bulu and Demaro, Bale region, Ethiopia

  Journal of Ethnobiology and Ethnomedicine · 2011 · https://doi.org/10.1186/1746-4269-7-28

• Traditional herbal medicine in Far-west Nepal: a pharmacological appraisal

  Journal of Ethnobiology and Ethnomedicine · 2010 · https://doi.org/10.1186/1746-4269-6-35

• Herbal mixtures in traditional medicine in Northern Peru

  Journal of Ethnobiology and Ethnomedicine · 2010 · https://doi.org/10.1186/1746-4269-6-10

• Minimum inhibitory concentrations of medicinal plants used in Northern Peru as antibacterial remedies

  Journal of Ethnopharmacology · 2010 · https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jep.2010.07.048

• Indigenous Use and Ethnopharmacology of Medicinal Plants in Far-West Nepal

  Ethnobotany Research and Applications · 2009 · https://doi.org/10.17348/era.7.0.5-28

• Health for sale: the medicinal plant markets in Trujillo and Chiclayo, Northern Peru

  Journal of Ethnobiology and Ethnomedicine · 2007 · https://doi.org/10.1186/1746-4269-3-37

• Traditional medicinal plant use in Northern Peru: tracking two thousand years of healing culture

  Journal of Ethnobiology and Ethnomedicine · 2006 · https://doi.org/10.1186/1746-4269-2-47

• Ethnobotany of the Samburu of Mt. Nyiru, South Turkana, Kenya

  Journal of Ethnobiology and Ethnomedicine · 2006 · https://doi.org/10.1186/1746-4269-2-35

• Traditional medicinal plant use in Loja province, Southern Ecuador

  Journal of Ethnobiology and Ethnomedicine · 2006 · https://doi.org/10.1186/1746-4269-2-44

Current projects

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