Journal article
Pharmacological and behavioral investigation of putative self-medicative plants in Budongo chimpanzee diets
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Wild chimpanzees consume a variety of plants to meet their dietary needs and maintain wellbeing. While some plants have obvious value, others are nutritionally poor and/or contain bioactive toxins which make ingestion costly. In some cases, these nutrient-poor resources are speculated to be medicinal, thought to help individuals combat illness. In this study, we observed two habituated chimpanzee communities living in the Budongo Forest, Uganda, and collected 17 botanical samples associated w...
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- Publication status:
- Published
- Peer review status:
- Peer reviewed
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- 10.1371/journal.pone.0305219
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- Publisher:
- Public Library of Science
- Journal:
- PLoS ONE More from this journal
- Volume:
- 19
- Issue:
- 6
- Article number:
- e0305219
- Publication date:
- 2024-06-20
- Acceptance date:
- 2024-05-25
- DOI:
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1932-6203
- ISSN:
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1932-6203
- Language:
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English
- Pubs id:
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2010506
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pubs:2010506
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2056687
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2024-06-21
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