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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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Published
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Peer reviewed

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10.1371/journal.pone.0305219

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University of Oxford
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0000-0002-5484-8643
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University of Oxford
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Public Library of Science
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Volume:
19
Issue:
6
Article number:
e0305219
Publication date:
2024-06-20
Acceptance date:
2024-05-25
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EISSN:
1932-6203
ISSN:
1932-6203


Language:
English
Pubs id:
2010506
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pubs:2010506
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2056687
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2024-06-21
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