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  title info:
    title: Q’eqchi’ Maya Reproductive Ethnomedicine
  name:
    name part: De Gezelle, Jillian.
    role:
      role term: creator
    role:
      role term: author.
  name:
    name part: SpringerLink (Online service)
  type of resource: text
  origin info:
    place:
      place term: gw
    date issued: 2014
    issuance: monographic
  language:
    language term: eng
  physical description:
    form: electronic
    form: electronic resource
    reformatting quality: access
    form: remote
    extent: XI, 125 p. 38 illus., 37 illus. in color. online resource.
  abstract: The Q’eqchi’ Maya of Belize have an extensive pharmacopoeia of medicinal plants used traditionally for reproductive health and fertility, utilizing more than 60 plant species for these health treatments. Ten species were selected for investigation of their estrogenic activity using a reporter gene assay. Nine of the species were estrogenic, four of the species were also antiestrogenic, and two of the extracts were cytotoxic to the MCF-7 breast cancer cell line. Women’s healing traditions are being lost in the Q’eqchi’ communities of Belize at an accelerated rate, due to a combination of factors including: migration from Guatemala disrupting traditional lines of knowledge transmission; perceived disapproval by biomedical authorities; women’s limited mobility due to domestic obligations; and lack of confidence stemming from the devaluation of women’s knowledge. Q’eqchi’ medicinal plant knowledge is highly gendered with women and men using different species in traditional health treatments. Revitalizing women’s healing practices is vital for maintaining the traditional knowledge needed to provide comprehensive healthcare for Belize’s indigenous communities.
  table of contents: Introduction -- Traditional Q’eqchi’ Maya Reproductive Ethnomedicine -- Use of Phytoestrogens in Q’eqchi’ Maya Ethnomedicine -- Q’eqchi’ Women’s Lives, Health Care and Cultural Loss -- Conclusions -- Appendix I: Interview Questions.
  note: by Jillian De Gezelle.
  subject:
    topic: Life sciences
  subject:
    topic: Plant biochemistry
  subject:
    topic: Plant ecology
  subject:
    topic: Plant genetics
  subject:
    topic: Life Sciences
  subject:
    topic: Plant Biochemistry
  subject:
    topic: Plant Genetics & Genomics
  subject:
    topic: Plant Ecology
  classification: QK861-899
  classification: 572.572
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    title info:
      title: Springer eBooks
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    title info:
      title: SpringerBriefs in Plant Science
  identifier: 9783319107448
  identifier: http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-10744-8
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    record creation date: 141128
    record change date: 20151030101443.0
    record identifier: 978-3-319-10744-8