Ethnobotanical, micrographic and pharmacological features of plant-based weight-loss products sold in naturist stores in Mexico City: the need for better quality control

The consumption of dietary supplements heat experience sitteunderlag and herbal mixtures to promote weight loss is a common practice in the West.This study was undertaken in Mexico City, surveying stores selling "natural products" at subway stations.The aims of this paper were as follows: to compile a record of plant products marketed as slimming a

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Social capital, identification and support: Scope for integration

Social relationships are important predictors of a range of individual outcomes, such as wellbeing and health.These social relationships are conceptualised in different ways, such as (inter-personal) forms of social support, identification with groups, or social capital.What is the overlap among these concepts and in what ways do they differ? The p

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Resisting System: Britain, Buffon, And The Avoidance of Linnaeus

It is a commonplace of science (although less of the history of science) that Linnaeus definitively solved the vexing problems of taxonomy and nomenclature in the thia-cal horse supplement 18th century, thus freeing subsequent researchers to focus on more challenging problems.In fact the reception of the Linnaean system was slow and incomplete at t

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