The ethnobotany and medicinal properties of rhodiola (Rhodiola rosea) in Labrador and potential applications in community-based nutraceutical marketing enterprises
Rhodiola (Rhodiola rosea) is valuable in both traditional healing modalities and the natural products industry, due to the medicinal constituents found in its roots and rhizome. However, global commercial demand is almost exclusively fulfilled by wild-harvested Eurasian rhodiola rhizomes, leading to...
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ftmemorialuniv:oai:research.library.mun.ca:11579 2023-10-01T03:57:02+02:00 The ethnobotany and medicinal properties of rhodiola (Rhodiola rosea) in Labrador and potential applications in community-based nutraceutical marketing enterprises Hermanutz, Luise Mardones, Vanessa Cuerrier, Alain 2014-12 application/pdf https://research.library.mun.ca/11579/ https://research.library.mun.ca/11579/1/Hermanutz_ARF_12_13_Final.pdf http://www.mun.ca/harriscentre/reports/Hermanutz_ARF_12_13_Final.pdf en eng Memorial University of Newfoundland https://research.library.mun.ca/11579/1/Hermanutz_ARF_12_13_Final.pdf Hermanutz, Luise <https://research.library.mun.ca/view/creator_az/Hermanutz=3ALuise=3A=3A.html> and Mardones, Vanessa <https://research.library.mun.ca/view/creator_az/Mardones=3AVanessa=3A=3A.html> and Cuerrier, Alain <https://research.library.mun.ca/view/creator_az/Cuerrier=3AAlain=3A=3A.html> (2014) The ethnobotany and medicinal properties of rhodiola (Rhodiola rosea) in Labrador and potential applications in community-based nutraceutical marketing enterprises. Research Report. Memorial University of Newfoundland, St. John's, Newfoundland. cc_by_nc Report NonPeerReviewed 2014 ftmemorialuniv 2023-09-03T06:48:22Z Rhodiola (Rhodiola rosea) is valuable in both traditional healing modalities and the natural products industry, due to the medicinal constituents found in its roots and rhizome. However, global commercial demand is almost exclusively fulfilled by wild-harvested Eurasian rhodiola rhizomes, leading to overharvest in those areas. The only rhodiola cultivated in North America is of Russian origin, grown by way of a grower’s cooperative, the Alberta Rhodiola Rosea Growers Organization (ARRGO). Cultivating a North American source of rhodiola in Labrador would create an opportunity for a sustainable, aboriginal, community-based enterprise to produce a northern, fair trade natural health product. Strong support from Nunatsiavut Inuit Elders and community prompted research to investigate Labrador rhodiola as a natural health product, for the development of a local enterprise with benefits for participating communities. Report inuit Memorial University of Newfoundland: Research Repository |
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Rhodiola (Rhodiola rosea) is valuable in both traditional healing modalities and the natural products industry, due to the medicinal constituents found in its roots and rhizome. However, global commercial demand is almost exclusively fulfilled by wild-harvested Eurasian rhodiola rhizomes, leading to overharvest in those areas. The only rhodiola cultivated in North America is of Russian origin, grown by way of a grower’s cooperative, the Alberta Rhodiola Rosea Growers Organization (ARRGO). Cultivating a North American source of rhodiola in Labrador would create an opportunity for a sustainable, aboriginal, community-based enterprise to produce a northern, fair trade natural health product. Strong support from Nunatsiavut Inuit Elders and community prompted research to investigate Labrador rhodiola as a natural health product, for the development of a local enterprise with benefits for participating communities. |
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The ethnobotany and medicinal properties of rhodiola (Rhodiola rosea) in Labrador and potential applications in community-based nutraceutical marketing enterprises |
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The ethnobotany and medicinal properties of rhodiola (Rhodiola rosea) in Labrador and potential applications in community-based nutraceutical marketing enterprises |
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The ethnobotany and medicinal properties of rhodiola (Rhodiola rosea) in Labrador and potential applications in community-based nutraceutical marketing enterprises |
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The ethnobotany and medicinal properties of rhodiola (Rhodiola rosea) in Labrador and potential applications in community-based nutraceutical marketing enterprises |
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The ethnobotany and medicinal properties of rhodiola (Rhodiola rosea) in Labrador and potential applications in community-based nutraceutical marketing enterprises |
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ethnobotany and medicinal properties of rhodiola (rhodiola rosea) in labrador and potential applications in community-based nutraceutical marketing enterprises |
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https://research.library.mun.ca/11579/1/Hermanutz_ARF_12_13_Final.pdf Hermanutz, Luise <https://research.library.mun.ca/view/creator_az/Hermanutz=3ALuise=3A=3A.html> and Mardones, Vanessa <https://research.library.mun.ca/view/creator_az/Mardones=3AVanessa=3A=3A.html> and Cuerrier, Alain <https://research.library.mun.ca/view/creator_az/Cuerrier=3AAlain=3A=3A.html> (2014) The ethnobotany and medicinal properties of rhodiola (Rhodiola rosea) in Labrador and potential applications in community-based nutraceutical marketing enterprises. Research Report. Memorial University of Newfoundland, St. John's, Newfoundland. |
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