Laura Casu
Biographic Data
| ID | 3459265 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Laura Casu |
| GIVEN NAMES | Laura |
| FAMILY NAME | Casu |
| SIGNATURE | CASU L |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Cagliari |
| ORCID | 0000-0001-6480-8680 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 14 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 37 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 14 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2009 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 3 |
Systemic and topical use of herbal drugs vary by plant organ and chemosensory properties in De Materia Medica
ETHNOPHARMACOLOGICAL RELEVANCE: Botanical drugs can be used for internal and external applications while some are only applied for either. Aspects such as effectiveness, toxicity organoleptic properties such as shape, texture, colour, taste and smell can theoretically affect exclusive modes of application. AIM OF THE STUDY: Ethnomedicinal field studies often quantify plant organs mentioned for therapy and give stereotype explanations for their fr…
Can Social Audits Improve Health and Nutrition Service Provision? Experimental Evidence from Rural Odisha, India
This paper experimentally assesses whether social audits can rapidly improve access to health and nutrition services among marginalised rural populations in Odisha, India. We combine a before-after and cluster randomised controlled trial to assess the dynamic effects of social audits over a 4-month period. The experimental comparison is based on the randomisation of the timing of social audits among 156 Gram Panchayats (GPs). Social audits were c…
Privatised asylum
Food drugs as drivers of therapeutic knowledge and the role of chemosensory qualities
Therapeutics used for ailments of body organs involved in the digestion of food and the excretion of waste products showed a tendency to be sourced from food drugs. Arguably, the daily consumption of food offered the possibility for observing post-prandial physiologic and pharmacologic effects which led to a high therapeutic versatility of food drugs and the possibility to understand benefits of taste and flavour qualities. The difference in chem…
Ethnomedicine and neuropsychopharmacology in Mesoamerica
The historical development of pharmacopoeias and the inclusion of exotic herbal drugs with a focus on Europe and Brazil
The taste of heat
Reverse ethnopharmacology and drug discovery
Acculturation and ethnomedicine
Classifying diseases and remedies in ethnomedicine and ethnopharmacology
Soma, food of the immortals according to the Bower Manuscript (Kashmir, 6th century A.D.)
Bioprospecting
The causal dependence of present plant knowledge on herbals-Contemporary medicinal plant use in Campania (Italy) compared to Matthioli (1568)
A comparison of medicinal plant use in Sardinia and Sicily—De Materia Medica revisited
A comparison of medicinal plant use in Sardinia and Sicily—De Materia Medica revisited
The causal dependence of present plant knowledge on herbals-Contemporary medicinal plant use in Campania (Italy) compared to Matthioli (1568)
Bioprospecting
Soma, food of the immortals according to the Bower Manuscript (Kashmir, 6th century A.D.)
Classifying diseases and remedies in ethnomedicine and ethnopharmacology
Acculturation and ethnomedicine
The taste of heat
Reverse ethnopharmacology and drug discovery
The historical development of pharmacopoeias and the inclusion of exotic herbal drugs with a focus on Europe and Brazil
Ethnomedicine and neuropsychopharmacology in Mesoamerica
Food drugs as drivers of therapeutic knowledge and the role of chemosensory qualities
Therapeutics used for ailments of body organs involved in the digestion of food and the excretion of waste products showed a tendency to be sourced from food drugs. Arguably, the daily consumption of food offered the possibility for observing post-prandial physiologic and pharmacologic effects which led to a high therapeutic versatility of food drugs and the possibility to understand benefits of taste and flavour qualities. The difference in chem…
Privatised asylum
Systemic and topical use of herbal drugs vary by plant organ and chemosensory properties in De Materia Medica
ETHNOPHARMACOLOGICAL RELEVANCE: Botanical drugs can be used for internal and external applications while some are only applied for either. Aspects such as effectiveness, toxicity organoleptic properties such as shape, texture, colour, taste and smell can theoretically affect exclusive modes of application. AIM OF THE STUDY: Ethnomedicinal field studies often quantify plant organs mentioned for therapy and give stereotype explanations for their fr…
Can Social Audits Improve Health and Nutrition Service Provision? Experimental Evidence from Rural Odisha, India
This paper experimentally assesses whether social audits can rapidly improve access to health and nutrition services among marginalised rural populations in Odisha, India. We combine a before-after and cluster randomised controlled trial to assess the dynamic effects of social audits over a 4-month period. The experimental comparison is based on the randomisation of the timing of social audits among 156 Gram Panchayats (GPs). Social audits were c…
Ethnobotanical and Medicinal Plants Studies (10 works) · Medicine (9 works) · Traditional medicine (9 works) · Biology (7 works) · Essential Oils and Antimicrobial Activity (5 works) · Geography (5 works) · Materia medica (4 works) · Medicinal plants (4 works) · Biochemical Analysis and Sensing Techniques (3 works) · Ecology (3 works)