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Case study on medicinal plant research in guinea: Prior informed consent, focused benefit sharing, and compliance with the convention on biological diversity

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  1. Department of Integrative Biology, University of California, 94720-2465, Berkeley, CA

    Thomas J. Carlson

  2. Universite Gamal Abdel Nasser de Conakry, Dean’s Office and Departments of Botany, Chemistry, & Medicine, and Bioresource Development & Conservation Programme, Guinea

    Barry Mamadou Foula

  3. Bioresource Development & Conservation Programme, Guinea

    Gandeka Abdourahmaue & Bah Mamadou Sannoussy

  4. Departments of Botany, Chemistry, & Medicine, Universite Gamal Abdel Nasser de Conakry, Dean’s Office, Guinea

    Gandeka Abdourahmaue & Bah Mamadou Sannoussy

  5. Universite Gamal Abdel Nasser de Conakry, Dean’s Office, Departments of Botany, Chemistry, & Medicine, and Bioresource Development & Conservation Programme, Guinea

    Amadou Bah

  6. Traditional healer from Faranah); Mohamed 54 Camara, Traditional healer & scientist at Centre de Recherche Agronomique de Foulaya, Kindia

    Sekou Ahmed Cisse

  7. Shaman Pharmaceuticals, South San Francisco, California, USA

    Rowena K. Richter

  8. Shaman Pharmaceuticals, South San Francisco, California, USA

    Julie A. Chinnock

  9. Shaman Pharmaceuticals, South San Francisco, California, USA

    Steven R. King

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Carlson, T.J., Foula, B.M., Chinnock, J.A. et al. Case study on medicinal plant research in guinea: Prior informed consent, focused benefit sharing, and compliance with the convention on biological diversity. Econ Bot 55, 478–491 (2001). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02871712

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