Publications

With 500,000 higher plants in the world’s flora, not including as many less well-known lower plants (the fungi and algae), there exists an incredibly unexplored frontier of new chemical compounds. It has been estimated that of the 80,000 species of higher plants in the Amazon valley, fewer than 1 percent of the plants have been even superficially analyzed for their chemical constituents.

-Richard Evan Schultes, 1995

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The following is a comprehensive list of Dr. Quave’s published work. It includes peer-reviewed scientific articles, book-chapters, books, patents and published abstracts. Links to pdfs of some of the publications are available here and some can be accessed on PubMed. Other products can also be purchased in the Etnobotanica.us store.

In Press                                                         

• Quave, C.L. and A. Pieroni (In Press). Mediterranean zootherapy: A historical to modern perspective. In: Animals in Traditional Folk Medicine. Rômulo R. N. Alves  and Ierece Rosa (Eds.) Springer Press.

2012

• Mustafa, B. A. Hajdari, F. Krasniqi, E. Hoxha, H. Ademi, C.L. Quave and A. Pieroni (2012) Medical ethnobotany of the Albanian Alps in Kosovo. Journal of Ethnobiology and Ethnomedicine. 8:6. View Provisional PDF

• Quave, C.L., M.E. Carmona, C.M. Compadre, G. Hobby, H. Hendrickson, K. Beenken, and M.S. Smeltzer. (2012). Ellagic acid derivatives from Rubus ulmifolius inhibit Staphylococcus aureus biofilm formation and improve response to antibiotics. PLoS ONE. 7(1): e28737. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0028737 View PDF or View at PLoS ONE 

2011                                                              

• Quave, C.L., C.M. Compadre, H. Hendrickson, M.S. Smeltzer. Antibiofilm compositions and methods for using (Utility Patent filed 10/6/2011, #:052592-417257)

• Mustafa, B., A. Hajdari, Q. Pajazita, B. Syla, C.L. Quave, and A. Pieroni (2011). An ethnobotanical survey of the Gollak region, Kosovo. Genetic Resources and Crop Evolution. doi: 10.1007/s10722-011-9715-4 View PDF

• Ordóñez, P.E., C. L. Quave,  W.F. Reynolds, K.I. Varughese, B. Berry, O. Malagón, M.S. Smeltzer, and C.M. Compadre. (2011). Sesquiterpene lactones of Gynoxys verrucosa and their anti-MRSA activity. Journal of Ethnopharmacology 137(2):1055-9. doi: 10.1016/j.jep.2011.07.012 View PDF

• Pieroni, A., M.E. Guisti, and C.L. Quave. (2011) Cross-cultural ethnobiology in the Western Balkans: medical ethnobotany and ethnozoology among Albanians and Serbs in the Pešter plateau, Sandžak, south-western Serbia. Human Ecology 39: 333-349. doi: 10.1007/s10745-011-9401-3 View PDF

 

 

• Pieroni, A. and C.L. Quave. (2011). Arbëreshë versus northern Albanian ethnobotany: wild plants for food and medicine in the Vulture area (Southern Italy) and in upper Kelmend and Shala Valley (Northern Albania). In: Linguistic Islands and Plant Genetic Resources. K. Hammer, G. Laghetti, and D. Pignone (Eds.). Pp. 237-251. Aracne, Italy. Purchase from Publisher

 

• Quave, C.L., C. Compadre, H. Hendrickson, K. Beenken, M.S. Smeltzer. (2011). Staphylococcus aureus biofilm inhibition by a phenolic glycoside-rich extract of Rubus ulmifolius. Planta Medica 77: P-33.

• Hobby, G. C.L. Quave, C. Compadre, K. Beenken, and M.S. Smeltzer. (2011). Inhibition of biofilm formation in Staphylococcus aureus Isolates by Quercus cerris extracts. Planta Medica 77: P-35.

• Ordoñez, P., C.L. Quave, W.F. Reynolds, K.I. Varughese, B.B. Malagon, M.S. Smeltzer, and C.M. Compadre. (2011). Sesquiterpene lactones of Gnoxys verrucosa and their anti-MRSA activity. Planta Medica 77: P-34.

2010

• Quave, C.L., L.R.W. Plano, and B.C. Bennett (2010) Quorum sensing inhibitors for Staphylococcus aureus from Italian medicinal plants. Planta Medica, 76: 1-8. doi: 10.1055/s-0030-1250145 View PDF

• Quave, C.L., U. Lohani, A. Verde, J. Fajardo, D. Rivera, C. Obón, A. Valdes, and A. Pieroni (2010). A comparative assessment of zootherapeutic remedies from selected areas in Albania, Italy, Spain and Nepal. Journal of Ethnobiology 30(1): 92-125. View PDF

• Bhattarai, S., R.P. Chaudhary, C.L. Quave, and R.S.L. Taylor. (2010). The use of medicinal plants in the trans-himalyan arid zone of Mustang district, Nepal. Journal of Ethnobiology and Ethnomedicine 6:14. View PDF

2009

 

• Quave, C.L. (2009). Medicina Popolare del Vulture: Traditional Medicine of the Vulture-Alto Bradano area, southern Italy. ISBN 978-1-61584-442-5 Purchase at the Etnobotanica.us Store
  

 

 

• Quave, C.L. and M.S. Smeltzer. (2009). Anti-Biofilm Activity of Marrubium vulgare L. (Lamiaceae) Extract on MRSA. Planta Medica 75: P-96.

2008

• Quave, C.L. (2008). An ethnopharmacological approach to multidrug-resistant Staphylococcus aureus: Evaluation of medicinal plants used in the traditional healing of skin disease. Doctoral Dissertation. Florida International University. Pp. 185 Purchase at the Etnobotanica.us Store

• Quave, C.L., L.R.W. Plano, T. Pantuso, and B.C. Bennett (2008). Effects of extracts from Italian medicinal plants on planktonic growth, biofilm formation and adherence in MRSA. Journal of Ethnopharmacology 118: 418-428. doi: 10.1016/j.jep.2008.05.005 View PDF

• Quave, C.L., A. Pieroni, and B.C. Bennett (2008) Dermatological remedies in the traditional pharmacopoeia of Vulture-Alto Bradano, inland southern Italy. Journal of Ethnobiology and Ethnomedicine 4:5. doi: 10.1186/1746-4269-4-5 View PDF

• Quave, C.L., LR.W. Plano, and B.C. Bennett (2008). Quorum sensing inhibiting activity of Schinus terebinthifolius Radii (Anacardiaceae) extracts against MRSA. Planta Medica 74: P-43.

2007

 

• Quave, C.L. and A. Pieroni. (2007). Traditional health care and food and medicinal plant use among historic Albanian migrants and Italians in Northern Lucania, southern Italy. In: Traveling cultures, plants and medicines. The ethnobiology and ethnopharmacy of migrations. ISBN 1845453735. A. Pieroni & I. Vandebroek (Eds.). Pp. 204-226. Berghahn Press, Oxford, UK. Amazon.com

 

 

2006

 

 

• Pieroni, A. and C.L. Quave. (2006). Functional foods or food-medicines? On the consumption of wild plants among Albanians and south-Italians in Lucania. In: Eating and Healing. Traditional Food as Medicine. ISBN 1-56022-982-9. A. Pieroni and L. Price (Eds.). Pp. 101-129. Haworth Press: Binghamton, USA. Amazon.com or Barnes & Noble

 

2005

• Pieroni, A. and C.L. Quave. (2005). Traditional pharmacopoeias and medicines among Albanians and Italians in southern Italy: A comparison. Journal of Ethnopharmacology 101(1-3): 258-270. doi: 10.1016/j.jep.2005.04.028 View PDF

• Quave, C.L. and A. Pieroni. (2005). Ritual healing in Arbëreshë Albanian and Italian communities of Lucania, southern Italy. Journal of Folklore Research 42(1): 57-97. View PDF
  

2004

• Pieroni, A., C.L. Quave and R.F. Santoro. (2004). Folk pharmaceutical knowledge in the territory of the Dolomiti Lucane, inland southern Italy. Journal of Ethnopharmacology 95(2-3): 373-384. doi: 10.1016/j.jep.2004.08.012 View PDF

• Pieroni, A., C.L. Quave, M.L.Villanelli, P. Mangino, G. Sabbatini, L. Santini, T. Boccetti, M. Profili, T. Ciccioli, L.G. Rampa, G. Antonimi, C. Girolamini,M. Cecchi, and M.Tomasi. (2004). Ethnopharmacognostic survey on the natural ingredients used in folk cosmetics, cosmeceuticals and remedies for healing skin diseases in the inland Marches, Central-Eastern Italy. Journal of Ethnopharmacology 91: 331-344. doi: 10.1016/j.jep.2004.01.015 View PDF

 

 

• Giusti, M.E., A. Pieroni and C. Quave. (2004). Medical anthropology at the borders: ritual healing in Arbëreshë Albanian ethnic communities in Lucania (southern Italy). In: Times, Places, Passages. Ethnological Approaches in the New Millennium. 7^th SIEF Selected Papers. A. Paládi-Kovács, G. Csukás, R. Kiss, I. Kristóf, I. Nagy and Z. Szarvas (Eds.). Pp. 237-245. Akadémiai Kiadó: Budapest, Hungary. Amazon.com

 

2002

• Pieroni, A., C. Quave, S. Nebel and M. Heinrich. (2002). Ethnopharmacy of the ethnic Albanians (Arbëreshë) in northern Basilicata, Italy. Fitoterapia 73: 217-41. doi: 10.1016/S0367-326X(02)00063-1 View PDF

• Pieroni, A., S. Nebel, C. Quave and M. Heinrich. (2002). Ethnopharmacology of liakra: traditional weedy vegetables of the Arbëreshë of the Vulture area in southern Italy. Journal of Ethnopharmacology 81: 165-85. doi: 10.1016/S0378-8741(02)00052-1 View PDF

 

• Quave, C. and A. Pieroni. (2002). Traditional healing in the Vulture area of southern Italy. In: Handbuch der Ethnotherapien/ Handbook of Ethnotherapies. C.E. Gottschalk-Batschkus and J.C. Green (Eds.). Pp. 97-118. Institut für Ethnomedizin: Germany. Amazon.com

 

 

1999

• Quave, C.L. (1999). Helminthic infection and anemia in childhood: A comparative analysis of Western and traditional medicine in Tamanco Jurisdiction, Napo River, Amazon. Lambda Alpha Journal 29: 29-39. View PDF

• Quave, C.L. (1999). Paradise lost? Ethnobotany and its relevance to tropical forest conservation in Amazonia. The Emory Anthropologist: A Journal of Undergraduate Research 4: 24-30.