This paper presents the results of a research in urban ethnobotany, conducted in a market of Bolivian immigrants in the neighborhood\nof Liniers, Ciudad Autoâ??noma de Buenos Aires (Argentina). Functional foods and nutraceuticals belonging to 50 species of\n18 families, its products, and uses were recorded. Some products are exclusive from the Bolivian community; others are frequent\nwithin the community, but they are also available in the general commercial circuit; they are introduced into it, generally, through\nshops called diet´eticas (â??health-food storesâ?), where products associated with the maintenance of health are sold. On this basis, the\ntraditional and nontraditional components of the urban botanical knowledge were evaluated as well as its dynamics in relation to\nthe diffusion of the products. Both the framework and methodological design are innovative for the studies of the urban botanical\nknowledge and the traditional markets in metropolitan areas.
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