Intracultural Variation in the Knowledge of Medicinal Plants in an Urban-Rural Community in the Atlantic Forest from Northeastern Brazil
Joint Authors
Alves Ramos, Marcelo
de Almeida, Cecília de Fátima Castelo Branco Rangel
de Sousa Araújo, Thiago Antonio
Silva, Rafael Ricardo
Almeida, Alyson Luiz
Medeiros, Maria Franco Trindade
Alves, Romulo Romeu da Nobrega
de Melo, Joabe Gomes
de Amorim, Elba Lúcia Cavalcanti
Albuquerque, Ulysses Paulino de
Source
Evidence-Based Complementary and Alternative Medicine
Issue
Vol. 2012, Issue 2012 (31 Dec. 2012), pp.1-15, 15 p.
Publisher
Hindawi Publishing Corporation
Publication Date
2011-11-03
Country of Publication
Egypt
No. of Pages
15
Main Subjects
Abstract EN
This study assessed the intracultural knowledge of the use of medicinal plants in an urban-rural community in an Atlantic forest fragment in northeastern Brazil.
We examined the importance of native and exotic species and the effects of gender and age on that knowledge.
We also compared data obtained from different groups of informants (local experts and general community).
We conducted 194 interviews between June 2007 and January 2008, using the freelist technique and semistructured forms to collect ethnobotanical data.
Information obtained from the community was compared with that from six local experts who participated in a survey in 2003.
From a total of 209 ethnospecies, exotic and herbaceous plants presented higher richness.
With respect to the number of citations, women and older informants were shown to know a higher number of medicinal plants.
Comparing knowledge of local experts with that of the general community, we noted that experts know a similar wealth of plant families and therapeutic indications, but the community knows a greater species richness.
These results indicate that local experts may provide useful information for studies that search for a quick diagnosis of the knowledge of a given community.
American Psychological Association (APA)
de Almeida, Cecília de Fátima Castelo Branco Rangel& Alves Ramos, Marcelo& Silva, Rafael Ricardo& de Melo, Joabe Gomes& Medeiros, Maria Franco Trindade& de Sousa Araújo, Thiago Antonio…[et al.]. 2011. Intracultural Variation in the Knowledge of Medicinal Plants in an Urban-Rural Community in the Atlantic Forest from Northeastern Brazil. Evidence-Based Complementary and Alternative Medicine،Vol. 2012, no. 2012, pp.1-15.
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Modern Language Association (MLA)
de Almeida, Cecília de Fátima Castelo Branco Rangel…[et al.]. Intracultural Variation in the Knowledge of Medicinal Plants in an Urban-Rural Community in the Atlantic Forest from Northeastern Brazil. Evidence-Based Complementary and Alternative Medicine No. 2012 (2012), pp.1-15.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-1028463
American Medical Association (AMA)
de Almeida, Cecília de Fátima Castelo Branco Rangel& Alves Ramos, Marcelo& Silva, Rafael Ricardo& de Melo, Joabe Gomes& Medeiros, Maria Franco Trindade& de Sousa Araújo, Thiago Antonio…[et al.]. Intracultural Variation in the Knowledge of Medicinal Plants in an Urban-Rural Community in the Atlantic Forest from Northeastern Brazil. Evidence-Based Complementary and Alternative Medicine. 2011. Vol. 2012, no. 2012, pp.1-15.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-1028463
Data Type
Journal Articles
Language
English
Notes
Includes bibliographical references
Record ID
BIM-1028463