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Analysis of the Variability of Therapeutic Indications of Medicinal Species in the Northeast of Brazil: Comparative Study
Joint Authors
Ferreira Macedo, Julimery Gonçalves
Alves Ribeiro, Daiany
de Oliveira Santos, Maria
Gonçalves de Mâcedo, Delmacia
Ferreira Macêdo, Márcia Jordana
Vilar de Almeida, Bianca
Souza de Oliveira, Liana Geraldo
Pereira Leite, Catarina
de Almeida Souza, Marta Maria
de Menezes, Irwin Rose Alencar
Source
Evidence-Based Complementary and Alternative Medicine
Issue
Vol. 2018, Issue 2018 (31 Dec. 2018), pp.1-28, 28 p.
Publisher
Hindawi Publishing Corporation
Publication Date
2018-04-23
Country of Publication
Egypt
No. of Pages
28
Main Subjects
Abstract EN
Ethnopharmacological Relevance.
This study aims to evaluate the versatility of these species and their agreement of use and/or the informants’ knowledge and verify the variability of the information on the indicated medicinal species in comparison to other species from northeastern Brazilian areas.
Materials and Methods.
Ethnobotanical information was acquired through interviews with 23 residents of the Quincuncá community, northeastern Brazil.
From the obtained data, a comparative analysis of the therapeutic indications with other 40 areas in different biomes was conducted.
For that, the relative importance index and informant consensus factor were calculated and compared to other indices evaluated in the literature.
Results.
A total of 39 medicinal species were cited and twenty-six species showed similarities among their therapeutic indications; however, species as Geoffroea spinosa, Lantana camara, and others can be highlighted, present in community disease indications that were not verified for other areas.
Myracrodruon urundeuva, Mimosa tenuiflora, Stryphnodendron rotundifolium, and Amburana cearensis had the greatest versatility.
In the Quincuncá community, medicinal species were indicated for 49 diseases, which were grouped into 15 categories of body systems.
Conclusion.
This study shows the presented divergence in relation to their therapeutic use; in this point, these divergences reinforce the importance of pharmacological research.
American Psychological Association (APA)
Ferreira Macedo, Julimery Gonçalves& de Menezes, Irwin Rose Alencar& Alves Ribeiro, Daiany& de Oliveira Santos, Maria& Gonçalves de Mâcedo, Delmacia& Ferreira Macêdo, Márcia Jordana…[et al.]. 2018. Analysis of the Variability of Therapeutic Indications of Medicinal Species in the Northeast of Brazil: Comparative Study. Evidence-Based Complementary and Alternative Medicine،Vol. 2018, no. 2018, pp.1-28.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-1156019
Modern Language Association (MLA)
Ferreira Macedo, Julimery Gonçalves…[et al.]. Analysis of the Variability of Therapeutic Indications of Medicinal Species in the Northeast of Brazil: Comparative Study. Evidence-Based Complementary and Alternative Medicine No. 2018 (2018), pp.1-28.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-1156019
American Medical Association (AMA)
Ferreira Macedo, Julimery Gonçalves& de Menezes, Irwin Rose Alencar& Alves Ribeiro, Daiany& de Oliveira Santos, Maria& Gonçalves de Mâcedo, Delmacia& Ferreira Macêdo, Márcia Jordana…[et al.]. Analysis of the Variability of Therapeutic Indications of Medicinal Species in the Northeast of Brazil: Comparative Study. Evidence-Based Complementary and Alternative Medicine. 2018. Vol. 2018, no. 2018, pp.1-28.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-1156019
Data Type
Journal Articles
Language
English
Notes
Includes bibliographical references
Record ID
BIM-1156019