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Plants Used to Treat Malaria in the Regions of Rio Branco-Acre State and Southern Amazonas State - Brazil
- Source :
- Repositório de Informação Tecnológica da Embrapa (Infoteca-e), Empresa Brasileira de Pesquisa Agropecuária (Embrapa), instacron:EMBRAPA
- Publication Year :
- 2015
- Publisher :
- International Society for Phytocosmetic Sciences, 2015.
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Abstract
- Malaria is a parasitic disease caused by organisms of the genus Plasmodium. The present study examined wild and cultivated plants used to treat malaria and associated symptoms by riparian communities in the Municipalities of Pauini and Xapuri in Amazonas and Acre states, respectively. During the year 2013 86 persons were interviewed in nine rural communities in Pauini and Xapuri that were known for their knowledge and use of medicinal plants, After each interview, walks were made (walk in the woods), with the main informant of the family, for identification of plants and to collect the samples of the species indicated. A total of 86 plant species were indicated by seringueiros and ribeirinhos for the treatment of malaria and for associated symptoms, while 26 species were indicated exclusively for the treatment of malaria, of which two had no previous indication of use for that purpose. Among the plants mentioned in the survey, we highlight the ten most cited and used by respondents living in the two regions. They are: quina-quina - Stenostomum acreanum (40), carapanauba - Aspidosperma nitidum (39), Picao ou carrapicho-agulha- Bidens pilosa (29), Copaiba - Copaifera sp. (21), melao-de-sao-caetano - Momordica charantia (19), quina-quina - Geissospermum reticulatum (16), Paracanauba / carapanuba - Aspidosperma megaphyllum (14), Amor-Crescido/ Alecrim - Portulaca pilosa (11) species in test 2 (8) and picao-plantado - Leonotis nepetifolia (7). The regions of Pauini and Xapuri have an important flora to prospect promising plants for new antimalarial drug, communities studied have a great knowledge about the forest and their members have used medicinal plants for malaria and its symptoms.
- Subjects :
- Plasmodium
Tropical disease
Tratamento
food.ingredient
Copaifera
Amazonas
Etnobôtanica
Acre
Doença tropical
food
Medicinal plants
malaria
Indigenous knowledge
Conocimiento tradicional
medicine
Comunidade ribeirinha
Enfermedad tropical
Medicina tradicional
Portulaca pilosa
biology
Traditional medicine
Plantas medicinales
Geissospermum
biology.organism_classification
Leonotis nepetifolia
medicine.disease
Horticulture
Conhecimento tradicional
Planta medicinal
Protozoário
Parasitic disease
Bidens pilosa
Aspidosperma
Pauini (AM)
Parasito
Xapuri (AC)
Malaria
Subjects
Details
- ISSN :
- 23740639
- Volume :
- 2
- Database :
- OpenAIRE
- Journal :
- International Journal of Phytocosmetics and Natural Ingredients
- Accession number :
- edsair.doi.dedup.....277e5fb61fa7be4d809a95570f47f2a4