Chemical bases for medicinal plant use in Oaxaca, Mexico

Medical Ethnobotany of the Teribes of Bocas del Toro, Panama

“…Literature search was conducted on each plant species identified in this study. Based on the extent of ethnomedical use in other countries and on the availability of published phytochemical and biological data, each ethnomedical use was classified into one of the three categories using a modified system defined by Ortiz de Montellano and Browner (1985). Category 1 was assigned to species with no readily available published relevant phytochemical, ethnomedical or biological data.…”

Medicinal legumes of Mexico: Fabaceae, papilionoideae, part one

“…In Oaxaca this species is used for contraception. It contains dehydrorotenone and beta-sitosterol; the latter was found to have a 93% anti-implantation score when tested on rats (Ortiz de Montellano and Browner 1985).…”

“…Flavones such as rutin and apigenin have strong smooth muscle spasmolytic effects, so this plant is thought to be genuinely effective against dysmenorrhea (Ortiz de Montellano and Browner 1985).…”

How Can Ethnobotany Contribute to the History of Western Herbal Medicine? A Mesoamerican Answer

“…Information on a plant's level of conidence is then considered by Ortiz de Montellano and Browner in light of its emic evaluation of eicacy. 47 In 1988, Browner, Ortiz de Montellano and Rubel 48 developed a more elaborate model for analyzing ethnomedical data in their own terms, as well as according to the standards of biomedicine. his model builds upon the earlier work of Ortiz de Montellano and Browner described above, and can be applied to both the study of folk illnesses and the assessment of plant medicines.…”