Documenting and protecting traditional knowledge in the era of open science: Insights from two Spanish initiatives

Reyes‐García, Victoria; Benyei, Petra; Aceituno-Mata, Laura; Gras, Airy; Molina, María Pinto; Tardío, Javier; Pardo‐de‐Santayana, Manuel

doi:10.1016/j.jep.2021.114295

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“…Therefore, efforts toward the translation, annotation, and promotion of old folk books to a large audience are still worthy enterprises [for review (UNESCO World Heritage Center, 2010)]. Although ethnobotanical studies have been booming since the 1980s, few initiatives managed to share the results with traditional communities or raise awareness of local plant materials (Reyes-García et al, 2021;Schultz et al, 2021).…”

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TRP channels and monoterpenes: Past and current leads on analgesic properties

Petitjean¹,

Héberlé²,

Hilfiger

et al. 2022

Front. Mol. Neurosci.

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The activation of the transient receptor potential (TRP) channels expressed by sensory neurons is essential to the transduction of thermal and mechanical sensory information. In the setting of chronic inflammatory conditions, the activation of the melastatin family member 8 (TRPM8), the TRP vanilloid 1 (TRPV1), and the TRP ankyrin 1 (TRPA1) is correlated with pain hypersensitivity reactions. Monoterpenes, among which pulegone and menthol, a major class of phytocompounds present in essential oils of medicinal plants, are known modulators of those TRP channels activity. In the present review, we correlate the monoterpene content of plants with their historical therapeutic properties. We then describe how monoterpenes exert their anti-inflammatory and antihyperalgesia effects through modulation of TRP channels activity. Finally, we discuss the importance and the potential of characterizing new plant extracts and reassessing studied plant extracts for the development of ethnopharmacology-based innovative treatments for chronic pain. This review suggests that monoterpene solutions, based on composition from traditional healing herbs, offer an interesting avenue for the development of new phytotherapeutic treatments to alleviate chronic inflammatory pain conditions.

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Section: Prospects Of New Phytotherapy Treatment To Alleviate Pain Co...mentioning

confidence: 99%

TRP channels and monoterpenes: Past and current leads on analgesic properties

Petitjean¹,

Héberlé²,

Hilfiger

et al. 2022

Front. Mol. Neurosci.

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“…iNaturalist observations have led to the discovery of new insect taxa (Winterton 2020), and significantly contribute to mapping of threatened and endangered species (Mesaglio and Callaghan 2021). Another series of other platforms focus specifically on plants, including the most well-known, Pl@ntNet (https://plantnet.org/), as well as CONECTe (https://conecte.es/index.php/es/) for Spain (Reyes-García et al 2021), PlantSnap (https://www.plantsnap.com/; Otter, Mayer and Tomaszewski 2021) and LeafSnap (http://leafsnap.com/; Bonnet and Frame 2015). Since 2011, the LifeCLEF project has brought together tens of research teams to regularly test and improve automated plant photo identification techniques using large datasets drawn from Pl@ntNet (Bonnet et al 2016; Goëau, Bonnet and Joly 2017).…”

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To Pick or Not to Pick: Photographic Voucher Specimens as an Alternative Method to Botanical Collecting in Ethnobotany

Greene

Teixidor‐Toneu

Odonne

2023

Journal of Ethnobiology

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The identification of plants according to the Linnaean system of taxonomy is a cornerstone of ethnobotany, allowing the discipline to be a comparative science. To accomplish plant identification, ethnobotanists have long relied on the collection of voucher specimens and their deposition in herbaria. Here we critically analyze the role of botanical collecting in ethnobotany and bring attention to a range of issues that can complicate, and sometimes hamper, the practice. In lieu of traditional herbarium specimens, the collection of photographic vouchers and their deposition in digital repositories is proposed as an alternative method for ethnobotanical research. The ever-improving quality and ubiquity of smartphone cameras, photographic citizen science applications like Pl@ntnet and iNaturalist, and deep learning techniques of automated photo identification are discussed as elements that are contributing to a slow revolution in the role of digital data in the field sciences. Guidelines for when plant herbarium specimens versus photographic vouchers should be considered required are laid out. Although botanical collecting will doubtless and with good reason remain a foundational practice in ethnobotany, we present the use of photographic vouchers as a valid, scientifically rigorous and, in some situations, preferred method of identification.

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“…6). As a consequence, some species may show bigger frequency of citations if their occupancy area overlaps with better prospected areas 58 . Regarding abundance, we are aware that researchers tend to focus on areas of higher botanical interest, or closer to research centres 59 (e.g., Drosera rotundifolia L. appears mainly in peatlands and very wet prairies and shows similar abundance to Malva moschata L., which would be expected to be present in more inventories).…”

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Cultural importance, availability, and conservation status of Spanish medicinal plants. Implications for sustainability

Mateo-Martín

Benítez

Gras

et al. 2022

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The harvest of wild plants with medicinal uses is increasing globally, but we know little of the effects of non-commercial harvesting in their conservation status. Here, we explore the connection between the cultural importance of the 1,376 wild medicinal vascular plants traditionally used in Spain for self-treatment (22% of the autochthonous flora, being 16% endemic) and their availability, conservation, and legal protection status, and discuss the implication of our results for sustainability. A species cultural importance is positively correlated with its abundance (ρ = 0.466) and occupancy area (ρ = 0.495). Only 6% of the wild medicinal plants traditionally used in Spain are fully or largely affected by protection measures. Most species used for self-treatment in Spain are common, highly available, and not threatened. This suggests that domestic use does not lead to overexploitation, and proves the sustainability of this knowledge system.

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Documenting and protecting traditional knowledge in the era of open science: Insights from two Spanish initiatives

Cited by 13 publications

References 7 publications

TRP channels and monoterpenes: Past and current leads on analgesic properties

TRP channels and monoterpenes: Past and current leads on analgesic properties

To Pick or Not to Pick: Photographic Voucher Specimens as an Alternative Method to Botanical Collecting in Ethnobotany

Cultural importance, availability, and conservation status of Spanish medicinal plants. Implications for sustainability

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