Knowledge of medicinal plants used by residents in two peripheral districts of Boa Vista, Roraima, Northern Brazilian Amazon: Phytotherapy as a new strategy in collective health

Araújo, Kristiane Alves; Miranda, Íres Paula de Andrade; Camargo, Calvino; Repetto, Maxim

doi:10.5897/jmpr2018.6634

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“…During the interview and collection of medicinal plants, the interest and belief of the elder informants to express their effectiveness were high. In contrast, the youngest informants showed low interest (Araújo et al 2018). The main reason for this common interest of the youngest informants was an expansion of modern medication.…”

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The ethnomedicinal plants used for human ailments at Mojana Wodera District, central Ethiopia

Abebe

2021

Biodiversitas

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Abstract. Abebe M. 2021. The ethnomedicinal plants used for human ailments at Mojana Wodera District, central Ethiopia. Biodiversitas 22: 4676-4686. An ethnobotanical study was carried out from March 2020 to February 2021 in selected sites of Mojana Wodera District to assess, identifying, and document medicinal plants to treat human ailments. Purposely and volunteer sampling techniques were applied to select 73 practitioners. Of those, 10 practitioners were key informants. Data was collected from informants using semi-structured interviews, focus group discussions, participant observation, and walk-in-the-word. The collected data were entered into an excel spreadsheet for statistical analysis. ANOVA and t-test were applied to compare the knowledge of the informants in different groups. ICF and FL values were calculated to identify the most common human ailments and heal the potential of medicinal plants. The result showed that a higher average (p< 0.05) was recorded for crucial informants, illiterate and higher aged group. Still, there was a significant difference between male and female informants (p=0.032) on knowledge of medicinal plants. A total of 45 medicinal plant species (41 genera and 27 families) were identified to treat 35 types of ailments. From this total, 15.6% were endemic for Ethiopia. Family Euphorbiaceae was dominant (11.1%) for this study. In the finding, the leaf was the most widely plant part which is used to prepare remedies (29.79%), followed by root (28.72%), and the most popular remedy preparation was pounding (31.18%). A higher ICF value (0.78) was recorded for dermatological category ailments, and the highest FL (94.12%) occurred for Laggera tomentosa, which was under the therapeutic category of the throat and respiratory.

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The ethnomedicinal plants used for human ailments at Mojana Wodera District, central Ethiopia

Abebe

2021

Biodiversitas

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“…The use of an animal model in research with regard to the prevention of POA is common, and has generated promising results in animals of the sheep species (Vediappan et al, 2020). Amazonian ethnovet research can provide successful scientific discoveries due to the wide phytotherapeutic diversity that in this biome (Araújo et al, 2018).…”

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Amazonian andiroba oil (Carapa guianensis Aubl.) minimizes the formation of postoperative adhesions in the uterus and ovaries of sheep

Francisco¹,

Adriana²,

Gabriela³

et al. 2023

J. Med. Plants Res.

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Postoperative adhesions (POA) are postsurgical fibrinolytic connections that can cause complications, and alternative materials have drawn attention to their prevention. The aim of this study is to evaluate the effect of andiroba oil in preventing POA in the uterus and ovaries of sheep. Sixteen female Santa Inês adult sheep were randomly divided into two groups, a control group (CCG) with eight of them submitted to surgical trauma caused by bipolar diathermy in the uterine horn and right ovary without treatment to prevent POA and another group (AAG) with another eight ewes that underwent the same trauma, but were treated with the application of andiroba oil on the traumatized surfaces. Fifteen days after surgical trauma, the occurrence of POA and laparoscopic adesiolysis were evaluated. The bipolar diathermy was able to cause POA in 75% of the sheep. Bipolar diathermy caused POA in 100% of the CCG ewes and 50% of the AAG ewes. In CCG animals with adherence, in 25% of them, it was possible to perform adhesiolysis partially. Andiroba oil did not completely prevent the formation of postoperative adhesions in the uterus and ovaries of sheep, but it did prevent the formation of dense adhesions, facilitating laparoscopic adhesiolysis.

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Medicinal plants used in the treatment of asthma in different regions of Brazil: A comprehensive review of ethnomedicinal evidence, preclinical pharmacology and clinical trials

Bezerra

Pinheiro²,

Barreto³

2022

Phytomedicine Plus

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Knowledge of medicinal plants used by residents in two peripheral districts of Boa Vista, Roraima, Northern Brazilian Amazon: Phytotherapy as a new strategy in collective health

Cited by 3 publications

References 10 publications

The ethnomedicinal plants used for human ailments at Mojana Wodera District, central Ethiopia

The ethnomedicinal plants used for human ailments at Mojana Wodera District, central Ethiopia

Amazonian andiroba oil (Carapa guianensis Aubl.) minimizes the formation of postoperative adhesions in the uterus and ovaries of sheep

Medicinal plants used in the treatment of asthma in different regions of Brazil: A comprehensive review of ethnomedicinal evidence, preclinical pharmacology and clinical trials

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