American palms used for medicine, in the ethnobotanical and  pharmacological publications

Sosnowska, Joanna; Balslev, Henrik

doi:10.15381/rpb.v15i3.3772

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“…Preparations from the fruit and other parts of E. oleracea are also abundantly used in various traditional medical practices in different parts of the world including Suriname. A few indications are anemia, hypotension, various types of wounds including open cuts, scorpion stings, and shot wounds; and as an external contraceptive [77,78,[116][117][118][119][120]. Pharmacological studies with particularly the fruit juice have shown a wide range of activities, including antidiarrheal, anti-inflammatory, antinociceptive, antiangiogenic, antimicrobial, antileishmanial, skin regenerating and antiageing, cosmeceutical, neuroprotective, anticancer, and antioxidant effects [79, [119][120][121][122].…”

Section: Antioxidant Phenolic Compounds: Anthocyanins: Euterpe Olerac...mentioning

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Naturally Occurring Antioxidants in Seven Well-Known Fruits from the Republic of Suriname (South America): Part 1

Mans¹

2023

Biochemistry

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The dependence of humans on oxygen for their metabolism, together with their uninterrupted exposure to a wide variety of hazardous environmental chemicals, leads to the continuous formation of reactive oxygen-derived species (ROS) in the body, such as superoxide radical anion, hydrogen peroxide, peroxyl radicals, and hydroxyl radical. When in excess, ROS can damage cellular constituents such as DNA and membrane lipids causing oxidative stress, cellular injury, and, eventually, inflammatory, neoplastic, diabetic, cardiovascular, neurodegenerative, and age-related diseases. Fortunately, the body has a multitude of naturally occurring antioxidants in dietary fruits and vegetables to its disposal, including polyphenolic compounds, vitamins, and essential minerals. These antioxidants eliminate ROS by acting as reducing agents, hydrogen donors, quenchers of singlet oxygen, or chelators of metal ions that catalyze oxidation reactions, thus decreasing the risk of the abovementioned diseases. This first part of the current chapter comprehensively addresses three representative examples of fruits from the Republic of Suriname (South America) that are rich in anthocyanins, ellagitannins, and coumarins and highlights their antioxidant activity and beneficial and health-promoting effects. In part 2, four Surinamese fruits with an abundance of (pro)vitamins A, C, and E and selenium are equally extensively dealt with in light of their antioxidant activities.

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Section: Antioxidant Phenolic Compounds: Anthocyanins: Euterpe Olerac...mentioning

confidence: 99%

Naturally Occurring Antioxidants in Seven Well-Known Fruits from the Republic of Suriname (South America): Part 1

Mans¹

2023

Biochemistry

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Palm use and social values in rural communities on the coastal plains of Veracruz, Mexico

González-Marín

Moreno‐Casasola

Orellana

et al. 2012

Environ Dev Sustain

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Palms are a resource of great importance in the tropics and are found in a variety of ecosystems, including the wetlands of the tropical coastal plains. In order to recover wetland ecosystems, we studied the traditional uses of wetland palms, by conducting interviews in the communities of four municipalities on the Gulf of Mexico coast. We found that people use five species of palm: Cocos nucifera, Sabal mexicana, Attalea liebmannii, Roystonea dunlapiana and Acrocomia aculeata. Main uses for the five species were for food and construction materials. Although palms are still used, traditional knowledge is declining in the younger generations, likely as a result of various social, cultural and economic factors. It is important to recover and promote the traditional use and value of palm trees, especially for the native species, because of both the economic benefits and the environmental services they provide. More participatory work with the inhabitants is needed to initiate palm breeding programs to assist in the recovery of wetland ecosystems.

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Prickly PalmAcrocomiaspp. (Arecaceae) endocarps: first records from Irish waters and a review of NW European records

Quigley¹,

Gainey

Pyne

et al. 2017

New Journal of Botany

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American palms used for medicine, in the ethnobotanical and pharmacological publications

Cited by 8 publications

References 19 publications

Naturally Occurring Antioxidants in Seven Well-Known Fruits from the Republic of Suriname (South America): Part 1

Naturally Occurring Antioxidants in Seven Well-Known Fruits from the Republic of Suriname (South America): Part 1

Palm use and social values in rural communities on the coastal plains of Veracruz, Mexico

Prickly PalmAcrocomiaspp. (Arecaceae) endocarps: first records from Irish waters and a review of NW European records

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