European Naturalists and Medicinal Plants of Brazil

Brandão, Maria G.L.; Grael, Cristiane Fernanda Fuzer; Fagg, Christopher William

doi:10.5772/24322

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“…Some of them documented their observations about the various aspects of Brazilian life, including the use of native species as remedies and food. At that time, Brazilian Southwestern ecosystems were still preserved and native species were widely used by the population for different purposes (Brandão, Grael, & Fagg, 2011). Their contributions for the knowledge of the Brazilian botanical resources are incalculable: hundreds of new species were discovered, and innumerable new genera were described, based on the material they collected.…”

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Native foods from Brazilian biodiversity as a source of bioactive compounds

Oliveira

Yamada

Fagg

et al. 2012

Food Research International

138

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The interest in South American native plant species has been growing in recent years due to their health benefits. Brazil is one of the world's mega-diverse locations with over 40,000 different plant species representing 20% of the world's flora. The country was visited in the 19th century by European travelers and naturalists, who described the use of native plant species as food. In this study, data on 67 species was recovered from historical documents and bibliographies. Several of the recorded species show potential as functional food in laboratory studies. Other species are unknown or not yet submitted to any study, in order to verify their health benefits.

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Native foods from Brazilian biodiversity as a source of bioactive compounds

Oliveira

Yamada

Fagg

et al. 2012

Food Research International

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“…(iii) He had vast knowledge about the potential of the plants, and avoided to spread it, for the sake of their conservation. He was a writer-naturalist, but with a very different perception of nature compared to the European naturalists, who had a rather utilitarian vision of the Brazilian richness (Brandão et al, 2011). It is also interesting to point out that J.G.…”

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“…Most plants are used according to folk tradition, mostly brought to the country by Europeans and Africans, this therefore privileging foreign over indigenous medicine. Information about the use of plants can be found in classic literature, such as Cervantes (López-Muñoz et al, 2006) or the Bible (Rennó, 1970), and such historical reviews represent an important instrument for recovering data about traditional, ancient knowledge (Brandão et al, 2011;Medeiros, 2008;Heinrich et al, 2006). Over the last years, our research group has been focusing on the study of materials from European naturalists that traveled throughout Brazil in the 19th century.…”

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Useful Brazilian plants under the view of the writer-naturalist João Guimarães Rosa

Chaves

Ricardo

Paula-Souza

et al. 2015

Revista Brasileira de Farmacognosia

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BJP 137 1-8 Revista Brasileira de Farmacognosia xxx (2015) xxx-xxx w w w . s b f g n o s i a . o r g . b r / r e v i s t a Original Article Useful Brazilian plants under the view of the writer-naturalist João a b s t r a c tThis study shows the results of a wide but non-exhaustive review on plants cited in the literacy work of the writer-naturalist João Guimarães Rosa (J.G. Rosa). Information about popular names and use of plants were recovered through a review in seven works of the author. The assignment of the scientific names was based in other previous ethnobotanical studies performed in similar areas of Cerrado in Minas Gerais state. For each species, data about their presence in the Brazilian Official Pharmacopoeia, or use for preparing commercial products were checked. A total of 964 popular names for plants were recovered, 59 of them being more frequently cited. From the total citations, 57 native species have their use described by the author but curiously, only thirteen are referred to as medicinal. It is assumed that the literature from J.G. Rosa is very rich in data about the utility of the plants from the Cerrado; however, the present work shows that his interest was rather the literary (poetic) creation, and we demystify that supposition.

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“…The knowledge of their use is dynamic, passed from generation to generation, and the traditions of different regions, cultures, and families all affect their use. Medicinal plants are important for the treatment and prevention of diseases, but they need to be used safely, and the material needs to be of high quality [1,2]. Medicinal plants are popularly used in the management of a variety of conditions; however, their prevalence is unreported because of the easy availability and the belief that herbs are unnecessary to report in medication history.…”

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