Medical Ethnobotany of the Teribes of Bocas del Toro, Panama

Gupta, Mahabir P.; Solı́s, Pablo; Calderón, Ángela I.; Guinneau-Sinclair, F.; Correa, Mireya; Galdames, C.; Guerra, C.; Espinosa, Alex; Alvenda, G.I.; Robles, G.; Ocampo, Rafael

doi:10.1016/j.jep.2004.08.032

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“…9,19,20 P. poeppigiana is a native plant widely used in Latin America for the treatment of a variety of diseases, particularly gastrointestinal disorders, stomachaches and fever. 21 In Panama, this plant is also used in traditional medicine for the treatment of dyspnea. 22 P. colorata is a plant commonly found in Amazon region of Brazil, which is used as painkiller for earache and abdominal pain by traditional rural communities.…”

Section: Traditional Uses Of Psychotria Speciesmentioning

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The GenusPsychotria: Phytochemistry, Chemotaxonomy, Ethnopharmacology and Biological Properties

Calixto¹,

Pinto²,

Ramalho³

et al. 2016

Journal of the Brazilian Chemical Society

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Psychotria genus (Rubiaceae) is featured into the angiosperm, being the most speciose genus comprising approximately 1600 species. The available references demonstrate that Psychotria has several uses on traditional medicine including spiritual and cultural purposes, and presents great potential on pharmacological properties, especially the one related to neurodegenerative diseases. Despite its wide biological properties, this genus has shown complex phylogenetic analysis due to lack of chemotaxonomic information. In recent years, the interest in these plants has increased considerably and many active compounds have been isolated. Phytochemical investigations described in the literature confirmed the indole alkaloids as the major compounds and besides that, another particular chemical constituent are cyclic peptides, known as cyclotides. This present review will cover the relevant literature from 1962 until 2015, and outlines the current data on taxonomy, chemotaxonomy, traditional uses, pharmacological properties, chemical composition and ecological approach from Psychotria genus.

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Section: Traditional Uses Of Psychotria Speciesmentioning

confidence: 99%

The GenusPsychotria: Phytochemistry, Chemotaxonomy, Ethnopharmacology and Biological Properties

Calixto¹,

Pinto²,

Ramalho³

et al. 2016

Journal of the Brazilian Chemical Society

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“…Irlbachia alata, has been traditionally used as antimalarial in the French Guiana (Bertani et al, 2005) and one novel phosphatidylcholine, irlbacholine isolated from this specie, has been used as precursor for synthetic analogs with antifungal activity (Lu et al, 1999). Calathea warscewiczii is used by the Panama traditional medicine for several diseases (Gupta et al, 2005). The plant (aerial) infusions of Phoradendron bolleanum and Phoradendron tomentosum have been used in Mexico by its hypoglycaemic effect.…”

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Antidiabetic and antiradical activities of plants from Venezuelan Amazon

Rodrı́guez

Hasegawa

González-Mujica

et al. 2008

Rev. bras. farmacogn.

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RESUMO: "Atividades antidiabética e anti-radicalar de plantas da Amazônia venezuelana".Os extratos aquoso e etanólico derivados de doze espécies coletadas na Amazônia venezuelana foram testados quanto à atividade antioxidante utilizando um radical DPPH e o efeito inibitório sobre a hidrólise de glicose-6-fosfato nos microssomas intactos e perturbados. Sem exceção, todos os extratos inibiram, em maior ou menor grau, a atividade enzimática microssomal de G-6-Pase, resultando em maior inibição nos microssomas intactos do que nos perturbados. Unitermos: Plantas amazônicas, atividade antidiabética, atividade anti-radicalar, glicose-6-fosfatase. ABSTRACT:The aqueous and ethanol extracts derived from twelve plant species collected in the Venezuelan Amazon have been tested for antioxidant activity using a DPPH radical and inhibitory effect on the hydrolysis of glucose-6-phosphate in intact and disrupted microsomes. Without exception, all the extracts inhibited, to a greater or lesser degree, microsomal G-6-Pase enzymatic activity, resulting in greater inhibition on intact microsomes than on disrupted ones. Marked effects were observed for aqueous and ethanol extracts of: Tontelea ovalifolia, Gustavia pulchra, Phthirusa verruculosa, Phthirusa castillana, Psittacanthus acimarius, Tetrapterys styloptyera and Vismia japurensis. Ethanol extracts were more effective DPPH radical scavengers than the corresponding aqueous extracts in all the cases. The ethanol extract of Endlicheria anomala and the aqueous extract of Phthirusa verruculosa, showed the best IC 50 with 100 and 250.0 ppm, respectively. The Kobs calculated for the alcoholic extracts were lower than those of the aqueous extracts for the same species, except Psittacanthus acimarius. These results could be related to different concentrations, or more likely different compositions of active principles in both extracts.

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“…A hydroalcoholic extract of the sap of T. zanonia was demonstrated to be more effective at promoting wound healing in rats than the topical antibiotic and steroidal anti-inflammatory drug Lamoderm (Licuy-Mamallacta 2013). The latex of T. zanonia is applied topically by the Teribes of Bocas del Toro, Panama for hemorrhage, but not for wounds (Gupta et al 2005). The Quechua people of the Chazuta Valley in Peru chew the aerial parts or boil them in water and drink the extract for cough suppression, referring to it as pampa llullu (Sanz-Biset et al 2009).…”

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Relative Importance and Knowledge Distribution of Medicinal Plants in a Kichwa Community in the Ecuadorian Amazon

Doyle

Asiala

Fernández³

2017

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Traditional knowledge, such as knowledge of the use of plants as medicine, influences how indigenous people manage forest resources. Gender and age-associated differences in traditional knowledge may impact forest resource management because of the traditional division of labor. We interviewed 18 men and 18 women between 9 and 74 years old in San José de Payamino, an indigenous community of the Kichwa ethnicity in the Ecuadorian Amazon, to determine if there are gender or age-associated differences in medicinal plant knowledge among the Payamino people and to identify the most important species from a sample of medicinal plants. Individuals were interviewed using a tablet that displayed images of 34 plants, which had been cited by traditional healers in the community. Quantitative analysis provided insight into the relative importance of plants in the sample as well as the distribution of medicinal plant knowledge among members of the community. The most important plants were Tradescantia zanonia and Monolena primuliflora. These plants should be considered candidates for further investigation. There was a positive correlation between age and knowledge of medicinal plants, but no significant difference between genders. Our results suggest that an interview method that relies on digital images can reveal differences in the importance of medicinal plants as well as provide insight into the distribution of traditional medical knowledge. While men and women are likely to manage forest resources similarly, younger members of the community may not have the same regard for forest resources as their elder counterparts.

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Medical Ethnobotany of the Teribes of Bocas del Toro, Panama

Cited by 82 publications

References 41 publications

The GenusPsychotria: Phytochemistry, Chemotaxonomy, Ethnopharmacology and Biological Properties

The GenusPsychotria: Phytochemistry, Chemotaxonomy, Ethnopharmacology and Biological Properties

Antidiabetic and antiradical activities of plants from Venezuelan Amazon

Relative Importance and Knowledge Distribution of Medicinal Plants in a Kichwa Community in the Ecuadorian Amazon

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