Plantas utilizadas em rituais afro-brasileiros no Estado do Rio de Janeiro - um ensaio Etnobotânico

Guedes, Rejan Rodrigues; Profice, Sheila R.; Costa, Elenice De L.; Baumgratz, José Fernando A.; Lima, Haroldo Cavalcante de

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“…The choice of use-categories was modified from Galeano (2000), who also carried out studies with Afro-descendants. The plants used for ''banho-de-descarrego'' (a ritual cleansing bath) and ''espantar-mau-olhado'' (to remove an ''evil eye'') were moved from medicinal category to the ritualistic category due to the importance of these plants in the Afro-Brazilian culture (Guedes et al 1985) and in the Retiro Community.…”

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Use and knowledge of plants by “Quilombolas” as subsidies for conservation efforts in an area of Atlantic Forest in Espírito Santo State, Brazil

Crepaldi¹,

Peixoto

2009

Biodivers Conserv

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The present work was undertaken in the Cachoeira do Retiro ''Quilombola'' community, located in the municipality of Santa Leopoldina (20°06 0 04 00 S 9 40°31 0 47 00 W), in Espírito Santo State, Brazil. We expected to encounter high levels of ethnobotanical knowledge in the community due to its distance from the principal local urban center and its localization in a region of high biodiversity. Field work was undertaken between August 2005 and August 2006, employing semi-structured interviews, participant observation, artifact-interviews, as well as the ''walk-in-the-forest'' technique in the company of a local specialist. Ten additional informants participated in the research (seven women and three men with ages between 42 and 84) who were identified using the ''snow-ball'' method. A total of 192 ethnospecies belonging to 188 distinct plant taxa were cited (with 59% being native to the Atlantic Forest biome) and were classified into the following use-categories: medicinal (52%), food (34%), construction (18%), technology (10%), ritualistic (5%), ornamental (5%), and fuelwoods (2%). The plants with the greatest Use-Values were Attalea humilis (1.3) and Polyandrococos caudescens (1.1). The Diversity Index of the community's ethnobotanical knowledge (5.12 nats) was found to be higher than seen in other ethnobotanical studies undertaken in the Atlantic Forest. Using a methodology for determining conservation priorities it was found that 17 of the 49 species analyzed should be examined more closely in studies that could help guarantee the continuity of their populations in the local forest fragment in light of their low density and intense utilization by the Retiro Quilombola community.

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Use and knowledge of plants by “Quilombolas” as subsidies for conservation efforts in an area of Atlantic Forest in Espírito Santo State, Brazil

Crepaldi¹,

Peixoto

2009

Biodivers Conserv

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“…This replacement process has been described in several studies of migrant populations [ 3 , 8 , 12 – 19 ]. In addition, we highlight some studies that specifically deal with African-Brazilian communities (i.e., people of African descent who went to Brazil during the period of slavery) [ 20 – 27 ].…”

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The Use of Medicinal Plants by Migrant People: Adaptation, Maintenance, and Replacement

Medeiros

Soldati

Alencar

et al. 2012

Evidence-Based Complementary and Alternative Medicine

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Given the importance of studying the knowledge, beliefs, and practices of migrant communities to understand the dynamics of plant resource use, we reviewed the scientific literature concerning the use of medicinal plants by migrant populations engaged in international or long-distance migrations. We considered the importance of two processes: (1) adaptation to the new flora of the host country (i.e., substitution and incorporation of plants in the pharmacopoeia) and (2) continued use and acquisition of the original flora from migrants' home countries (i.e., importation, cultivation, and/or continued use of plants that grow in both host and home environments). We suggest that, depending on the specific context and conditions of migration, different processes that determine the use and/or selection of plants as herbal medicines may become predominant.

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“…This is corroborated by ethnobotanical studies of Jaborandi that highlighted overlap of use, in particular, in the initiation of people into religions of Brazilian African origin. Furthermore, both species are used as ingredients for the bath of "amaci", for aromatic drinks, or as an incense [5,6].…”

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Phenoplasticity of Essential Oils from Two Species of Piper (Piperaceae): Comparing Wild Specimens and Bi-Generational Monoclonal Cultivars

Ramos

Felisberto

Gouvêa-Silva

et al. 2022

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This study tested the hypothesis that “clonal chemical heritability is a crucial factor for the conservation of chemical uniformity of Piper essential oils in controlled monoclonal cultivation”. We asexually propagated first and second-generation clones of two medicinal and aromatic species, Piper gaudichaudianum Kunth and Piper mollicomum Kunth (Piperaceae), for use as experimental models since they show high chemical plasticity in the wild. Leaves from wild specimens of both species, and their respective cultivated specimens, were hydrodistilled in a Clevenger-type apparatus to produce essential oils (EOs). EOs were chemically characterised by GC-MS and GC-FID. The analysis identified 63 compounds in EO of P. mollicomum, which were predominantly monoterpenes, and 59 in EO of P. gaudichaudianum, which were predominantly sesquiterpenes. Evaluation of chemical diversity and oxi-reduction indices showed a loss of chemical homology across the intergenerational cline. Chemometric analysis indicated higher chemical plasticity between wild and intergenerational specimens of P. mollicomum, than for P. gaudichaudianum. EO compounds were significantly less oxidized throughout the generations in both species. Therefore, while clonal heritability is crucial to chemical homology, significant chemical plasticity is likely to occur when cultivated from wild specimens.

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Plantas utilizadas em rituais afro-brasileiros no Estado do Rio de Janeiro - um ensaio Etnobotânico

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Use and knowledge of plants by “Quilombolas” as subsidies for conservation efforts in an area of Atlantic Forest in Espírito Santo State, Brazil

Use and knowledge of plants by “Quilombolas” as subsidies for conservation efforts in an area of Atlantic Forest in Espírito Santo State, Brazil

The Use of Medicinal Plants by Migrant People: Adaptation, Maintenance, and Replacement

Phenoplasticity of Essential Oils from Two Species of Piper (Piperaceae): Comparing Wild Specimens and Bi-Generational Monoclonal Cultivars

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