Techniques for Collecting and Processing Plant Material and Their Application in Ethnobotany Research

Santos, Lucilene Lima dos; Vieira, Fábio José; Nascimento, Luciana Gomes de Sousa; Silva, Ana Carolina Oliveira da; Santos, Leidiana Lima dos; Sousa, Gardene Maria de

doi:10.1007/978-1-4614-8636-7_11

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“…The botanical material was collected through the guidedtour technique (see Albuquerque et al 2014b). The species were herborized using standard techniques of preparation, drying and mounting of exsiccates (see Santos et al 2014). The identification of the samples was conducted by experts and comparisons with exsiccates deposited in herbaria.…”

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Can socioeconomic factors explain the local importance of culturally salient plants in a social-ecological system?

2019

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Th e aim of this work was to determine whether socioeconomic factors explain the importance of culturally salient plants to social-ecological systems. Extractive communities of the Araripe-Apodi Environmental Protection Area in Northeast Brazil were studied, and a random sample of the population was selected. Quantitative variables (education, age and income) were analyzed using Spearman correlations, while categorical variables (gender and occupation) were analyzed using Mann-Whitney tests. Relationships between socioeconomic factors and the importance of culturally salient plants were all weak. Nevertheless, age infl uenced the local importance of the largest number of species. Other factors not considered in this study (historical, cultural, ecological, and psychological) may be outstanding predictors of the importance of culturally salient plants and should be studied in future investigations.

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Can socioeconomic factors explain the local importance of culturally salient plants in a social-ecological system?

2019

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“…Quebra-faca (Croton rhamnifolioides) which has 33.3% of citations, has proven efficiency on its antimicrobial (Costa et al, 2013) and cytotoxic (Santos, 2013) activities. No studies have been reported in the literature about its efficacy in liver dysfunction.…”

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Medicinal plants used in hepatic dysfunction

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Mardonny²,

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et al. 2016

Afr. J. Pharm. Pharmacol.

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This study aimed to perform a survey about medicinal plants used in the treatment of the hepatic dysfunction commercialized by healers (salespeople) in the São José Market-Recife/Pernambuco and São Joaquim Street Market in Salvador/Bahia-Brazil. The place to obtain them, preparation methods and used parts of the medicinal plants, knowledge about plants, age and gender of the healers were also investigated. Eleven semi-structured interviews were performed on the healers in the São José Market. The most cited species was Croton rhamnifolioides (33.3%), 100% of the healers bought the plants, 100% indicated the preparation of teas, 85.7% the use of the leaves; 45.5% obtained knowledge about medicinal plants through experience with sales, with an average age of 42.8 years, 54.5% were male and 44.5% were female. On the other side of the São Joaquim Street Market, six interviews were performed. Vernonia condensata had 50% of citations, 100% of the healers bought the plants, 100% indicated the preparation of teas, 60% the use of leaves; 83.3% learned through experience with sales, and had a mean age of 39.5 years, 54.5% were male and 44.5% were female. This study may contribute to a better use of these resources by the people and useful in the registration and cataloging of information about medicinal plants.

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“…No specific permissions were required for these activities, and the field studies did not involve endangered or protected species. The collection and processing of botanical material were implemented using the standard methodology in taxonomic studies [ 33 ]. The identification of the material collected was performed by specialists and by consulting herbaria.…”

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Factors in hybridization of local medical systems: Simultaneous use of medicinal plants and modern medicine in Northeast Brazil

2018

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The presence of mainstream medicine in local medical systems inserts a set of external treatments and concepts that generate adjustments in the local conceptions of health and disease. What points in the system are most receptive to change? Who are the residents most likely to adopt these external treatments to deal with diseases? To answer these questions, this work used a study model consisting of the simultaneous use of medicinal plants and modern medicine, testing whether diseases that require greater treatment efforts are the main targets of adherence to modern medicine and if socioeconomic characteristics of residents can cause intracultural variation in relation to simultaneous use. To obtain socioeconomic data on the knowledge of medicinal plants and simultaneous use of these resources with modern medicine, semistructured interviews were conducted in a rural community that has easy access to modern medicine. Participatory workshops were held to access the local perceptions about the frequency of occurrence and severity of illnesses. A multilevel logistic regression model was applied for data analysis. We found that chronic, severe and frequently occurring diseases in the community tended to show greater simultaneous use locally. Among the socioeconomic factors, we determined that high educational levels positively influenced the combined use of plants and modern medicine. The need to ensure the cure of frequent, severe and chronic diseases is a factor that leads residents to seek a greater number of possible treatments, stimulating the combined use of plants and modern medicine. Residents with higher educational levels were more likely to use a combination of treatments than those with lower educational levels, demonstrating that more participation in formal education may facilitate the combined use of medicinal plants and modern medicine.

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Techniques for Collecting and Processing Plant Material and Their Application in Ethnobotany Research

Cited by 16 publications

References 2 publications

Can socioeconomic factors explain the local importance of culturally salient plants in a social-ecological system?

Can socioeconomic factors explain the local importance of culturally salient plants in a social-ecological system?

Medicinal plants used in hepatic dysfunction

Factors in hybridization of local medical systems: Simultaneous use of medicinal plants and modern medicine in Northeast Brazil

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