| Journal: | Anais da Academia Brasileira de Ciencias |
| Database: | PERIÓDICA |
| System number: | 000424367 |
| ISSN: | 0001-3765 |
| Authors: | Santos, Maria O1 Ribeiro, Daiany A1 Macedo, Delmacia G. de1 Macedo, Marcia J.F1 Macedo, Julimery G.F1 Lacerda, Maria Natalia S. de1 Macedo, Maria Soraya1 Souza, Marta Maria A1 |
| Institutions: | 1Universidade Regional do Cariri, Centro de Ciencias Biologicas e da Saude, Crato, Ceara. Brasil |
| Year: | 2018 |
| Season: | Sep |
| Volumen: | 90 |
| Number: | 3 |
| Pages: | 2767-2780 |
| Country: | Brasil |
| Language: | Inglés |
| Document type: | Artículo |
| Approach: | Experimental, aplicado |
| English abstract | This study aims to investigate the diversity of native medicinal plants in a caatinga area, verifying the versatility of species and concordance of use among the informants, in the Angico de Cima community, in the city of Aurora, Ceará, Brazil. Ethnobotanical data were obtained through semi-structured interviews with key informants, adopting the snowball technique. The Relative Importance (RI) and Consensus Factor among Informants (ICF) were analyzed to indicate the most versatile species with the highest agreement of use, respectively. Within the 35 registered native species, eight presented great versatility, with a RI> 1, standing out Ziziphus joazeiro Mart. (1.86) and Heliotropium indicum (L.) Lehm (1.67). The 60 therapeutic indications were grouped into 13 body systems categories, of which Genitourinary System Disorder and Nervous, had the highest agreement of use with ICF from 0.8, each. Some species, such as Heliotropium indicum, have a high RI, are scarcely indicated for therapeutic activities in caatinga and require studies that prove their medicinal properties |
| Disciplines: | Biología |
| Keyword: | Botánica, Etnobotánica, Plantas medicinales, Conocimiento tradicional, Brasil |
| Keyword: | Botany, Ethnobotany, Medicinal plants, Folk knowledge, Brazil |
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