Ethnopharmacological and botanical evaluation of medicinal plants used by Brazilian Amazon Indian community

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https://doi.org/10.20435/inter.v21i3.2926

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Brazilian biodiversity, amazon plants, traditional communities

Abstract

Plants have been widely used to treat many diseases, especially by traditional communities as Indians, that can be considered as an important source of empirical knowledge about the medicinal potential of the Brazilian biodiversity. This study aimed to investigate the use of medicinal plants by a particular Amazon-Indian community named Ikólóéhj (Gavião). The data was obtained based on a semi-structured interview and long-term visits along the indigenous area to harvest the botanical material to subsequent identification and storage in herbarium. In the present work, we identify 23 plant species and three morphospecies, distributed into Ferns / Lycophytes and Angiosperms. In addition, we show that leaves (78%), bark (13%) and roots (9%) were used via maceration (49%), topical use (26%), infusion and bath (13%), and decoction (9%). These plants were used to treat pain, diarrhea, malnutrition, parasites infection, wounds, and snakebites. We also observe that the knowledge about medicinal plants is shared to the older members of the community and this information is transmitted orally to the next generations. Thus, the present study contributes to the regrowth and preservation of knowledge about the use of medicinal plants providing important subsidies for understanding of therapeutic properties of Amazonian plants.

Author Biographies

Alexandre Zandonadi Meneguelli, Universidade Católica Dom Bosco (UCDB)

Doctorate in Biotechnology, by the Universidade Católica Dom Bosco (UCDB). Master in Environmental Sciences, at the Universidade Federal de Rondônia (Unir). Specialist in Microbiology and Parasitology by the Faculdade Panamericana de Ji-Paraná (Unijipa). Graduated in Biological Sciences at the Centro Universitário Luterano de Ji-Paraná. College professor, coordinator of the Environmental and Sanitary Engineering course, coordinator of the Research Ethics Committee and coordinator of the Nucleus for Scientific Initiation and Extension of the Unijipa. Line of research: Health of the Traditional Populations of the Western Amazon

Ely Eduardo Saranz Camargo, Faculdade Panamericana de Ji-Paraná (Unijipa)

Doctorate in Pharmacy by the Universidade Estadual Paulista Júlio de Mesquita Filho (Unesp), with a focus in Pharmacy. Master in Pharmaceutical Sciences by the Unesp, with a focus on Research and Development of Drugs and Medicines. Graduated in Pharmacy from the Universidade Metodista de Piracicaba. Is currently a professor at the Faculdade Panamericana de Ji-Paraná (Unijipa). Has experience in the following segments of Pharmacy:  Development of Drugs and Medicines, Quality Control of Drugs and Medicines, Research and Development of Pharmaceutical Products and Cosmetics. In herbal medicine, has experience in Isolation and Identification of Organic Compounds, Pharmaceutical Assistance and Public Policies

Danieli Fernanda Buccini, Universidade Católica Dom Bosco (UCDB)

Post-doctoral student in Biotechnology at the Universidade Católica Dom Bosco (UCDB). Doctorate in Biotechnology and Biodiversity from the Federal University of Mato Grosso do Sul (UFMS). Master in Biotechnology at the UCDB. Graduated and bachelor in Biology from the Universidade Anhanguera-Uniderp. Member of the Animal Use Ethics Committee at the UCDB. Has experience in the fields of Pharmacology, with an emphasis on inflammatory, analgesic, and antimicrobial responses in vitro and in vivo models.

 

Beatriz Cardoso Roriz, Universidade Federal do Mato Grosso do Sul (UFMS)

Doctorate student in Biotecnology and Biodiversity at the Universidade Federal de Mato Grosso do Sul. Graduate in Biology at the Universidade Federal do Tocantins.

 

Gabriela Ramos Cerqueira, Instituto Nacional de Pesquisas da Amazônia (Inpa)

Doctorate student in Botany, at the Instituto Nacional de Pesquisas da Amazônia (Inpa). Master in Biological Sciences − Tropical Botany at the Museu Paraense Emílio Goeldi. Biologist graduated from the Universidade Federal de Rondônia (Unir).

Susana Elisa Moreno, Universidade Católica Dom Bosco (UCDB)

Doctorate in Pharmacology from the Universidade de São Paulo (USP). Master in Pharmacology from the Universidade Estadual de Campinas (Unicamp). Graduated in Biology at the Pontifícia Universidade Católica de Campinas (PUC-Campinas). Professor and coordinator of the Graduate Program in Biotechnology at Universidade Católica Dom Bosco (UCDB). She also works in the Environmental Science and Agricultural Sustainability Programs (UCDB) and Doctorate in Network in Biotechnology and Biodiversity (UFMS). Chairman of the Comissão de Ética no Uso de Animais (Ceua). She works mainly in the field of Pharmacology, with projects aimed at prospecting compounds with anti-inflammatory, analgesic and healing action.

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2020-09-16

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Zandonadi Meneguelli, A., Saranz Camargo, E. E., Buccini, D. F., Cardoso Roriz, B., Cerqueira, G. R., & Moreno, S. E. (2020). Ethnopharmacological and botanical evaluation of medicinal plants used by Brazilian Amazon Indian community. Interações (Campo Grande), 21(3), 633–645. https://doi.org/10.20435/inter.v21i3.2926

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