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Provedor de dados: 	60	
País: 	Brazil	
Título: 	Ethnopharmacological survey: a selection strategy to identify medicinal plants for a local phytotherapy program	
Autores: 	Pereira,Flávia Liparini; Fernandes,José Martins; Leite,João Paulo Viana.	
Data: 	2012-06-01	
Ano: 	2012	
Palavras-chave: 	Ethnopharmacology; Medicinal plants; Phytotherapy.	
Resumo: 	Ethnopharmacological studies are important for documenting and protecting cultural and traditional knowledge associated with the medical use of biodiversity. In this paper, we present a survey on medicinal plants used by locals in a community of Nova Viçosa, Viçosa, MG, Brazil, as a strategy to select medicinal plants for a phytotherapy-based local healthcare program. Eleven knowledgeable local informants were chosen by snowball sampling and interviewed about the use of medicinal plants. Plant samples were collected, herborised and then identified using traditional techniques and specialised literature. We sampled 107 medicinal plant species belonging to 86 genera and 39 families, predominantly Asteraceae with 16 species. Costus spicatus (Jacq.) Sw, M. pulegium L., Rosmarinus officinalis L. and Ruta graveolens L. were found to have Consensus of Main Use corrected (CMUc) values above 50%, which were in agreement with the traditional uses described by the informants. However, species with CMUc values equal to or above 20%, combined with the scientific information survey, were also used to select medicinal plants for the phytotherapy-based local healthcare program. The selection of medicinal plants based on the CMUc index from this particular community, in combination with the scientific survey, appears to be an effective strategy for the implementation of phytotherapy programs.	
Tipo: 	Info:eu-repo/semantics/article	
Idioma: 	Inglês	
Identificador: 	http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1984-82502012000200014	
Editor: 	Universidade de São Paulo, Faculdade de Ciências Farmacêuticas	
Relação: 	10.1590/S1984-82502012000200014	
Formato: 	text/html	
Fonte: 	Brazilian Journal of Pharmaceutical Sciences  v.48 n.2 2012	
Fonte: 	info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess