Medical potential of plants used by the Q'eqchi Maya of Livingston, Guatemala for the treatment of women's health complaints

Journal of Ethnopharmacology

Volumn 114, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 92-101

  Michel, Joanna ^a,b   Duarte, Reinel Eduardo ^c   Bolton, Judy L ^b   Huang, Yue ^a   Caceres, Armando ^d   Veliz, Mario ^d   Soejarto, Djaja Doel ^b   Mahady, Gail B ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT CHICAGO   (United States)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH   (United States)

^c Rural University of Guatemala   (Guatemala)

^d UNIVERSIDAD DE SAN CARLOS DE GUATEMALA   (Guatemala)

Author keywords

Estrogen receptor assay; Guatemala; Medicinal plants; Q'eqchi Maya; Serotonin receptor assay; Women's health

Indexed keywords

CASSIA RETICULATA EXTRACT; CECROPIA PELTATA EXTRACT; CEPHAELIS TOMENTOSA EXTRACT; CISSAMPELOS TROPAEOLIFOLIA EXTRACT; CLIDEMIA PETIOLARIS EXTRACT; CLIDEMIA SETOSA EXTRACT; DIOSCOREA BARTLETTI EXTRACT; ESTROGEN RECEPTOR; HENRIETTA CUNEATA EXTRACT; HIBISCUS ROSA SINENSIS EXTRACT; HYPTIS VERTICILLATA EXTRACT; JUSTICIA BREVIFLORA EXTRACT; JUSTICIA FIMBRIATA EXTRACT; NEUROLAENA LOBATA EXTRACT; PIPER AERUGINOSIBACCUM EXTRACT; PIPER AURITUM EXTRACT; PIPER HISPIDUM EXTRACT; PIPER POEPPIGIANA EXTRACT; PIPER TUERCKHEIMII EXTRACT; PLANT EXTRACT; RONDELETIA STACHYOIDEA EXTRACT; RONDELETIA STAHYOIDEA EXTRACT; SEROTONIN RECEPTOR; SMILAX DOMINGENSIS EXTRACT; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; ZEBRINA PENDULA EXTRACT;

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; BIOASSAY; CAMPHYLONEURUM; CASSIA RETICULATA; CECROPIA PELTATA; CHILDBIRTH; CISSAMPELOS TROPAEOLIFOLIA; CLIDEMIA PETIOLARIS; CLIDEMIA SETOSA; CROSSOPETALUM EUCYMOSUM; CULTURAL FACTOR; DIOSCOREA BARLETTI; FEMALE; GINGER; GUATEMALA; GYNECOLOGIC DISEASE; HENRIETTA CUNEATA; HIBISCUS ROSA SINENSIS; HUMAN; HYPTIS VERTICILLATA; INTERVIEW; JUSTICIA BREVIFLORA; JUSTICIA FIMBRIATA; MALE; MEDICINAL PLANT; MENOPAUSE; MENSTRUATION; MIMOSA PUDICA; MOMORDICA CHARANTIA; NEUROLAENA LOBATA; NORMAL HUMAN; OCIMUM MICRANTHUM; PERCEPTION; PHYTOCHEMISTRY; PIPER AERUGINOSIBACCUM; PIPER AURITUM; PIPER DIANDRUM; PIPER HISPIDUM; PIPER TUERCKHEIMII; PREGNANCY; PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE; RECEPTOR BINDING; RONDELETSIA STACHYOIDEA; SCOPARIA DULCIS; SIDA RHOMBIFOLIA; SMILAX DOMINGENSIS; SOLANUM AMERICANUM; SOUR ORANGE; WOMEN'S HEALTH; ZEBRINA PENDULA;

ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; BIOLOGICAL ASSAY; DATA COLLECTION; EMPIRICAL RESEARCH; FEMALE; GUATEMALA; HUMANS; INDIANS, CENTRAL AMERICAN; LABOR, OBSTETRIC; MEDICINE, TRADITIONAL; MENOPAUSE; MENSTRUATION; PHYTOTHERAPY; PLANT EXTRACTS; PLANTS, MEDICINAL; PREGNANCY; RECEPTORS, ESTROGEN; RECEPTORS, SEROTONIN; WOMEN'S HEALTH;

EID: 34548854773     PISSN: 03788741     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jep.2007.07.033     Document Type: Article

References (53)

1. Ahmed M., Shikha H.A., Sadhu S.K., Rahman M.T., and Datta B.K. Analgesic, diuretic, and anti-inflammatory principle from Scoparia dulcis. Pharmazie 56 (2001) 657-660
2. Amiguet V.T., Arnason J.T., Maquin P., Cal V., Vindas P.S., and Poveda L. A consensus ethnobotany of the Q'eqchi Maya of Southern Belize. Economic Botany 59 (2005) 29-42
3. Arnason T., Uck F., Lambert J., and Hebda R. Maya medicinal plants of San Jose Succotz, Belize. Journal of Ethnopharmacology 2 (1980) 345-364
4. Barrett B. Medicinal plants of Nicaragua's Atlantic coast. Economic Botany 48 (1994) 8-20
5. Booth S., Bressani R., and Johns T. Nutrient content of selected indigenous leafy vegetables consumed by the Kekchi people of Alta Verapaz, Guatemala. Journal of Food Composition and Analysis 5 (1992) 25-34
6. Browner C.H. Plants used for reproductive health in Oaxaca, Mexico. Economic Botany 39 (1985) 482-504
7. Burdette J.E., Liu J., Chen S.N., Fabricant D.S., Piersen C.E., Barker E.L., Pezzuto J.M., Mesecar A., Van Breemen R.B., Farnsworth N.R., and Bolton J.L. Black cohosh acts as a mixed competitive ligand and partial agonist of the serotonin receptor. Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry 51 (2003) 5661-5670
8. Cabarrus C.R. La cosmovisión Q'eqchi en proceso de cambio (1998), CHOLSAMAJ, Guatemala City
9. Cáceres A. Plantas de uso medicinal en Guatemala (1996), Universidad de San Carlos, Guatemala City
10. Cáceres A., Menendez H., Mendez E., Cohobon E., Samayoa B.E., Jauregui E., Peralta E., and Carrillo G. Antigonorrheal activity of plants used in Guatemala for the treatment of sexually transmitted diseases. Journal of Ethnopharmacology 48 (1995) 85-88
11. Carlson, R., Eachus, F., 1978. El mundo espiritual de los Kekchies, vol. XIII. Instituto Indigenista Nacional, pp. 37-73.
12. Coe M. Breaking the Maya Code (1999), Thames & Hudson, New York
13. Coe F.G., and Anderson G.J. Screening of medicinal plants used by the Garifuna of Eastern Nicaragua for bioactive compounds. Journal of Ethnopharmacology 53 (1996) 29-50
14. Collins, D.A., 2001. From woods to weeds: cultural and ecological transformations in Alta Verapaz, Guatemala. Master's thesis. Tulane University, New Orleans.
15. Comerford S.C. Medicinal plants of two Mayan healers from San Andres, Peten, Guatemala. Economic Botany 50 (1996) 327-336
16. Duke J.A., and Vásquez R. Amazonian Ethnobotanical Dictionary (1994), CRC Press, Boca Raton, FL
17. Girón L.M., Aguilar G.A., Cáceres A., and Arroyo G.L. Anticandidal activity of plants used for the treatment of vaginitis in Guatemala and clinical trial of a Solanum nigrescens preparation. Journal of Ethnopharmacology 22 (1988) 307-313
18. Girón L.M., Freire V., Alonzo A., and Cáceres A. Ethnobotanical survey of the medicinal flora used by the Caribs of Guatemala. Journal of Ethnopharmacology 34 (1991) 173-187
19. Gupta M.P., Monge A., Karikas G.A., Lopez de Cerain A., Solis P.N., de Leon E., Trujillo M., Suarez O., Wilson F., Montenegro G., Noriega Y., Santana A.I., Correa M., and Sanchez C. Screening of Panamanian medicinal plants for brine shrimp toxicity, crown gall tumor inhibition, cytotoxicity and DNA intercalation. Pharmaceutical Biology 34 (1996) 19-27
20. Hasrat J.A., Pieters L., De Backer J.P., Vauquelin G., and Vlietinck A.J. Screening of medicinal plants from Suriname for 5-HT1A ligands: bioactive isoquinoline alkaloids from the fruit of Annona muricata. Phytomedicine 4 (1997) 133-140
21. Hatse, I., De Ceuster, P., 2001. Cosmovisión y espiritualidad en la agricultura Q'eqchi. Centro Bartolomé de Las Casas, Cobán, Guatemala.
22. Higdon K., Scott A., Tucci M., Benghuzzi H., Tsao A., Puckett A., Cason Z., and Hughes J. The use of estrogen, DHEA, and diosgenin in a sustained delivery setting as a novel treatment approach for osteoporosis in the ovariectomized adult rat model. Biomedical Sciences Instrumentation 37 (2001) 281-286
23. Holdridge L.R., Grenke W.C., Hatheway W.H., Llang T., and Tosi J.A.J. Forest Environments in Tropical Life Zones: A Pilot Study (1971), Pergamon Press, Oxford, New York, Toronto, Sydney, Braunschweig
24. Instituto Nacional de Estadísticas, 2002. Características de la población y de los locales de habitación cansados. Censos Nacionales XI de Población y VI de Habitación, Guatemala City.
25. Kabir S.N., Bhattacharya K., Pal A.K., and Oakrashi A. Flowers of Hibiscus rosa-sinensis, a potential source of contragestative agent: I. Effect of benzene extract on implantation of mouse. Contraception 29 (1984) 386-397
26. Kholkute S.D., and Udupa K.N. Effects of Hibiscus rosa-sinensis on pregnancy of rats. Planta Medica 29 (1976) 321-329
27. Komesaroff P.A., Black C.V., Cable V., and Sudhir K. Effects of wild yam extract on menopausal symptoms, lipids and sex hormones in healthy menopausal women. Climacteric 4 (2001) 144-150
28. Kuhnt M., Probstle A., Rimpler H., Bauer R., and Heinrich M. Biological and pharmacological activities and further constituents of Hyptis verticillata. Planta Medica 61 (1995) 227-232
29. Lang J.B., and Elkin E.D. A study of the beliefs and birthing practices of traditional midwives in rural Guatemala. Journal of Nurse Midwifery 42 (1997) 25-31
30. Lentz D.L. Medicinal and other economic plants of the Paya of Honduras. Economic Botany 47 (1989) 358-370
31. Mahady G.B., Parrot J., Lee C., Yun G.S., and Dan A. Botanical dietary supplement use in peri- and postmenopausal women. Menopause 10 (2003) 65-72
32. Michel J.L., Mahady G.B., Veliz M., Soejarto D.D., and Cáceres A. Symptoms, attitudes and treatment choices surrounding menopause among the Q'eqhchi Maya of Livingston, Guatemala. Social Science and Medicine 63 (2006) 732-742
33. Murthy D.R.K., Reddy C.M., and Patil S.B. Effect of benzene extract of Hibiscus rosa-sinensis on the estrous cycle and ovarian activity in albino mice. Biological and Pharmaceutical Bulletin 20 (1997) 756-758
34. Nigenda G., Mora-Flores G., Aldama-Lopez S., and Orozco-Nunez E. The practice of traditional medicine in Latin America and the Caribbean: the dilemma between regulation and tolerance. Salud Pública de México 43 (2001) 41-51
35. Obourn J.D., Koszewski N.J., and Notides A.C. Hormone and DNA-binding mechanisms of the recombinant human estrogen receptor. Biochemistry 32 (1993) 6229-6236
36. Orellana S.L. Indian Medicine in Highland Guatemala: The Pre-Hispanic and Colonial Periods (1987), University of New Mexico, Albuquerque
37. Ososki A.L., Lohr P., Reiff M., Balick M.J., Kronenberg F., Fugh-Berman A., and O'Connor B. Ethnobotanical literature survey of medicinal plants in the Dominican Republic used for women's health conditions. Journal of Ethnopharmacology 79 (2002) 285-298
38. PAHO. Concepciones y prácticas de salud reproductiva de las mujeres de las communidades K'iche y K'aqchikel en Guatemala (1994), PAHO, Washington, DC
39. PAHO, 1999. Traditional health systems in Latin America and the Caribbean: base information technical project report. PAHO, Washington, DC.
40. PAHO. Medicinas y terapias indígenas en la atención primaria de salud: El caso de las Mayas de Guatemala (2001), PAHO, Washington, DC
41. Rees S., den Daas I., Foord S., Goodson S., Bul D., Kilpatrick G., and Lee M. Cloning and characterization of the human 5-HT5A serotonin receptor. FEBS Letters 355 (1994) 242-246
42. In: Robineau L., and Weniger B. (Eds). Elements for a Caribbean Pharmacopeia: Tramil 3 Workshop Havana, Cuba (November 1988), Enda-caribe, Santo Domingo
43. Rodriguez Martinez, N.R., 1987. Plantas alimenticias y medicinales. Editora Nani, Santiago, República Dominicana.
44. Rossouw J.E., Anderson G.L., Prentice R.L., LaCroix A.Z., Kooperberg C., Stefanick M.L., Jackson R.D., Beresford S.A., Howard B.V., Johnson K.C., Kotchen J.M., and Ockene J. Risks and benefits of estrogen plus progestin in healthy postmenopausal women: principal results from the Women's Health Initiative randomized controlled trial. Journal of the American Medical Association 288 (2002) 321-333
45. Roth B.L., Craigo S.C., Choudhary M.S., Uluer A., Monsma Jr. F.J., Shen Y., Meltzer H.Y., and Sibley D.R. Binding of typical and atypical antipsychotic agents to 5-hydroxytryptamine-6 and 5-hydroxytryptamine-7 receptors. The Journal of Pharmacology and Experimental Therapeutics 268 (1994) 1403-1410
46. Siebers, H., 1998. Tradición, modernindad e identidiad en los Q'eqchies. Centro Ak'Kutan, Cobán, Alta Verapaz.
47. Silfen S.L., Ciaccia A.V., and Bryant H.U. Selective estrogen receptor modulators: tissue selectivity and differential uterine effects. Climacteric 2 (1999) 268-283
48. Stuart D. Dangerous Garden: the Quest For Plants to Change Our Lives (2004), Harvard University Press, Cambridge
49. Villar Anleu L. La Flora Silvestre de Guatemala (1998), Editorial Universitaria: Universidad de San Carlos Guatemala, Guatemala City
50. Villatoro E. Las plantas: Recurso terapéutico a través de la historia. Tradiciones de Guatemala 45 (1996) 61-66
51. Villatoro E., and Del Cid P. Salud integral de las mujeres (2003), FLASCO, Guatemala
52. Wilson R. Maya Resurgence in Guatemala: Q'eqchi Experiences (1995), University of Oklahoma Press, Norman and London
53. World Health Organization, 2004. The World Health Report, Geneva.