Patterns of medicinal plant use by inhabitants of Brazilian urban and rural areas: A macroscale investigation based on available literature

Journal of Ethnopharmacology

Volumn 150, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 729-746

  De Medeiros, Patrícia Muniz ^a   Ladio, Ana Haydée ^b   Albuquerque, Ulysses Paulino ^c  

^a Programa de Pós graduação em História   (Brazil)

^b LABORATORIO ECOTONO   (Argentina)

^c UNIVERSIDADE FEDERAL RURAL DE PERNAMBUCO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Human ecology; Meta analysis; Quantitative ethnobotany; Traditional knowledge

Indexed keywords

ACANTHOSPERMUM AUSTRALE; ACHILLEA; ACHYROCLINE; ACHYROCLINE SATUREIOIDES; ALOE; ALOE ARBORESCENS; ALOE VERA; ALOYSIA CITRIODORA; ALOYSIA GRATISSIMA; ALTERNANTHERA BRASILIANA; AMBURANA CEARENSIS; ANADENANTHERA COLUBRINA; ARCTIUM LAPPA; ARISTOLOCHIA TRIANGULARIS; ARTEMISIA ABSINTHIUM; ARTEMISIA ALBA; ARTICLE; AVOCADO; BACCHARIS; BACCHARIS CRISPA; BASIL; BAUHINIA FORFICATA; BIDENS PILOSA; BORRERIA VERTICILLATA; BOWDICHIA VIRGILIOIDES; BRAZIL; CALENDULA OFFICINALIS; CARDOON; CASEARIA SYLVESTRIS; CASHEW NUT; CHAPTALIA NUTANS; CHENOPODIUM AMBROSIOIDES; CINNAMOMUM ZEYLANICUM; COMFREY; CORONOPUS DIDYMUS; CORRELATION COEFFICIENT; CROTON; CROTON HELIOTROPIIFOLIUS; CULTURAL FACTOR; CUNILA MICROCEPHALA; CUPHEA; CUPHEA CARTHAGENENSIS; CURATELLA AMERICANA; CYMBOPOGON CITRATUS; ECHINODORUS GRANDIFLORUS; ECOSYSTEM; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; ETHNOBOTANY; ETHNOPHARMACOLOGY; EUGENIA; EUGENIA UNIFLORA; FENNEL; GARLIC; GOSSYPIUM HERBACEUM; GYMNANTHEMUM AMYGDALINUM; HANDROANTHUS IMPETIGINOSUS; HUMAN; HYMENAEA COURBARIL; LAURUS NOBILIS; LEMON; LIBIDIBIA FERREA; LIME (FRUIT); LIPPIA; LIPPIA ALBA; MALVA; MALVA PARVIFLORA; MALVA SYLVESTRIS; MANDARIN; MARJORAM; MATRICARIA; MAYTENUS; MAYTENUS ILICIFOLIA; MAYTENUS RIGIDA; MEDICAL LITERATURE; MEDICINAL PLANT; MELISSA OFFICINALIS; MENTHA PIPERITA; MENTHA PULEGIUM; MENTHA VILLOSA; MIKANIA GLOMERATA; MOMORDICA CHARANTIA; MORUS NIGRA; MUEHLENBECKIA SAGITTIFOLIA; MYRACRODRUON URUNDEUVA; NATIVE SPECIES; NONHUMAN; OCIMUM CARNOSUM; OCIMUM GRATISSIMUM; OPUNTIA FICUS INDICA; PAPAYA; PARSLEY; PASSION FRUIT; PETIVERIA ALLIACEA; PHYLLANTHUS TENELLUS; PHYTOCHEMISTRY; PIPER MIKANIANUM; PIPER REGNELLII; PLANT ENVIRONMENT INTERACTION; PLANTAGO; PLANTAGO AUSTRALIS; PLANTAGO MAJOR; PLECTRANTHUS; PLECTRANTHUS AMBOINICUS; PLECTRANTHUS BARBATUS; POINCIANELLA PYRAMIDALIS; POLYGONUM PUNCTATUM; ROSEMARY; RURAL AREA; RUTA GRAVEOLENS; SALVIA OFFICINALIS; SAMBUCUS; SAMBUCUS AUSTRALIS; SCHINUS TEREBINTHIFOLIUS; SCOPARIA DULCIS; SIDA RHOMBIFOLIA; SOUR ORANGE; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; SPECIES DISTRIBUTION; SPECIES HABITAT; STACHYTARPHETA CAYENNENSIS; STRYCHNOS PSEUDOQUINA; STRYPHNODENDRON ADSTRINGENS; SWEET ORANGE; SWEET POTATO; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; TANACETUM VULGARE; TRADESCANTIA ZEBRINA; TRADITIONAL MEDICINE; TREATMENT INDICATION; UNCARIA TOMENTOSA; URBAN AREA; URBANIZATION; VERNONANTHURA PHOSPHORICA; WATERCRESS; WOODY PLANT; XANTHIUM; ZIZIPHUS; ZIZIPHUS JOAZEIRO;

HUMAN ECOLOGY; META-ANALYSIS; QUANTITATIVE ETHNOBOTANY; TRADITIONAL KNOWLEDGE;

BRAZIL; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; MEDICINE, TRADITIONAL; PLANTS, MEDICINAL; RURAL POPULATION; URBAN POPULATION;

EID: 84887423195     PISSN: 03788741     EISSN: 18727573     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jep.2013.09.026     Document Type: Article

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