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ArticleEvidence-based complementary and alternative medicine : eCAM2018

Analysis of the Variability of Therapeutic Indications of Medicinal Species in the Northeast of Brazil: Comparative Study.

Julimery Gonçalves Ferreira Macedo, Irwin Rose Alencar de Menezes, Daiany Alves Ribeiro, Maria de Oliveira Santos, Delmacia Gonçalves de Mâcedo, Márcia Jordana Ferreira Macêdo, Bianca Vilar de Almeida, Liana Geraldo Souza de Oliveira, Catarina Pereira Leite, Marta Maria de Almeida Souza

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Article in Evidence-based complementary and alternative medicine : eCAM, 2018. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 13 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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5 · Who and what money

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10 authors.

Julimery Gonçalves Ferreira MacedoDepartment of Biology, Vegetal Ecology Laboratory, Regional University of Cariri, 63105-000 Crato, CE, Brazil.ORCID 0000-0002-0723-4171
Irwin Rose Alencar de MenezesDepartment of Biological Chemistry, Laboratory of Pharmacology and Molecular Chemistry Regional University of Cariri, 63105-000 Crato, CE, Brazil.ORCID 0000-0003-1065-9581
Daiany Alves RibeiroDepartment of Biology, Vegetal Ecology Laboratory, Regional University of Cariri, 63105-000 Crato, CE, Brazil.
Maria de Oliveira SantosDepartment of Biology, Vegetal Ecology Laboratory, Regional University of Cariri, 63105-000 Crato, CE, Brazil.
Delmacia Gonçalves de MâcedoDepartment of Biology, Vegetal Ecology Laboratory, Regional University of Cariri, 63105-000 Crato, CE, Brazil.
Márcia Jordana Ferreira MacêdoDepartment of Biology, Vegetal Ecology Laboratory, Regional University of Cariri, 63105-000 Crato, CE, Brazil.
Bianca Vilar de AlmeidaDepartment of Biology, Vegetal Ecology Laboratory, Regional University of Cariri, 63105-000 Crato, CE, Brazil.
Liana Geraldo Souza de OliveiraDepartment of Biology, Vegetal Ecology Laboratory, Regional University of Cariri, 63105-000 Crato, CE, Brazil.
Catarina Pereira LeiteDepartment of Biology, Vegetal Ecology Laboratory, Regional University of Cariri, 63105-000 Crato, CE, Brazil.
Marta Maria de Almeida SouzaDepartment of Biology, Vegetal Ecology Laboratory, Regional University of Cariri, 63105-000 Crato, CE, Brazil.

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

ethnopharmacological relevanceThis study aims to evaluate the versatility of these species and their agreement of use and/or the informants' knowledge and verify the variability of the information on the indicated medicinal species in comparison to other species from northeastern Brazilian areas. MATERIALS AND

methodsEthnobotanical information was acquired through interviews with 23 residents of the Quincuncá community, northeastern Brazil. From the obtained data, a comparative analysis of the therapeutic indications with other 40 areas in different biomes was conducted. For that, the relative importance index and informant consensus factor were calculated and compared to other indices evaluated in the literature.

resultsA total of 39 medicinal species were cited and twenty-six species showed similarities among their therapeutic indications; however, species as

conclusionThis study shows the presented divergence in relation to their therapeutic use; in this point, these divergences reinforce the importance of pharmacological research.

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PMID29849720
PMCPMC5937548

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