Medicinal plants used by the population of Goianapolis, Goias State, Brazil/Plantas medicinais utilizadas pela populacao de Goianapolis, Estado de Goias, Brasil

In Brazil, the knowledge on the use of medicine plants comes mainly from natives with African and European influences. With descriptive purposes and valuation of traditional knowledge, a study with induced questioning was conducted in the municipality of Goianapolis, Goias State, to verify the plant...

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Published in:Acta scientiarum. Biological sciences 2013-04, Vol.35 (2), p.263
Main Authors: Soares, Nayane Peixoto, Neres, Alessandro Camilo, de Abreu, Taina, de Abreu Pfrimer, Gabriel, Nishijo, Hisao, Aversi-Ferreira, Tales Alexandre
Format: Article
Language:Spanish
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Medicinal plants
Medicine, Botanic
Medicine, Herbal
Surveys
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Summary:In Brazil, the knowledge on the use of medicine plants comes mainly from natives with African and European influences. With descriptive purposes and valuation of traditional knowledge, a study with induced questioning was conducted in the municipality of Goianapolis, Goias State, to verify the plants considered to be medicinal by the local population. The data collection through structured interviews in the form of questionnaires from sixty inhabitants randomly selected. The study followed the ethical aspects and was approved by the Unievangelica Research and Ethics Committee. Most of the interviewed subjects was of female gender, older than 30 years and had already lived in the rural area for at least one phase of their lives, the use of leaves and the method of tea making and infusion were most mentioned, the plants most used were Lemon Balm, Mint, Chilean evergreen tree, elderberry, wormseed, Pennyroyal, and the most mentioned families are Asteraceae and Laminaceae. The knowledge about plants use was obtained, according most of interviewed, from family. In conclusion, the data observed in Goianapolis, Goias State, corroborates of those observed by other researchers about the use of plants, the most used botanical families, the plant parts to be used and the form of preparation. Keywords: ethnobotany, ethnopharmacology, medicinal plants, brazilian savanna. No Brasil, o conhecimento sobre o uso de plantas medicinais e proveniente principalmente dos indigenas, com influencias negras e europeias. Com fins descritivos e de valorizacao do conhecimento tradicional, foi realizado um estudo de questionamento induzido no municipio de Goianapolis, Estado de Goias, para a verificacao das plantas consideradas de carater medicinal usadas pela populacao desse municipio. O estudo foi aprovado pelo Comite de Etica e Pesquisa da Unievangelica e foram entrevistados 60 moradores escolhidos atraves de sorteio A maioria foi do genero feminino, maiores de 30 anos e ja residiram na zona rural em pelo menos uma fase da vida. O uso de folhas e o modo de preparo de cha e infusao foram os mais citados, as plantas mais utilizadas foram erva-cidreira, hortela, boldo, sabugueiro, erva-de-santa-maria e poejo e as familias mais citadas foram a Asteraceae e a Laminaceae, nesta ordem. O conhecimento sobre a utilizacao das plantas foi adquirido, segundo a maioria dos entrevistados, por informacoes ensinadas na propria familia. Em conclusao, os dados obtidos em Goianapolis, Estado de Goias
ISSN:1679-9283
1807-863X
DOI:10.4025/actascibiolsci.v35i2.13077