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

PM de Medeiros, AH Ladio, UP Albuquerque - Journal of …, 2013 - Elsevier
Ethnopharmacological relevance Although the relationship between local people and plants
may be idiosyncratic, some human behaviors are common to different communities and can …

Medicinal plants of the caatinga (semi-arid) vegetation of NE Brazil: a quantitative approach

UP De Albuquerque, PM De Medeiros… - Journal of …, 2007 - Elsevier
The caatinga (semi-arid vegetation) is a Brazilian biome with a significant but poorly studied
biodiversity closely associated with a diverse cultural heritage. The present work focused on …

Why do people use exotic plants in their local medical systems? A systematic review based on Brazilian local communities

PM Medeiros, WS Ferreira Junior, MA Ramos… - PLoS …, 2017 - journals.plos.org
Efforts have been made to understand the processes that lead to the introduction of exotic
species into local pharmacopoeias. Among those efforts, the diversification hypothesis …

Medicinal plants of the Caatinga, northeastern Brazil: Ethnopharmacopeia (1980–1990) of the late professor Francisco José de Abreu Matos

K do Nascimento Magalhães, WAS Guarniz… - Journal of …, 2019 - Elsevier
Abstract Ethnopharmacological importance The Caatinga (semi-arid region), is an
exclusively Brazilian biome. Considering the scarcity of ethnobotanical and …

Seed germination responses of Cereus jamacaru DC. ssp. jamacaru (Cactaceae) to environmental factors

MV Meiado, LSC de Albuquerque… - Plant Species …, 2010 - Wiley Online Library
In the present study, we assessed the seed germination responses of Cereus jamacaru DC.
ssp. jamacaru (Cactaceae) to environmental factors. The seeds were collected from an area …

Use and knowledge of Cactaceae in Northeastern Brazil

CM de Lucena, RFP de Lucena, GM Costa… - Journal of ethnobiology …, 2013 - Springer
Background This study aimed to record the use, and knowledge that residents from São
Francisco community (Paraiba, Brazil) have regarding the Cactaceae. Methods Semi …

Fungal endophytes from cactus Cereus jamacaru in Brazilian tropical dry forest: a first study

JDP Bezerra, MGS Santos, RN Barbosa, VM Svedese… - Symbiosis, 2013 - Springer
Endophytic fungi live within the healthy tissues of plants and can promote host species
tolerance to different environmental stresses. However, most studies have been of plants in …

[HTML][HTML] Traditional knowledge and uses of medicinal plants by the inhabitants of the islands of the São Francisco river, Brazil and preliminary analysis of Rhaphiodon …

I Pio, AL Lavor, CMD Damasceno… - Brazilian Journal of …, 2018 - SciELO Brasil
This study aimed to carry out an ethnobotanical survey of medicinal plants used by
inhabitants of the Rodeadouro Island, Jatoba Island and Massangano Island, located in The …

Frugivory and seed dispersal by birds in Cereus jamacaru DC. ssp. jamacaru (Cactaceae) in the Caatinga of Northeastern Brazil

VGN Gomes, ZGM Quirino, HFP Araujo - Brazilian Journal of Biology, 2014 - SciELO Brasil
Studies of the dispersal modes of plants aid our understanding of the dynamics of resource
and its availability for dispersal agents. The present work sought to characterize the fruiting …

Cylindropuntia cholla aqueous root rich in phytosterols enhanced immune response and antimicrobial activity in tilapia Oreochromis niloticus leukocytes

M Reyes-Becerril, C Angulo, L Cosío-Aviles… - Fish & Shellfish …, 2022 - Elsevier
Abstract “Cacti” are rich sources of phytochemicals with antioxidant activity, and their use is
mainly focused on infusions in traditional medicine in Mexico. This study characterizes the …