Species from the Euphorbiaceae family used for medicinal purposes in Brazil

Revista Cubana de Plantas Medicinales

de Sousa Trindade, Maria José¹  Alves Lameira, Osmar¹ 

[1] Laboratório de Biotecnologia, Brasil

关键词: economic botany;    popular medicine;    uses;    Croton;   

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学科分类：药理学

来源: Editorial Ciencias Medicas

【 摘 要 】

Introduction: Euphorbiaceae is one of the largest, most complex and most diverse botanical families. With more than 1 100 species, either native or naturalized in Brazil, this family has a great potential for use. Euphorbiaceae species have great economic importance as foods or drugs of popular use.Objective: broaden knowledge about the assigned Euphorbiaceae species, thus contributing to improve their use as drugs.Methods: a bibliographic review was conducted of books, websites and scientific papers dealing with the use of the assigned species of the Euphorbiaceae family and published from 1824 to 2012.Results: data were obtained about 149 species and 35 genera with a variety of uses, most of which were medicinal. The genus with the largest number of species used was Croton with 58, followed by Euphorbia with 13 and Jatropha with 9.Conclusion: the studies show great viability in the use of species from the Euphorbiaceae family.

【 授权许可】

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