Traditional uses of American plant species from the 1st edition of Brazilian Official Pharmacopoeia

Revista Brasileira de Farmacognosia

Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais, Belo Horizonte, Brazil¹  Monte-Mór, Roberto L. M.¹  Centro Universitário UNIEURO, Brasilia, Brasil¹  Cosenza, Gustavo P.¹  Brandão, Maria G. L.¹  Netto Junior, Nilton L.¹  Grael, Cristiane F. F.¹  Universidade Federal dos Vales do Jequitinhonha e Mucuri, Diamantina, Brazil¹ 

关键词: American native plants;    Pharmacopoeia;    traditional uses.;   

DOI  :  10.1590/S0102-695X2009000300023

来源: Sociedade Brasileira de Farmacognosia

【 摘 要 】

The first edition of the Brazilian Official Pharmacopoeia (FBRAS), published in 1929, is a rich source of information about American medicinal plants, since it lists species used in both traditional and conventional medicine. In this study, we have performed a survey of the traditional uses of plants described in eighty-seven Monographs from the FBRAS in twenty bibliographies written from the 19th century to the 1970s. Eighty-six different traditional uses are described in three or more books; some of them were cited in ten or more books, illustrating their widespread use and importance in medicine. The species from the first edition of the FBRAS have a long tradition of medical utility, which is confirmed by historical records. In surveying these medically relevant species, we hope to encourage policy makers and the scientific public as a whole to engage in a strong debate in an attempt to improve and facilitate the pharmacological study of these species.

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