Poorly Investigated Ecuadorian Medicinal Plants

Plants

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Jorge Ramírez¹  Chabaco Armijos¹  Giovanni Vidari² 

[1] Departamento de Química, Universidad Técnica Particular de Loja, Loja 1101608, Ecuador;

[2] Department of Medical Analysis, Faculty of Applied Science, Tishk International University, Erbil 44001, Iraq;

关键词: medicinal plants;    Ecuador;    traditional uses;    ethnomedicine;    ethnobotany;   

DOI  :  10.3390/plants11121590

来源: DOAJ

【 摘 要 】

Ecuador has, in proportion of its size, one of the richest floras of Latin America and the world; the country also has an immense cultural heritage due to the presence of different ethnic groups that have implemented the use of many wild and cultivated plants, mainly as medicinal remedies. In a recent publication, we have summarized the results of research activities recently carried out on about 120 plants native to Ecuador, which includes the structures of non-volatile isolated compounds, as well as the chemical composition of essential oils (EOs) and the in vitro tested biological activity data. For the sake of completeness, we have collected in this paper the main information obtained from recent ethnobotanical investigations on other important Ecuadorian medicinal plants for which phytochemical, pharmacological, and toxicological studies are, however, still largely lacking. Thus, one of the objectives of this paper is to preserve the traditional knowledge of Ecuadorian Indigenous communities which, being transmitted orally, is in danger of becoming lost. Moreover, it is our intention to stimulate more extensive studies on the rich medicinal flora of the country, which can provide economic and social benefits, especially to the people who traditionally cultivate or collect the plants.

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