Aspectos Etnobotânicos e Químicos das Famílias Loranthaceae e Viscaceae: Potencialidades Terapêuticas das “Ervas-depassarinho” Parasitas

A. C. Guimarães

doi:10.32712/2446-4775.2006.39

Aspectos Etnobotânicos e Químicos das Famílias Loranthaceae e Viscaceae: Potencialidades Terapêuticas das “Ervas-depassarinho” Parasitas

v. 2 n. 01 (2006)
27-47
15/10/2013
01/06/2006
https://doi.org/10.32712/2446-4775.2006.39

A. C. Guimarães

Palavras-chave

Loranthaceae

Viscaceae

erva-de-passarinho

Resumo

O presente estudo apresenta um levantamento completo das espécies epífitas parasitas medicinais das famílias Loranthaceae e Viscaeace, conhecidas no Brasil com o nome genérico popular de “erva-de-passarinho”. São apresentados os usos tradicionais descritos na literatura, associados às espécies com alguma atividade terapêutica, assim como as substâncias isoladas, listadas por grupos químicos.

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