Ethnobotanical study of anti-malarials among communities in the municipal of Portel-PA, Brazil

Kelly Davis
Danielly de Oliveira Guimarães
Timothy Davis
Cristine

    Kelly Davis

    Federal University of Pará (UFPA), Center for Advanced Studies of the Amazon NAEA. Av. Perimetral, 1, Guamá, CEP 66075-750, Belém, PA, Brazil.

    He was a PIBIC Scholarship Holder (CNPq) at the Museu Paraense Emílio Goeldi- MPEG from 03/2019 to 09/2020. He works with chemical characterization of native plants and conducts ethnobotanical and ethnopharmacological studies of the riverside community. She was a student of the Pharmacy Course at the University of the Amazon, completed in December 2020, completed high school at the Federal Institute of Pará.

    Danielly de Oliveira Guimarães

    Federal University of Pará (UFPA), Center for Advanced Studies of the Amazon NAEA. Av. Perimetral, 1, Guamá, CEP 66075-750, Belém, PA, Brazil.

    Graduated in Full Degree in Pedagogy from the Federal University of Pará (2003) and Master in Environmental Biology: Ecology of Coastal and Estuarine Ecosystems, from the Federal University of Pará (2005). PhD in Environmental Biology: Biological Resources in the Amazon Coastal Zone of the Federal University of Pará, Campus Universitário de Bragança (2011). Specialist in Clinical Psychopedagogy by Faculdade Integrada Brasil Amazônia (2016). She has experience in the area of Environmental Education and Ecology of Coastal and Estuarine Ecosystems, with an emphasis on Coastal Management, working in the Amazonian coastal area. She is a teacher at the Presbyterian School of Coqueiro. She carries out a project approved by the National Research Ethics Committee, in riverside communities on the Aruanã River. She served as a postdoctoral fellow at the Center for High Studies in the Amazon, Federal University of Pará (2018).

    Timothy Davis

    3University of North Georgia, Lewis P. Rogers Institute for Environmental and Spatial Analysis, Georgia, GA, USA

    Cristine

    MUSEU PARAENSE EMILIO GOELDI

    Atualmente é Professora Colaboradora da disciplina "Biotecnologia Aplicada ao Ambiente Amazônico" do Programa de Pós-Graduação em Ciências Ambientais da Universidade do Estado do Pará (UEPA), Professora Colaboradora da disciplina "Química do Solo" no Programa de Pós-Graduação em Agronomia da Universidade Federal Rural da Amazônia (UFRA) e Professora Colaboradora da disciplina "Farmacologia de Produtos Naturais" do Programa de Pós-Graduação da Rede BIONORTE (Polo Pará).

Keywords

Ethnobotanical
Medicinal plants
Malaria
Communities
Antimalarial

Abstract

Nearly all cultures use medicinal plants as a vital dietary resource, the ingredients collected from their surroundings being used for food and medicine. This study will provide the basis for further ethnopharmacological research by documenting the use of medicinal plants traditionally employed by the communities along the Aruanã River to treat malaria and related symptoms. While this is the first ethnobotanical study in this region, the socio-economic profile will also be evaluated as part of this study. We also aimed to review literature on traditional use of the cited species for comparison. Ethnobotanical data was collected using semi-structured interviews with 23 participants, which cited 29 species used to prevent and/or cure malaria and related symptoms. The interviewees ranged in age from 14 to 83, with 73.91% women, and 47.83% illiterate. Medicinal plants gathered from the wild and cultivated in gardens have been traditionally used to treat malaria and related symptoms among riverine communities. Documenting this local knowledge to compare with reviewed literature regarding efficacy and toxicity would be an essential part in the search for a new antimalarial agent.

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  • Kelly Davis
    Federal University of Pará (UFPA), Center for Advanced Studies of the Amazon NAEA. Av. Perimetral, 1, Guamá, CEP 66075-750, Belém, PA, Brazil.
  • Danielly de Oliveira Guimarães
    Federal University of Pará (UFPA), Center for Advanced Studies of the Amazon NAEA. Av. Perimetral, 1, Guamá, CEP 66075-750, Belém, PA, Brazil.
  • Timothy Davis
    3University of North Georgia, Lewis P. Rogers Institute for Environmental and Spatial Analysis, Georgia, GA, USA
  • Cristine
    MUSEU PARAENSE EMILIO GOELDI

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