Why do people use exotic plants in their local medical systems? A systematic review based on Brazilian local communities
| Autor: | Washington Soares Ferreira Júnior, Ana Haydee Ladio, Patrícia Muniz de Medeiros, Marcelo Alves Ramos, Taline Cristina da Silva, Ulysses Paulino Albuquerque |
|---|---|
| Jazyk: | angličtina |
| Rok vydání: | 2017 |
| Předmět: |
0106 biological sciences
Culture Ethnobotany Social Sciences Ciencias de la Salud lcsh:Medicine Introduced species Forests 01 natural sciences Geographical locations Plant identification Sociology Diversification hypothesis Medicinal Plants Medicine and Health Sciences lcsh:Science Multidisciplinary Ecology Pharmaceutics Repertoire Eukaryota Plants Research Assessment Terrestrial Environments Otras Ciencias de la Salud Systematic review purl.org/becyt/ford/3 [https] Brazil Research Article CIENCIAS MÉDICAS Y DE LA SALUD Systematic Reviews Forest Ecology Biology Diversification (marketing strategy) Research and Analysis Methods 010603 evolutionary biology Competitive advantage Pharmacopeias Ecosystems purl.org/becyt/ford/3.3 [https] Species Specificity Drug Therapy Forest ecology Therapeutic targets Plants Medicinal Ecology and Environmental Sciences lcsh:R Organisms Biology and Life Sciences South America 0104 chemical sciences 010404 medicinal & biomolecular chemistry lcsh:Q People and places Introduced Species Exotic plants |
| Zdroj: | PLoS ONE, Vol 12, Iss 9, p e0185358 (2017) CONICET Digital (CONICET) Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas instacron:CONICET PLoS ONE |
| ISSN: | 1932-6203 |
| Popis: | Efforts have been made to understand the processes that lead to the introduction of exotic species into local pharmacopoeias. Among those efforts, the diversification hypothesis predicts that exotic plants are introduced in local medical systems to amplify the repertoire of knowledge related to the treatment of diseases, filling blanks that were not occupied by native species. Based on such hypothesis, this study aimed to contribute to this discussion using the context of local Brazilian populations. We performed a systematic review of Brazilian studies up to 2011 involving medicinal plants, excluding those studies that presented a high risk of bias (because of sampling or plant identification problems). An analysis of similarities (ANOSIM) was conducted in different scales to test for differences in the repertoire of therapeutic indications treated using native and exotic species. We have found that although there is some overlap between native and exotic plants regarding their therapeutic indications and the body systems (BSs) that they treat, there are clear gaps present, that is, there are therapeutic indications and BSs treated that are exclusive to exotic species. This scenario enables the postulation of two alternative unfoldings of the diversification hypothesis, namely, (1) exotic species are initially introduced to fill gaps and undergo subsequent expansion of their use for medical purposes already addressed using native species and (2) exotic species are initially introduced to address problems already addressed using native species to diversify the repertoire of medicinal plants and to increase the resilience of medical systems. The reasons why exotic species may have a competitive advantage over the native ones, the implications of the introduction of exotic species for the resilience of medical systems, and the contexts in which autochthonous plants can gain strength to remain in pharmacopoeias are also discussed. Fil: Muniz de Medeiros, Patrícia. Universidade Federal de Alagoas; Brasil Fil: Ferreira Junior, Washington Soares. Universidade Federal de Pernambuco; Brasil Fil: Ramos, Marcelo Alves. Universidade Federal de Pernambuco; Brasil Fil: Da Silva, Taline Cristina. Universidade Federal de Alagoas; Brasil Fil: Ladio, Ana Haydee. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas. Centro Científico Tecnológico Conicet - Patagonia Norte. Instituto de Investigaciones en Biodiversidad y Medioambiente. Universidad Nacional del Comahue. Centro Regional Universidad Bariloche. Instituto de Investigaciones en Biodiversidad y Medioambiente; Argentina Fil: Albuquerque, Ulysses Paulino. Universidade Federal de Pernambuco; Brasil |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
| Externí odkaz: |
|