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Mostrando 1-10 de 10 artigos, teses e dissertações.
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1. What are the drivers of popularity and versatility of medicinal plants in local medical systems?
ABSTRACT The cultural importance of medicinal plants has been measured in terms of popularity (number of people who know a plant) and versatility (number of therapeutic indications mentioned for a plant). Previous works have provided evidence about some drivers of medicinal plant importance, such as attributes of availability, efficiency, palatability and ta
Acta Bot. Bras.. Publicado em: 2020-06
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2. The use of firewood for home consumption and the fabrication of hand-crafted ceramics in a semi-arid region of Northeast Brazil
ABSTRACT This study aimed to identify, analyze and compare different uses of firewood for home consumption and for handicraft work in rural communities in Altinho, Pernambuco, Brazil. Semi-structured and free-listing interviews were performed to catalog the plants that were better known by locals and that were mostly used as firewood for home consumption and
Acta Bot. Bras.. Publicado em: 01/08/2019
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3. The use of firewood in protected forests: collection practices and analysis of legal restrictions to extractivism
ABSTRACT Restrictions to the collection of timber resources in protected areas have been scarcely studied. The aim of this study was to describe the practices of firewood collection in a protected forest and the perceptions of collectors, particularly with regard to their adjustment to the rules of the local management plan. The study involved 102 participan
Acta Bot. Bras.. Publicado em: 19/06/2019
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4. The use of firewood in protected forests: collection practices and analysis of legal restrictions to extractivism
ABSTRACT Restrictions to the collection of timber resources in protected areas have been scarcely studied. The aim of this study was to describe the practices of firewood collection in a protected forest and the perceptions of collectors, particularly with regard to their adjustment to the rules of the local management plan. The study involved 102 participan
Acta Bot. Bras.. Publicado em: 19/06/2019
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5. What matters in free listing? A probabilistic interpretation of the salience index
ABSTRACT Free listing is a data collection technique used in different subject areas to characterize a given cultural domain. Analysis of a set of lists from a human population allows inferences to be made about the cultural salience of the items in that domain. However, the challenge that the salience index presents is establishing a threshold value for det
Acta Bot. Bras.. Publicado em: 25/03/2019
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6. Ethnobotanical, micrographic and pharmacological features of plant-based weight-loss products sold in naturist stores in Mexico City: the need for better quality control
The consumption of dietary supplements and herbal mixtures to promote weight loss is a common practice in the West. This study was undertaken in Mexico City, surveying stores selling "natural products" at subway stations. The aims of this paper were as follows: to compile a record of plant products marketed as slimming aids and of retailer perceptions of the
Acta Bot. Bras.. Publicado em: 2013-09
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7. Ethnopharmacological versus random plant selection methods for the evaluation of the antimycobacterial activity
The municipality of Oriximiná, Brazil, has 33 quilombola communities in remote areas, endowed with wide experience in the use of medicinal plants. An ethnobotanical survey was carried out in five of these communities. A free-listing method directed for the survey of species locally indicated against Tuberculosis and lung problems was also applied. Data were
Revista Brasileira de Farmacognosia. Publicado em: 20/05/2011
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8. A etnoecologia dos jardins-quintal e seu papel no sistema agrícola de populações quilombolas do Vale do Ribeira, São Paulo / The Ethnoecology of homegardens and its role in the agricultural systems of the quilombola communities of Ribeira Valley, São Paulo.
This study aims to describe several aspects related to the structure and function of 71 homegardens which are here interpreted as subunities of the complex agricultural system present in the quilombola communities of the Ribeira Valley, municipality of Eldorado, SP. This description allows for the comprehension of the importance of these swidden plots in the
Publicado em: 2010
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9. TÃninos e flavonÃides em plants medicinais da caatinga: um estudo de etnobotÃnica quantitativa
Various models addressing quantitative analyses of ethnobotanical and ethnopharmacological data have been proposed in the last decade, with most of them based on informant consensus. The present work tested the efficiency of different methodological strategies, comparing the Syndromic Importance Value (SIV) with priority criteria based on the free-listing te
Publicado em: 2008
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10. Plants used as fuelwood in a caatinga área (Northeastern Brazil): species selection, collection patterns and resource quality. / Plantas usadas como combustível em uma área de caatinga (Nordeste do Brasil): seleção de espécies, padrões de coleta e qualidade do recurso.
Woody products in Caatinga correspond to a forest resource with high value to local populations of these regions. From all wood extracted in this biome, about 80% is collected to supply the energetic demand of industrial and domestic sectors of the northeast, but theres still a great lack of information referent to fuelwood use in the region. So this work ai
Publicado em: 2007