ETHNOBOTANICAL STUDY OF MEDICINAL PLANTS USED IN THREE DISTRICTS OF IMBABURA PROVINCE, ECUADOR
The result's identifiers
Result code in IS VaVaI
<a href="https://www.isvavai.cz/riv?ss=detail&h=RIV%2F60460709%3A41340%2F19%3A79445" target="_blank" >RIV/60460709:41340/19:79445 - isvavai.cz</a>
Result on the web
<a href="https://scholar.google.com/scholar_lookup?author=E%20Fernandez-Cusimamani&atitle=ETHNOBOTANICAL%20STUDY%20OF%20MEDICINAL%20PLANTS%20USED%20IN%20THREE%20DISTRICTS%20OF%20IMBABURA%20PROVINCE,%20ECUADOR&publication_year=2019&hl=en&journal=AGROCIENCIA&volume=53&issue=5&pages=797-810&issn=1405-3195" target="_blank" >https://scholar.google.com/scholar_lookup?author=E%20Fernandez-Cusimamani&atitle=ETHNOBOTANICAL%20STUDY%20OF%20MEDICINAL%20PLANTS%20USED%20IN%20THREE%20DISTRICTS%20OF%20IMBABURA%20PROVINCE,%20ECUADOR&publication_year=2019&hl=en&journal=AGROCIENCIA&volume=53&issue=5&pages=797-810&issn=1405-3195</a>
DOI - Digital Object Identifier
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Alternative languages
Result language
angličtina
Original language name
ETHNOBOTANICAL STUDY OF MEDICINAL PLANTS USED IN THREE DISTRICTS OF IMBABURA PROVINCE, ECUADOR
Original language description
An ethnobotanical inventory of medicinal plants was carried out in three Districts (called locally Cantons: Antonio Ante, Ibarra and Otavalo) of the province of Imbabura, Ecuador. The information was obtained from 802 people: 525 women and 277 men, aged 18 to 79, with a semi-structured survey. In this survey, we recorded 59 species of medicinal plants belonging to 33 families and 56 genera. The most important families of medicinal use are Lamiaceae (9 species), Asteraceae (8) and Apiaceae (4). The most commonly used part of the plant were the leaves (43%) and flowers (21%). Most of the species are used to treat joint pains, headaches, sore throat (78%), gastrointestinal (71%) and respiratory diseases (53%) and the most common use is in the form of tea. The medicinal species with the greatest cultural acceptance, according to the Tramil significant use (TSU) are Matricaria chamomilla L. (78%), Aloysia citriodora Paláu (58%), Plantago major L. (56%) and Origanum vulgare L. (56%). Out of the Young infor
Czech name
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Czech description
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Classification
Type
J<sub>imp</sub> - Article in a specialist periodical, which is included in the Web of Science database
CEP classification
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OECD FORD branch
40101 - Agriculture
Result continuities
Project
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Continuities
S - Specificky vyzkum na vysokych skolach
Others
Publication year
2019
Confidentiality
S - Úplné a pravdivé údaje o projektu nepodléhají ochraně podle zvláštních právních předpisů
Data specific for result type
Name of the periodical
AGROCIENCIA
ISSN
1405-3195
e-ISSN
1405-3195
Volume of the periodical
53
Issue of the periodical within the volume
5
Country of publishing house
CZ - CZECH REPUBLIC
Number of pages
14
Pages from-to
797-810
UT code for WoS article
000478998800010
EID of the result in the Scopus database
2-s2.0-85072404888