Ethnobotanical inventory of medicinal plants used by Cashinahua (<i>Huni Kuin</i>) herbalists in Purus Province, Peruvian Amazon
The result's identifiers
Result code in IS VaVaI
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Result on the web
<a href="https://doi.org/10.1186/s13002-023-00586-4" target="_blank" >https://doi.org/10.1186/s13002-023-00586-4</a>
DOI - Digital Object Identifier
<a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s13002-023-00586-4" target="_blank" >10.1186/s13002-023-00586-4</a>
Alternative languages
Result language
angličtina
Original language name
Ethnobotanical inventory of medicinal plants used by Cashinahua (<i>Huni Kuin</i>) herbalists in Purus Province, Peruvian Amazon
Original language description
This study aims to document the diversity of medicinal plants used by the Cashinahua people (also known as Huni Kuin) of the Curanja River, as well as describe and compare their uses with pharmacological and phytochemical records from previously published studies. The ethnic has been studied to a limited extent from an ethnobotanical perspective. The study area is located in the Ucayali region, eastern Central Amazon, where ancestral knowledge is preserved due to the limited accessibility of the region. Between November 2010 and June 2015, a total of 11 months were spent on the survey, which included a short-term visit to complete voucher specimen collection and taxonomic identification. We conducted semi-structured interviews with 10 Cashinahua traditional healers and 10 midwives. Vernacular names, ethnomedicinal uses, plant parts used and forms of preparation and administration were recorded. Ethnopharmacological, pharmacological and phytochemical uses were checked through survey of the previously published papers indexed on Web of Science databases between 2018 and 2022. We obtained data on 467 plant taxa, among which we highlighted 79 species unreported or rarely cited for medicinal use or phytochemical analysis. These species were spread over 60 genera and 42 botanical families, with Acanthaceae being the most represented. Leaves were used the most frequently (93.56%). Among the 79 species, the most reported therapeutic activities involved pregnancy and birth disorders (13.84%), followed by poisonings, infections and infestations. The predominant application form was external (87%). Our study indicates that there are locally valuable species that have not yet been studied for their medical potential.
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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
10611 - Plant sciences, botany
Result continuities
Project
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Continuities
S - Specificky vyzkum na vysokych skolach
Others
Publication year
2023
Confidentiality
S - Úplné a pravdivé údaje o projektu nepodléhají ochraně podle zvláštních právních předpisů
Data specific for result type
Name of the periodical
Journal of Ethnobiology and Ethnomedicine
ISSN
1746-4269
e-ISSN
1746-4269
Volume of the periodical
19
Issue of the periodical within the volume
MAY 12 2023
Country of publishing house
CZ - CZECH REPUBLIC
Number of pages
26
Pages from-to
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UT code for WoS article
000986197400001
EID of the result in the Scopus database
2-s2.0-85160627079