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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

    <a href="https://www.isvavai.cz/riv?ss=detail&h=RIV%2F60460709%3A41340%2F23%3A96491" target="_blank" >RIV/60460709:41340/23:96491 - isvavai.cz</a>

  • 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.

  • Czech name

  • Czech description

Classification

  • Type

    J<sub>imp</sub> - Article in a specialist periodical, which is included in the Web of Science database

  • CEP classification

  • OECD FORD branch

    10611 - Plant sciences, botany

Result continuities

  • Project

  • 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

  • UT code for WoS article

    000986197400001

  • EID of the result in the Scopus database

    2-s2.0-85160627079