An ethnobotanical study of medicinal plants used in Zacatecas state, Mexico

Kód výsledku v IS VaVaI

<a href="https://www.isvavai.cz/riv?ss=detail&h=RIV%2F60460709%3A41340%2F18%3A76648" target="_blank" >RIV/60460709:41340/18:76648 - isvavai.cz</a>

Výsledek na webu

<a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.5586/asbp.3581" target="_blank" >http://dx.doi.org/10.5586/asbp.3581</a>

DOI - Digital Object Identifier

<a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.5586/asbp.3581" target="_blank" >10.5586/asbp.3581</a>

Jazyk výsledku

angličtina

Název v původním jazyce

An ethnobotanical study of medicinal plants used in Zacatecas state, Mexico

Popis výsledku v původním jazyce

Despite the fact that Mexico has vast biocultural biodiversity, there are numerous regions where the traditional medicinal use of plants has not yet been studied. We aimed to document, analyze quantitatively, and preserve medicinal plant knowledge among local people living in over 40 communities in the state of Zacatecas. Ethnobotanical information was collected by semi-structured interviews with 132 informants. Data were analyzed using standard quantitative indices such as relative frequency of citation, family importance value, cultural importance index, and informant consensus factor. We recorded 168 medicinal plant taxa belonging to 151 genera and 69 botanical families and used to treat 99 health disorders. The most medicinally important plant families was Asteraceae (20 species). The most culturally important species was Matricaria chamomilla L., mentioned 140 times. The highest consensus for use was for diseases of the reproductive system. The type of disorder for which there was the highest nu

Název v anglickém jazyce

An ethnobotanical study of medicinal plants used in Zacatecas state, Mexico

Popis výsledku anglicky

Despite the fact that Mexico has vast biocultural biodiversity, there are numerous regions where the traditional medicinal use of plants has not yet been studied. We aimed to document, analyze quantitatively, and preserve medicinal plant knowledge among local people living in over 40 communities in the state of Zacatecas. Ethnobotanical information was collected by semi-structured interviews with 132 informants. Data were analyzed using standard quantitative indices such as relative frequency of citation, family importance value, cultural importance index, and informant consensus factor. We recorded 168 medicinal plant taxa belonging to 151 genera and 69 botanical families and used to treat 99 health disorders. The most medicinally important plant families was Asteraceae (20 species). The most culturally important species was Matricaria chamomilla L., mentioned 140 times. The highest consensus for use was for diseases of the reproductive system. The type of disorder for which there was the highest nu

Druh

J_imp - Článek v periodiku v databázi Web of Science

CEP obor

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OECD FORD obor

10611 - Plant sciences, botany

Projekt

—

Návaznosti

S - Specificky vyzkum na vysokych skolach

Rok uplatnění

2018

Kód důvěrnosti údajů

S - Úplné a pravdivé údaje o projektu nepodléhají ochraně podle zvláštních právních předpisů

Název periodika

Acta Societatis Botanicorum Poloniae

ISSN

0001-6977

e-ISSN

2083-9480

Svazek periodika

87

Číslo periodika v rámci svazku

2 - 3581

Stát vydavatele periodika

PL - Polská republika

Počet stran výsledku

15

Strana od-do

1-15

Kód UT WoS článku

000437393800005

EID výsledku v databázi Scopus

2-s2.0-85049793784