Ethnopharmacological study of Stryphnodendron rotundifoliumin two communities in the semi-arid region of northeastern Brazil

• Autor(a) principal: Oliveira,Dayanne Rakelly de
• Data de Publicação: 2014
• Outros Autores: Ferreira Júnior,Washington Soares, Bitu,Vanessa de Carvalho Nilo, Pinheiro,Patricia Gonçalves, Menezes,Cicero Diego Almino, Brito Junior,Francisco Elizaudo de, Albuquerque,Ulysses Paulino de, Kerntopf,Marta Regina, Coutinho,Henrique Douglas Melo, Fachinetto,Roselei, Menezes,Irwin Rose Alencar
• Tipo de documento: Artigo
• Idioma: eng
• Título da fonte: Revista Brasileira de Farmacognosia (Online)
• Texto Completo: http://old.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0102-695X2014000200124
• topic: Ethnopharmacology; Ethnobotany; Stryphnodendron rotundifolium; Traditional Medicine; Medicinal use

This work describes the local knowledge of the medicinal use of Stryphnodendron rotundifolium Mart., Fabaceae, according to informants in two areas of the Araripe bioregion, in the Northeast Region of Brazil. We used interviews to investigate the ethnomedicinal use of the local species to determine the mode of use, frequency of administration, duration of treatment and restrictions of use. In traditional medicine, the use of S. rotundifoliumis associated with the treatment of inflammatory and infectious diseases. The part of the plant most used was the stem bark (86.11%), the predominant mode of preparation was immersion in water (52.83%), and oral administration was the most cited (48.43%). For inflammatory and infectious diseases, the treatment lasted 3-10 days and the frequency of administration was 2-3 times/day. For gastroprotective effects, treatment lasted up to 30 days, and the herb was administered 1-3 times/day. For pain complaints, the therapy varied from 2-3 days to continuous administration.The informants (46.87%) did not mention restrictions of use, except for pregnant women, with a rate of 25%. A comparison of these results with the ethnopharmacological information from other studies showed that some of the traditional indications are scientifically supported by the literature or clinical studies. Nevertheless, the results showed that pharmacologists have not fully investigated all the possible bioactivities that healers credit to this plant.