Perceptions and use of medicinal plants by an elementary and high school community in Vila Velha, Espírito Santo, Brazil

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Autor(a) principal: da Silva Bispo, Wilka Messner
Data de Publicação: 2022
Outros Autores: Ferreira Freitas, Edilene, Pinheiro Cruz, Ariane, Sampaio Silva, Racire, Fronza, Marcio
Tipo de documento: Artigo
Idioma: eng
Título da fonte: Brazilian Journal of Pharmaceutical Sciences
Texto Completo: https://www.revistas.usp.br/bjps/article/view/200988
Resumo: Plants have been used for centuries as therapeutic resources for various pathological conditions and are occasionally considered as the only resource available to some communities. However, knowledge on the potential of traditional medicinal plants have been lost over the years. Strategies that can guarantee the prospection of popular knowledge regarding medicinal plants to stimulate the spread of information between generations are therefore of enormous value. Thus, the present study aimed to investigate the use and knowledge on medicinal plants of students from a public school in Vila Velha (Brazil) and their associated community, including parents. In this urban locality, data were obtained by the application of a semi-structured questionnaire to 206 people from the school community. Although homegrown cultivation seems to be an uncommon practice in urban contexts, the use of medicinal plants by the sampled population was significant (80%), as well as theinterviewees’ confidence on its therapeutic action (90%). It is worth mentioning that more than 70% of the respondents presented their parents and/or grandparents as their main source of information, highlighting the importance of popular knowledge valorization.
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dc.title.none.fl_str_mv Perceptions and use of medicinal plants by an elementary and high school community in Vila Velha, Espírito Santo, Brazil
title Perceptions and use of medicinal plants by an elementary and high school community in Vila Velha, Espírito Santo, Brazil
spellingShingle Perceptions and use of medicinal plants by an elementary and high school community in Vila Velha, Espírito Santo, Brazil
da Silva Bispo, Wilka Messner
Medicinal plants, Phytotherapy. Popular medicine. Traditional medicine
title_short Perceptions and use of medicinal plants by an elementary and high school community in Vila Velha, Espírito Santo, Brazil
title_full Perceptions and use of medicinal plants by an elementary and high school community in Vila Velha, Espírito Santo, Brazil
title_fullStr Perceptions and use of medicinal plants by an elementary and high school community in Vila Velha, Espírito Santo, Brazil
title_full_unstemmed Perceptions and use of medicinal plants by an elementary and high school community in Vila Velha, Espírito Santo, Brazil
title_sort Perceptions and use of medicinal plants by an elementary and high school community in Vila Velha, Espírito Santo, Brazil
author da Silva Bispo, Wilka Messner
author_facet da Silva Bispo, Wilka Messner
Ferreira Freitas, Edilene
Pinheiro Cruz, Ariane
Sampaio Silva, Racire
Fronza, Marcio
author_role author
author2 Ferreira Freitas, Edilene
Pinheiro Cruz, Ariane
Sampaio Silva, Racire
Fronza, Marcio
author2_role author
author
author
author
dc.contributor.author.fl_str_mv da Silva Bispo, Wilka Messner
Ferreira Freitas, Edilene
Pinheiro Cruz, Ariane
Sampaio Silva, Racire
Fronza, Marcio
dc.subject.por.fl_str_mv Medicinal plants, Phytotherapy. Popular medicine. Traditional medicine
topic Medicinal plants, Phytotherapy. Popular medicine. Traditional medicine
description Plants have been used for centuries as therapeutic resources for various pathological conditions and are occasionally considered as the only resource available to some communities. However, knowledge on the potential of traditional medicinal plants have been lost over the years. Strategies that can guarantee the prospection of popular knowledge regarding medicinal plants to stimulate the spread of information between generations are therefore of enormous value. Thus, the present study aimed to investigate the use and knowledge on medicinal plants of students from a public school in Vila Velha (Brazil) and their associated community, including parents. In this urban locality, data were obtained by the application of a semi-structured questionnaire to 206 people from the school community. Although homegrown cultivation seems to be an uncommon practice in urban contexts, the use of medicinal plants by the sampled population was significant (80%), as well as theinterviewees’ confidence on its therapeutic action (90%). It is worth mentioning that more than 70% of the respondents presented their parents and/or grandparents as their main source of information, highlighting the importance of popular knowledge valorization.
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