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View article: Percutaneous Chevron and Akin (PECA) Osteotomy for Bilateral Hallux Valgus: A Case Report and Literature Review
Percutaneous Chevron and Akin (PECA) Osteotomy for Bilateral Hallux Valgus: A Case Report and Literature Review Open
Background: Hallux valgus, the lateral angulation of the big toe toward the lesser toes—commonly known as a bunion—is a complex foot deformity that can be considered in three planes: frontal, transverse, and sagittal. Coronal plane deformi…
View article: Participatory Ethnobotany in indigenous health: study conducted by a Pataxó Hãhãhãi ethnobotanist among his people, Brazil
Participatory Ethnobotany in indigenous health: study conducted by a Pataxó Hãhãhãi ethnobotanist among his people, Brazil Open
In an unprecedented way, an indigenous ethnobotanist retrieved and documented the plants and medicinal practices of his people, which were subjected to many attacks and fragmentations over the years. People learned about the recovery of pl…
View article: The Meaning of Plants’ Names: A New Discovering Approach to Its Medicinal and/or Toxic Properties
The Meaning of Plants’ Names: A New Discovering Approach to Its Medicinal and/or Toxic Properties Open
Some of the vernacular or scientific names are related to possible medicinal and/or toxic properties that can reveal the presence of potential bioactive agents, contributing to the discovery of new drugs and/or knowledge of the risks assoc…
View article: Participatory ethnobotany: comparison between two quilombos in the Atlantic Forest, Ubatuba, São Paulo, Brazil
Participatory ethnobotany: comparison between two quilombos in the Atlantic Forest, Ubatuba, São Paulo, Brazil Open
Ethnobotanical studies that use the participatory research approach seek to involve the residents of a community in different stages of the study, promoting the registration, dissemination and strengthening of local knowledge, as well as t…
View article: Citizen Science
Citizen Science Open
The term citizen science originates from Anglo-American contexts and generally describes the procedure of involving citizens who are not institutionally anchored in academia as active participants in a scientific research process.The use o…
View article: boletim Maconhabrás 14
boletim Maconhabrás 14 Open
boletim Maconhabrás 14
View article: Challenges, Strategies, and Impacts of Doing Citizen Science with Marginalised and Indigenous Communities: Reflections from Project Coordinators
Challenges, Strategies, and Impacts of Doing Citizen Science with Marginalised and Indigenous Communities: Reflections from Project Coordinators Open
Citizen science is growing and increasingly realizing its potential in terms of benefiting science and society. However, there are significant barriers to engaging participants in non-Western, non-educated, non-industrialised, non-rich and…
View article: Drug interactions between plant-based natural products and medicines used by elderly in the city of Diadema, Brazil
Drug interactions between plant-based natural products and medicines used by elderly in the city of Diadema, Brazil Open
Elderly people often combine the use of synthetic drugs with plant-based natural products (PBNP) to treat diseases, especially chronic ones. However, the association of both can cause adverse drug events, which are generally undesirable an…
View article: The importance of ethnoecological studies for the conservation and sustainable use of biodiversity: a critical analysis of six decades of support by FAPESP
The importance of ethnoecological studies for the conservation and sustainable use of biodiversity: a critical analysis of six decades of support by FAPESP Open
This paper aims to assess the area of ethnoecology within funding provided by the São Paulo Research Foundation (FAPESP) to projects and events in order to discuss the importance of this area for the conservation and sustainable use of bio…
View article: The Potential of Traditional Knowledge to Develop Effective Medicines for the Treatment of Leishmaniasis
The Potential of Traditional Knowledge to Develop Effective Medicines for the Treatment of Leishmaniasis Open
Leishmaniasis is a neglected tropical disease that affects people living in tropical and subtropical areas of the world. There are few therapeutic options for treating this infectious disease, and available drugs induce severe side effects…
View article: Evaluation of conservation status of plants in Brazil’s Atlantic forest: An ethnoecological approach with Quilombola communities in Serra do Mar State Park
Evaluation of conservation status of plants in Brazil’s Atlantic forest: An ethnoecological approach with Quilombola communities in Serra do Mar State Park Open
The Atlantic Forest is considered the fourth most important biodiversity hotspot. Although almost 96% of its original area has been devastated, a large part of its remaining conserved area is inhabited by traditional communities. This rese…
View article: Participatory methods on the recording of traditional knowledge about medicinal plants in Atlantic forest, Ubatuba, São Paulo, Brazil
Participatory methods on the recording of traditional knowledge about medicinal plants in Atlantic forest, Ubatuba, São Paulo, Brazil Open
Data obtained during participatory research show that training local communities in the registration of their own knowledge is feasible and necessary since they register knowledge based on local perceptions, as well as valuing knowledge an…
View article: Impact of the Training of Professionals from São Paulo Public Health System in Phytotherapy Practice
Impact of the Training of Professionals from São Paulo Public Health System in Phytotherapy Practice Open
Introduction: Following the introduction in 2006 of the National Policy on Integrative and Complementary Practices, and The National Policy on Medicinal Plants and Herbal Medicines, the Municipal Secretariat for the Environment of the City…
View article: Ethnopharmacology: a laboratory science?
Ethnopharmacology: a laboratory science? Open
In 1962, Richard Evans Schultes defined ethnobotany as “the study of the relationships which exist between people of the primitive society and their plant environment”. Ethnopharmacology, considered a sub-discipline of ethnobotany, has bee…
View article: Evaluation of conservation status of plants in Brazil’s Atlantic forest: An ethnoecological approach with Quilombola communities in Serra do Mar State Park
Evaluation of conservation status of plants in Brazil’s Atlantic forest: An ethnoecological approach with Quilombola communities in Serra do Mar State Park Open
The Atlantic Forest is considered the fourth most important biodiversity hotspot. Although almost 96% of its original area has been devastated, a large part of its remaining conserved area is inhabited by traditional communities. This rese…
View article: Impact of the Training of Professionals from São Paulo Public Health System in Phytotherapy Practice
Impact of the Training of Professionals from São Paulo Public Health System in Phytotherapy Practice Open
Introduction: Following the introduction in 2006 of the National Policy on Integrative and Complementary Practices, and The National Policy on Medicinal Plants and Herbal Medicines, the Municipal Secretariat for the Environment of the City…
View article: Impacto da Capacitação de Profissionais da Rede Pública de Saúde de São Paulo na Prática da Fitoterapia
Impacto da Capacitação de Profissionais da Rede Pública de Saúde de São Paulo na Prática da Fitoterapia Open
Introduction: Following the introduction in 2006 of the National Policy on Integrative and Complementary Practices, and The National Policy on Medicinal Plants and Herbal Medicines, the Municipal Secretariat for the Environment of the City…
View article: Petiveria alliacea, a plant used in Afro-Brazilian smoke rituals, triggers pulmonary inflammation in rats
Petiveria alliacea, a plant used in Afro-Brazilian smoke rituals, triggers pulmonary inflammation in rats Open
Petiveria alliacea L., Phytolaccaceae, a plant used in Afro-Brazilian religious smoke rituals is reported to have “harmonic properties” (anxiolytic effect) by ethnobotanical survey. In the present work, we analyzed the chemical composition…
View article: Ethnopharmacology Study of Plants from Atlantic Forest with Leishmanicidal Activity
Ethnopharmacology Study of Plants from Atlantic Forest with Leishmanicidal Activity Open
Leishmaniasis is an infectious disease caused by a protozoan belonging to Leishmania genus. Different clinical outcomes can be observed depending on the parasite species and patient’s health condition. The outcomes can range from single cu…
View article: Nests of “caba-leão” wasps (Sceliphron sp., Sphecidae) used in traditional medicine by riverine communities of the Jaú and Unini Rivers, Amazon, Brazil: ethnopharmacological, chemical and mineralogical aspects
Nests of “caba-leão” wasps (Sceliphron sp., Sphecidae) used in traditional medicine by riverine communities of the Jaú and Unini Rivers, Amazon, Brazil: ethnopharmacological, chemical and mineralogical aspects Open
This research contributes to the study of substances present in homemade remedies used by the riverine communities of the Amazon, which are the result of insect–mineral–vegetable oil-interaction. The results of the analyses show the main c…
View article: Local ecological knowledge and its relationship with biodiversity conservation among two Quilombola groups living in the Atlantic Rainforest, Brazil
Local ecological knowledge and its relationship with biodiversity conservation among two Quilombola groups living in the Atlantic Rainforest, Brazil Open
Information on the knowledge, uses, and abundance of natural resources in local communities can provide insight on conservation status and conservation strategies in these locations. The aim of this research was to evaluate the uses, knowl…
View article: Medicinal plants in the diet of woolly spider monkeys ( Brachyteles arachnoides , E. Geoffroy, 1806) – a bio-rational for the search of new medicines for human use?
Medicinal plants in the diet of woolly spider monkeys ( Brachyteles arachnoides , E. Geoffroy, 1806) – a bio-rational for the search of new medicines for human use? Open
The present study aimed to compare the plant food diet of woolly spider monkeys (Brachyteles arachnoides) inhabiting Intervales State Park in São Paulo, Brazil, with medicinal plant species used by humans in the surrounding areas of the pa…
View article: Canteiros de plantas medicinais, condimentares e tóxicas como ferramenta de promoção à saúde no Jardim Botânico de Diadema, SP, Brasil
Canteiros de plantas medicinais, condimentares e tóxicas como ferramenta de promoção à saúde no Jardim Botânico de Diadema, SP, Brasil Open
In order to provide environmental education related to the rational use of spices, toxic and medicinal plants, plant beds have been placed and maintained at Diadema Botanic Garden. Also informative education material was distributed, such …
View article: Exudates used as medicine by the “caboclos river-dwellers” of the Unini River, AM, Brazil – classification based in their chemical composition
Exudates used as medicine by the “caboclos river-dwellers” of the Unini River, AM, Brazil – classification based in their chemical composition Open
Although the use of exudates in traditional medicine has been commonly observed during ethnopharmacological surveys, few records have been made concerning the scientific merits of these products. The aim of this study was to document ethno…