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The Meaning of Plants' Names: A New Discovering Approach to Its Medicinal and/or Toxic Properties.
Dos Santos Dantas Lima, Letícia; Felipe Domingues Passero, Luiz; Indriunas, Alexandre; de Souza Santos, Ingrid; Francisco Uchôa Coqueiro, Luíza; Alexandre Souza da Cruz, Kayo; Batista de Almeida, Adriana; Carlos Fernandes Galduróz, José; Rodrigues, Eliana.
Afiliação
  • Dos Santos Dantas Lima L; Center for Ethnobotanical and Ethnopharmacological Studies (CEE), Department of Environmental Sciences, Universidade Federal de Sa˜o Paulo (UNIFESP), Rua Prof. Artur Riedel, No 275, Diadema 09972-270, SP, Brazil.
  • Felipe Domingues Passero L; São Paulo State University (UNESP), Institute of Biosciences, Praça Infante Dom Henrique, s/n, São Vicente 11330-900, SP, Brazil.
  • Indriunas A; Institute for Advanced Studies of Ocean, São Paulo State University (UNESP), São Vicente 11350-011, Brazil.
  • de Souza Santos I; Museu Nacional, Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro, Quinta da Boa Vista-São Cristóvão, Rio de Janeiro 20940-040, Brazil.
  • Francisco Uchôa Coqueiro L; Center for Ethnobotanical and Ethnopharmacological Studies (CEE), Department of Environmental Sciences, Universidade Federal de Sa˜o Paulo (UNIFESP), Rua Prof. Artur Riedel, No 275, Diadema 09972-270, SP, Brazil.
  • Alexandre Souza da Cruz K; Center for Ethnobotanical and Ethnopharmacological Studies (CEE), Department of Environmental Sciences, Universidade Federal de Sa˜o Paulo (UNIFESP), Rua Prof. Artur Riedel, No 275, Diadema 09972-270, SP, Brazil.
  • Batista de Almeida A; Center for Ethnobotanical and Ethnopharmacological Studies (CEE), Department of Environmental Sciences, Universidade Federal de Sa˜o Paulo (UNIFESP), Rua Prof. Artur Riedel, No 275, Diadema 09972-270, SP, Brazil.
  • Carlos Fernandes Galduróz J; Center for Ethnobotanical and Ethnopharmacological Studies (CEE), Department of Environmental Sciences, Universidade Federal de Sa˜o Paulo (UNIFESP), Rua Prof. Artur Riedel, No 275, Diadema 09972-270, SP, Brazil.
  • Rodrigues E; Departament of Psychobiology, Universidade Federal de São Paulo, Rua Botucatu, 862, Edifício Ciências Biomédicas-1° Andar, São Paulo 04724-000, Brazil.
Evid Based Complement Alternat Med ; 2024: 6678557, 2024.
Article em En | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-38410808
ABSTRACT
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 associated with their use. This study sought to list the scientific and vernacular names of plants whose lexicons are related to those possible properties of plants and to compare them with the "ethno" (ethnobotanical and ethnopharmacological) and pharmacological data available in the scientific literature. A floating reading of the two classical and reference works on Brazilian medicinal plants was performed, and plants with vernacular and/or scientific names related to the possible medicinal and/or toxic properties were listed. Correlations between the meanings of the species' names (lexicon) and their possible biological properties were made from their translation from Latin by consulting dictionaries. A bibliographic survey was conducted on the "ethno" and pharmacological data for each species. Finally, data from these three dimensions (lexicon, "ethno," and pharmacology) were classified and compared using a bioprospection classification. It resulted in a list of 90 plant species belonging to 47 families. 66 of the 90 species presented "ethno" data from the scientific literature, while 46 species presented pharmacological data. Of these, 46 (69.7%) and 27 (58.7%), respectively, showed equivalence with the possible medicinal and/or toxic properties of plants according to their lexicons. According to this study, half of the plants investigated demonstrate equivalence in the three dimensions analyzed (lexicons, "ethno," and pharmacological data from the scientific literature). Gastrointestinal and nervous system categories are among the most common in all three dimensions. Plant lexicons may be closely linked to the possible medicinal and/or toxic properties and the study of plant lexicons may represent one more approach for the search for new drugs, mainly considering the gastrointestinal, nervous, and parasites categories.
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Texto completo: 1 Coleções: 01-internacional Base de dados: MEDLINE Idioma: En Revista: Evid Based Complement Alternat Med Ano de publicação: 2024 Tipo de documento: Article País de afiliação: Brasil País de publicação: Estados Unidos
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Texto completo: 1 Coleções: 01-internacional Base de dados: MEDLINE Idioma: En Revista: Evid Based Complement Alternat Med Ano de publicação: 2024 Tipo de documento: Article País de afiliação: Brasil País de publicação: Estados Unidos