O Uso do Chenopodium Ambrosioides L. (Mastruz) na Saúde: Revisão Integrativa

Abstract

INTRODUCTION: Chenopodium ambrosioides L., popularly known as “Mastruz” or “ervade-santa-maria” is a herbaceous plant of the Chenopodiaceae family and in Brazil it is widely disseminated, including the Northeast and used for several health problems, such as such as: respiratory, vascular, gastrointestinal, neurological, endocrine, rheumatic, parasitic and osteoinductive complications. Despite this, little is known about the effect of the mast on cell culture, wounds, protection of the dentin-pulp complex and root and bone resorption. OBJECTIVE: To investigate through an integrative review of the scientific evidence on the use of the components of this plant in health. METHODS: In this view and in order to guide the integrative review, the following guiding question was asked: what has the literature already studied about the Chenopodium ambrosioides L. plant as a herbal medicine in medicine and dentistry? The study was carried out following the 6 steps - 1) selection of the guided question 2) definition of the characteristics of the primary researches in the sample 3) selection, by peers, of the researches that comprised the sample of the review 4) analysis of the findings of the articles included in the review 5) interpretation of results and 6) report of the review, providing a critical examination of the findings. For that, a search of the articles was made in the databases PUBMED, LILACS and SCIELO, 3 crossings and a manual search. The first crossing was carried out at PUBMED and LILACS with the descriptors: Chenopodium ambrosioides [all fields] OR Dysphania ambrosioides [all fields] AND medicine [all fields]. A second crossing was performed at PUBMED and LILACS with the descriptors: Chenopodium ambrosioides [all fields] OR Dysphania ambrosioides [all fields] AND Dentistry [all fields]. A third crossing was performed at SCIELO with the descriptors Chenopodium ambrosioides [all fields] OR Dysphania ambrosioides [all fields]. In addition, a manual search of articles in Portuguese and English was carried out, involving dissertations for the conclusion of undergraduate and specialization courses and master's degrees, and doctoral theses. The selection included authors, year, title, objectives, methodologies, results and conclusion. RESULTS: The analysis of the results regarding the quantitative distribution of the articles found using the search criteria in the databases selected with the first crossing Chenopodium ambrosioides [all fields] OR Dysphania ambrosioides [all fields] AND medicine [all fields] was found 57 articles and we selected 21 and when the search criteria were used in the databases selected with the second crossing: Chenopodium ambrosioides [all fields] OR Dysphania ambrosioides [all fields] AND Dentistry [all fields] there were 4 results and these 4 were selected. A third cross was made with the crosses: Chenopodium ambrosioides [all fields] OR Dysphania ambrosioides [all fields] and found 17 articles of which 4 were selected. In addition to these crossings, a manual search was carried out looking for articles in Portuguese and English, with the keywords Chenopodium ambrosioides [all fields] OR Dysphania ambrosioides [all fields] AND Dentistry [all fields], involving undergraduate and specialization dissertations, dissertations of master's and doctoral theses. CONCLUSION: In this way, it can be concluded that the use of the mast, both in medicine and dentistry, has promising applicability together with a very easy accessibility of the plant by the population. However, the review shows that they still need new articles that present the effects of the active ingredients alone, mainly in live models, and in the future clinical research to ensure greater safety and effectiveness.