Zootherapy goes to town: the use of animal-based remedies in urban areas of NE and N Brazil

dc.contributorUniversidade Estadual Paulista (UNESP)
dc.creatorAlves, Romulo R. N.
dc.creatorRosa, Lerece L.
dc.date2014-05-20T15:20:29Z
dc.date2016-10-25T17:53:37Z
dc.date2014-05-20T15:20:29Z
dc.date2016-10-25T17:53:37Z
dc.date2007-09-25
dc.date.accessioned2017-04-05T23:26:06Z
dc.date.available2017-04-05T23:26:06Z
dc.identifierJournal of Ethnopharmacology. Clare: Elsevier B.V., v. 113, n. 3, p. 541-555, 2007.
dc.identifier0378-8741
dc.identifierhttp://hdl.handle.net/11449/31774
dc.identifierhttp://acervodigital.unesp.br/handle/11449/31774
dc.identifier10.1016/j.jep.2007.07.015
dc.identifierWOS:000250117700021
dc.identifierhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jep.2007.07.015
dc.identifier.urihttp://repositorioslatinoamericanos.uchile.cl/handle/2250/876247
dc.descriptionThis paper examines the therapeutic possibilities offered by animal-based remedies in five Brazilian cities. Information was obtained through semi-structured questionnaires applied to 79 traders of medicinal animals at Sao Luis, Teresina, Joao Pessoa and Campina Grande (Northeastern) and Belem (Northern) Brazil. We recorded the use of 97 animal species as medicines, whose products were recommended for the treatment of 82 illnesses. The most frequently quoted treatments concerned the respiratory system (58 species; 407 use-citations), the osteomuscular system and conjunctive tissue (46 species; 384 use-citations), and the circulatory system (34 species; 124 use-citations). Mammals (27 species), followed by reptiles (24) and fishes (16) represented the bulk of medicinal species. In relation to users, 53% of the interviewees informed that zootherapeuticals resources were sought after by people from all social classes, while 47% stated that low income people were the main buyers. The notable use and commercialization of medicinal animals to alleviate and cure health problems and ailments in cities highlights the resilience of that resource in the folk medicine. Most remedies quoted by interviewees depend on wild-caught animals, including some species under official protection. Among other aspects, the harvesting of threatened species confers zootherapy a role in the discussions about biodiversity conservation in Brazil. (C) 2007 Elsevier B.V.. All rights reserved.
dc.languageeng
dc.publisherElsevier B.V.
dc.relationJournal of Ethnopharmacology
dc.rightsinfo:eu-repo/semantics/closedAccess
dc.subjectzootherapy
dc.subjectBrazil
dc.subjecttraditional medicines
dc.titleZootherapy goes to town: the use of animal-based remedies in urban areas of NE and N Brazil
dc.typeOtro


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