Use and importance of quina (Cinchona spp.) and ipeca (Carapichea ipecacuanha (Brot.) L. Andersson): Plants for medicinal use from the 16th century to the present
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- 作者：Washington Soares Ferreira Jú ; nior ; kba.bio@hotmail.com ; Margarita Paloma Cruz ; Lucilene Lima dos Santos ; Maria Franco Trindade Medeiros
- 关键词：Historical ethnobotany ; Rubiaceae ; Past pharmacopoeias
- 刊名：Journal of Herbal Medicine
- 出版年：2012
- 出版时间：December, 2012
- 年：2012
- 卷：2
- 期：4
- 页码：103-112
- 全文大小：968 K
文摘
Observations in prescriptions of the monasteries¡¯ apothecaries of S?o Bento from Rio de Janeiro (Rio de Janeiro) and Olinda (Pernambuco) dating from the nineteenth century, prescribed quina (Cinchona spp., Rubiaceae) and ipeca (Carapichea ipecacuanha [Brot.] L. Andersson, Rubiaceae) for antidiarrheal/febrifuge and emetic/expectorant uses. In addition to these observations, pharmacological and anthropological literature indicate a great importance of using these plants for treating human diseases since ancient times. From this information, the present work conducts a literature review to investigate the history of discovery and use of these species, recovering information about past and current uses of quina and ipeca, seeking also to record possible changes in usage over time.