This work investigates the popular knowledge regarding the usage of medicinal plants in the treatment of respiratory diseases in childhood. Exploratory descriptive study of qualitative nature, performed in Juazeiro do Norte/CE with twenty-two mothers and/or the ones responsible for the children patients of the Health Family Strategy. The data was collected through semi-structured interviews in the months of Jun...
Medicinal plants have been the subject of research in several countries such as Brazil. The Duguetia furfuracea A. St.-Hil., popularly known as araticum-bravo, ata-brava and ata de lobo, has been used in folk medicine as anti-rheumatic drugs, for the treatment of renal dysfunction, spinal pain and stomach, and against pediculosis. This work aimed to analyze the antibacterial effect of the crude extract and frac...
e research for new antibacterial substances becomes necessary due to increase of the antibiotic resistance of clinically important pathogens [1]. Due to this fact, substances derived from plants could be attractive alternatives [2, 3]. Natural products from plant may change or modulate the action of the antibiotic, enhancing or reducing the activity of this drug [4]. In recent years, many plants have been eval...
Investiga o saber popular sobre o uso de plantas medicinais no tratamento de doenças respiratórias na infância. Estudo descritivo exploratório de natureza qualitativa, realizado em Juazeiro do Norte/CE com vinte e duas mães e/ou responsáveis de crianças usuárias da Estratégia Saúde da Família. A coleta de dados foi efetuada entre os meses de junho e julho de 2011 através de entrevista semiestruturada. Empregou-...
This work investigates the popular knowledge regarding the usage of medicinal plants in the treatment of respiratory diseases in childhood. Exploratory descriptive study of qualitative nature, performed in Juazeiro do Norte/CE with twenty-two mothers and/or the ones responsible for the children patients of the Health Family Strategy. The data was collected through semi-structured interviews in the months of Jun...