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Bol. latinoam. Caribe plantas med. aromát ; 14(2): 99-112, Mar. 2015. map, tab, ilus
Article in Spanish | LILACS | ID: biblio-907475

ABSTRACT

Ante el incremento de enfermedades crónico-degenerativas como la Diabetes mellitus (DM), es necesario e indispensable documentar y evaluar farmacológicamente las plantas utilizadas en la medicina tradicional regional para el control empírico de esta enfermedad. Este estudio presenta los resultados de una investigación etnofarmacológica de especies vegetales empleadas empíricamente en una comunidad del sureste mexicano para el control de la DM. La información se obtuvo en una comunidad de Tabasco, México a través de una entrevista estructurada TRAMIL y mediante la consulta de ejemplares de herbario. Se encontró un total de 36 especies vegetales usadas en la comunidad para este tratamiento y todas ellas conocidas por uno o más nombre locales. Las familias más representadas son las Fabaceae, Asteraceae, Cucurbitaceae, Meliaceae y Poaceae. Destacan cinco especies por su uso significativo TRAMIL (UST) para el control de la DM, siendo las más importantes Tradescanthia spathacea Sw. y Manilkara zapota (L.) P. Royen. La importancia de uso en la comunidad enfatiza la necesidad de iniciar estudios farmacológicos sobre la actividad hipoglucémica de estas especies.


Because of the increase of chronic degenerative diseases, such as Diabetes mellitus (DM), it is necessary and indispensable to carry out pharmacological studies in order to identify and to evaluate plant species that are used in regional traditional medicine for empirical control of DM. Results of an ethnopharmacological research on Mexican plants used for empirical control of DM in a community at the southeast of Mexico are presented in this study. Information was obtained from people at a community of Tabasco, Mexico by means of applying a TRAMIL structured interview, and by reviewing herbarium specimens. A total of 36 plant species that are used in the community to control the DM was found, all of those species are known by one or more local names. Botanical families with more species mentioned by people are Fabaceae, Asteraceae, Cucurbitaceae, Meliaceae and Poaceae. On the basis of their high TRAMIL significant use (TSU), five plant species are distinguished for local DM control, and two of them are the most important: Tradescanthia spathacea Sw. and Manilkara zapota (L.) P. Royen. The importance of using those species in the community emphasizes the need to initiate pharmacological studies on the hypoglycemic activity of them.


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Diabetes Mellitus , Ethnopharmacology , Hypoglycemic Agents , Plants, Medicinal , Interviews as Topic , Medicine, Traditional , Mexico , Pharmacognosy
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