RESUMO
Traditional ecological knowledge (TEK) associated with the use of medicinal plants has been vital to numerous communities around the world. Nowadays, medicinal plants continue to be of great cultural importance and represent a viable option for health care in local communities. This study was conducted Colombian Caribbean region, particularly in the La Rosita neighborhood of the municipality of Puerto Colombia, with the purpose of collecting ethnobotanical information associated with the medicinal uses that the inhabitants give to the plants. For the analysis of ethnobotanical data, the cultural importance (CI) index was calculated. TEK of medicinal plants contributed to healing practices of the municipality of Puerto Colombia because during the decades the inhabitants have been able to verify the effectiveness of these plants in the treatment of diseases. However most of the medicinal species used are not non-native. Our results show the urgency of developing research that contributes to the documentation and analysis of ethnobotanical information and makes the importance of TEK as a cultural service of ecosystems visible.
El conocimiento ecoloÌgico tradicional (TEK) asociado con el uso de plantas medicinales ha sido vital para numerosas comunidades en todo el mundo. Hoy en diÌa, las plantas medicinales continuÌan siendo de gran importancia cultural y representan una opcioÌn viable para el cuidado de la salud en las comunidades locales. Este estudio se realizoÌ en la regioÌn Caribe colombiana, particularmente en el barrio La Rosita del municipio de Puerto Colombia, con el propoÌsito de recolectar informacioÌn etnobotaÌnica asociada a los usos que los habitantes otorgan a las plantas. Para el anaÌlisis de datos etnobotaÌnicos, se calculoÌ el iÌndice de importancia cultural (IC). TEK de plantas medicinales contribuyoÌ a las praÌcticas curativas del municipio de Puerto Colombia pues durante deÌcadas los habitantes han podido comprobar la efectividad de estas plantas en el tratamiento de enfermedades. Sin embargo, la mayoriÌa de las especies medicinales utilizadas no son nativas. Nuestros resultados muestran la urgencia de desarrollar investigaciones que contribuyan a la documentacioÌn y el anaÌlisis de la informacioÌn etnobotaÌnica y hacen visible la importancia de TEK como un servicio cultural de los ecosistemas.
Assuntos
Humanos , Masculino , Feminino , Adulto , Pessoa de Meia-Idade , Idoso , Idoso de 80 Anos ou mais , Plantas Medicinais , Ecossistema , Etnobotânica , Inquéritos e Questionários , ColômbiaRESUMO
Human chorionic gonadotropin (hCG) is found in pregnancy urine and in urine from some cancer patients. It is found in a variety of forms, whose concentrations have clinical importance. A highly active preparation of hCG from pregnancy urine has been obtained by a simple method of immunoaffinity chromatography using a monoclonal antibody (MAb) against beta-subunit hCG. The recuperation of hCG from urine extract by this procedure was 84.18%, with a purification factor of 19.78. The specificity activity of the obtained hCG was 9705.36 IU/mg. The preparation appeared homogeneous by SDS-PAGE, analytical gel filtration, and double immunodiffusion. The molecular mass was 40 kDa by gel filtration on Superose 12 HR. Molecular masses estimated by electrophoresis were 14.6 and 23.5 kDa for the alpha and beta subunits, respectively.