Medicinal plants and folk uses in Trás-os-Montes (Portugal). An overview of phytochemical properties and bioactive compounds potential Conference Paper uri icon

abstract

  • Ethnobotanical surveys conducted in north-eastern Portugal reported plant knowledge and uses of several wild species in folk medicine based on field studies using ethnographic methodologies. Taking advantage of a multidisciplinary team, besides botanical inventories and sociocultural and anthropological studies, we set out applied phytochemical research on locally used medicinal plants (more frequently cited, i.e. frequency of citation > 50%) that have special cultural significance. Experimental phytochemical research points to pharmacological effects that confirm the importance of the empirical use of these species and their contribution to a good health condition.
  • FCT, Portuguese Science and Technology Foundation for L. Barros Grant (SFRH/BPD/4609/2008).

publication date

  • January 1, 2010