Medicinal and Aromatic Plants of South America

Abstract

This volume in the series deals with the major Medicinal and Aromatic Plants MAPs of South America, providing information on major aspects of this specific group of plants on that continent (botany, traditional usage, chemistry, production/collection practices, trade and utilization). Brazil, in particular, offers an immense amount of biodiversity, including plants with great pharmacological interest and medicinal importance. The Amazon Basin, in northern Brazil has a highly diverse biota and still harbours a variety of unknown and unstudied plant species for medicinal values. Contributions are from internationally recognized professionals, specialists of the Medicinal and Aromatic Plant domain and have been invited mostly from the members of the International Society for Horticultural Science and International Council for Medicinal and Aromatic Plants. Intro; Preface; Contents; Part I: Medicinal and Aromatic Plants of South America; South American Biodiversity and Its Potential in Medicinal and Aromatic Plants; 1 South American Sociobiodiversity; 2 The Medicinal and Aromatic Plants of South America; 3 The Treasures of South America; References; Chemical Diversity and Ethnopharmacological Survey of South American Medicinal and Aromatic Plant Species; 1 Introduction; 2 Ethnopharmacological Overview and Chemical Compositions; 3 Important Chemical Groups Found in South American Plant Species; 3.1 Alkaloids; 3.2 Phenolic Compounds 3.2.1 Flavonoids3.3 Essential Oil Compounds; 4 Concluding Remarks; References; Part II: Medicinal and Aromatic Plants of Brazil; Introduction to Medicinal and Aromatic Plants in Brazil; 1 Introduction; 2 Biodiversity Hotspots in Brazil; 3 Diversity of Plants in Brazil; 4 The Flora of Brazil: Native vs. New Naturalized Species; 5 Naturalized Species in the Brazilian Flora; 6 REFLORA Programme; 7 Germplasm Conservation of MAPs in Brazil; 8 Effect of Chiang Mai Declaration; 9 Brazilian Medicinal Plants as Raw Materials for (Inter)National Trade 10 Cultivation of Medicinal Plants in Brazil: Introduction and Domestication11 Medicinal Plants in the Brazilian Folk Medicine; 12 The Dawn of Use of Integrative Medicine; 13 Conclusions; References; Medicinal Plants and State Policy in South America: The Case of Colonial Brazil; 1 Science (Botany) and Colonial Project of Biodiversity Exploration (Medicinal Plants); 2 Natural History for the Kingdom Development; 3 Imperial Network of (Medicinal) Plant Circulation; References; Part III: Selected Medicinal and Aromatic Plants of Brazil; Achyrocline satureioides (Lam.) DC. 1 Taxonomic Characteristics2 Crude Drug Used; 3 Major Chemical Constituents and Bioactive Compounds; 4 Morphological Description; 5 Geographical Distribution; 6 Ecological Requirements; 7 Collection Practice; 8 Traditional Use; 9 Modern Medicine Based on Its Traditional Use; 10 Conclusions; References; Adiantum raddianum C. Presl.; 1 Taxonomic Characteristics; 2 Crude Drug Used; 3 Major Chemical Constituents and Bioactive Compounds; 4 Morphological Description; 5 Geographical Distribution; 6 Ecological Requirements; 7 Collection Practice; 8 Traditional Use (Part(s) Used) and Common Knowledge 9 Modern Medicine Based on Its Traditional Medicine Uses10 Conclusions; References; Aloysia citriodora Palau; 1 Taxonomic Characteristics; 2 Crude Drug Used; 3 Major Chemical Constituents and Bioactive Compounds; 4 Morphological Description; 5 Geographical Distribution; 6 Ecological Requirements; 7 Collection Practice; 8 Traditional Use and Common Knowledge; 9 Modern Medicine Based on Its Traditional Medicine Uses; 10 Conclusions; References; Anemopaegma arvense (Vell.) Stellfeld ex De Souza; 1 Taxonomic Characteristics; 2 Crude Drug Used; 3 Major Chemical Constituents and Bioactive Compounds