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JACOB PAREDES, Daniel; BUENANO-ALLAUCA, Mónica Patricia  e  MANCERA-RODRIGUEZ, Néstor Javier. USE OF MEDICINAL PLANTS IN THE SAN JACINTO COMMUNITY - VENTANAS MUNICIPALITY, LOS R͍OS - ECUADOR. rev.udcaactual.divulg.cient. [online]. 2015, vol.18, n.1, pp.39-50. ISSN 0123-4226.

The use of medicinal plants by San Jacinto community, in Los Rios Province (Ecuador), was investigated. The importance of plant parts, the type of administration, the preparation, the categories of traditional medicinal use and the species knowledge by sex and age, were established. Use value of species (IVU), the relative knowledge by several informants (VUR) and the level of meaningful use Tramil (UST) were determinate. Thirty three medicinal plants were recorded, the most commonly used structures used in the preparation of medicine were the leaves (87.9%), the major form to preparation was the infusion (66.7%), and the route of administration was drink (87.9%). The medicinal usage category best represented is related with the gastrointestinal system (36.4%). No significant difference in knowledge of species according to sex and age range of the respondents was found. The most important medicinal plants for local people were Aloe vera, Kalanchoe pinnata, Ruta graveolens, Melissa officinalis, Valeriana officinalis, Cymbopogon citratus and Origanum vulgare.

Palavras-chave : Traditional medicine; ethnobotanical; quantitative analysis.

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