Medicinal plants used by a group of elderly from petrolina city in pernambuco

• In: SIG Posters
• At: Amsterdam (the Netherlands) (2012)
• Type: Poster
• Poster code: NPR-P-15
• By: NUNES, Luciana (Fortaleza, Brazil)
• Co-author(s): Oliveira Júnior, R.G. (UNIVASF, Petrolina, Brazil)
  Lavor, E.M. (Universidade Federal do Vale do São Francisco, Petrolina, Brazil)
  Oliveira, M.R. (Universidade Federal do Vale do São Francisco, Petrolina, Brazil)
  Vieira, E.S.S. (UNIVASF, Petrolina, Brazil)
  Silva, M.A. (Universidade Federal do Vale do São Francisco, Petrolina, Brazil)
  Silva, M.T.N.M. (UNIVASF, Petrolina, Brazil)
  Olinda, T.M. (Universidade Federal do Ceará - UFC, Fortaleza, Brazil)
  
• Abstract:

  
  Background
  : The use of plants as medicine is a practice that is part of human history, being extremely important in both medical and cultural aspects.
  Aims:
  Assess the knowledge and traditional use of medicinal plants by the elderly in some neighborhoods of the city of Petrolina-PE.
  Methods:
  Data were collected through a questionnaire applied from

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