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Can the Apparency Hypothesis explain the selection of medicinal plants in an area of caatinga vegetation? A chemical perspective

Year: 2009

Type: article

Abstract: This scientific note examines the ability of the apparency hypothesis to explain the selection of medicinal plants by members of a rural community located in the Caatinga dryland region of Pernambuco state. A total of 61 plants considered to be medicinal were examined phytochemically to test the premises of this hypothesis. It was concluded that apparency does not completely explain our findings.

Source: Acta Botanica Brasilica

DOI: 10.1590/s0102-33062009000300033

Authors: Nélson Leal Alencar, Thiago Antonio de Sousa Araújo, Elba Lúcia Cavalcanti de Amorim, Ulysses Paulino de Albuquerque

Institutions: Universidade Federal de Pernambuco, Universidade Federal Rural de Pernambuco

Language: English

Topic: Ethnobotanical and Medicinal Plants Studies

Subfield: Plant Science

Field: Agricultural and Biological Sciences

Domain: Life Sciences

Open Access status: diamond

Funders: Conselho Nacional de Desenvolvimento Científico e Tecnológico, Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina

OpenAlex ID: W2090465232

FWCI: 6.111

Cites: 11

Cited by: 37

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