February 2016

Medicinal plants used in hepatic dysfunction

This study aimed to perform a survey about medicinal plants used in the treatment of the hepatic dysfunction commercialized by healers (salespeople) in the São José Market - Recife/Pernambuco and São Joaquim Street Market in Salvador/Bahia - Brazil. The place to obtain them, preparation methods and used parts of the medicinal plants, knowledge about plants, age and gender of the healers were also...

Author(s): Izabela Rangel Lima, Ivanise Brito da Silva, Mardonny Bruno de Oliveira Chagas, Roberta Maria Pereira Leite de Lima, Luciano Souza de Lima, Maria Bernadete de Souza Maia and Sônia Pereira Leite