George Pimentel Fernandes

ETHNOBIOLOGICAL SURVEY OF PLANTS AND ANIMALS USED FOR THE TREATMENT OF ACUTE RESPIRATORY INFECTIONS IN CHILDREN OF A TRADITIONAL COMMUNITY IN THE MUNICIPALITY OF BARBALHA, CEARÁ, BRAZIL.

Background: The use of natural resources for the treatment of acute respiratory infections in children is a widespread practice within traditional communities, especially by women by being the primary caregivers. This study aimed to perform ethnobiological survey of plants and animals used for the treatment of acute respiratory infections in children of a traditional community in the municipality of Barbalha, Ceará, Brazil. Methods: It is a descriptive exploratory study with a quantitative approach, developed in Sitio Santo Antonio, in the municipality of Barbalha, Ceará, Brazil. As a tool for data collection, was applied a questionnaire and a semi-structured interview. Data analysis used descriptive statistics (simple and percentage rate) and the Relative Frequency of Citation. Results: The research included a total of 54 informants. In total, there were 38 species cited. According to the Relative Frequency of Citation the following species were the most cited: Ocimum basilicum L. (0.59), Eucalyptus globulus Labili (0.59), Plectranthus amboinicus (L.) Spreng (0.42), Hyptis suaveolens (L.) Poit. (0.24), Allium aescalonicum L. (0.22) and Mentha arvensis L. (0.18). Among the symptoms mentioned by the research subjects to treat the acute respiratory infections in childhood, there were: fever; cough; coughing with secretions; sore throat; hoarseness; tiredness; nasal congestion. Conclusions: It is important the knowledge about the usefulness of natural resources as alternative practices in diseases treatment, seeking to rescue popular knowledge used in the traditional community and fomenting the need to consider cultural aspects in the full practice to children’s health care.

Superexploração de recursos naturais: implicações para a sociobiodiversidade, a bioprospecção e a etnomedicina

As analises foram conduzidas com o objetivo de avaliar a qualidade microbiologica das aguas do Ribeirao Constantino Leme-SP, a qual nao recebe tratamento previo de esgoto domestico e industrial. Utilizaram-se 09 amostras coletadas ao longo do Ribeirao, no periodo de julho a outubro de 2010. As analises foram realizadas no laboratorio de Microbiologia do Centro Universitario Anhanguera UNIFIAN. Atraves do metodo de Pour plate, isolando o mi-croorganismo Escherichia coli em Agar MacConkey e pela tecnica do caldo E. coli, foi comprovada a presenca de bacterias do genero Gram-negativos E.coli em todas as amostras. A presenca deste mi-crorganismo comprova a ma qualidade da agua analisada. No perimetro urbano essa presenca e justificada devido ao nao tratamento de esgoto da cidade, ja no rural pela existencia de animais.

Ethnobotanical study of Arruda quilombo community in the State of Cear, Brazil

The aim of the present study was to investigate the use and storage of medicinal plants in the Arruda quilombo community in the state of Ceara, Brazil. Semi-structured interviews were conducted for the determination of traditional knowledge. The qualitative-quantitative collective subject discourse method was used for the data analysis, focusing the discussion on six categories. The Chi-square test with a 5% level of significance was used to analyze the relationship between the age of the interviewee and the postharvest care of medicinal plants. The majority of the quilombo community (76.19%) cultivates the medicinal plants used. Among this total, 57.14% of the interviewees store the plants in plastic bags and do not establish an expiration date. On health risks, 97.62% of the community members reported medicinal plants are natural and therefore cause no harm. Thus, the population is unaware of the care required for storing medicinal plants or the administration of a safe dose. The statistical analysis revealed that the storage of medicinal plants and ingestion of home-remedy phytotherapeutic medications by pregnant women is not associated with age group. Key words: Safe use, storage, toxicity, medicinal plants.

Aspectos Emocionais Vivenciados Por Familiares Frente à Responsabilidade do Cuidado ao Idoso com Alzheimer

The proposal presented by the present study was to evaluate the falls risk in elderly hospitalized in the Cardiology Infirmary at the Regional Hospital of Mato Grosso do Sul. Application of an evaluation questionnaire and the tests Romberg, Timed up and go and the muscle forced Medical Research Council - MRC test were used, with which we respectively analyzed static balance, dynamic balance and muscle strength. The study results allowed us to conclude that there is a significant fall risk in elderly hospitalized, and the necessity to conduct a physical assessment of the elderly, even in a hostile environment, namely hospitalization. Muscle strength was a highlighted aspect, being characterized in this study as the main predisposing factor for falling in hospitalized elderly. We consider this way, the motor assessment of fundamental importance in order to guide preventive measures such as guidance on the proper care in an attempt to prevent the falls risk.

Use of natural resources for treatment of childhood illness / Uso de recursos naturais para o tratamento das doenças prevalentes na infância / Uso de los recursos naturales para el tratamiento de las enfermedades..

Objetivo: identificar e realizar uma analise do uso de recursos naturais para tratamento de doencas prevalentes na infância em uma comunidade sob a perspectiva do Discurso do Sujeito Coletivo. Metodologia: estudo de abordagem qualitativa, onde adotou-se como estrategia metodologica a construcao do Discurso do Sujeito Coletivo. Os dados foram coletados por meio de entrevista semiestruturada, sendo transcritos e para sua analise foi utilizado o Qualiquantisoft. Resultados: foram ao todo 54 informantes, as respostas ressaltaram a utilizacao de recursos naturais para o tratamento de doencas prevalentes na infância, sendo identificada nas ideias centrais e Discursos do Sujeito Coletivo encontrados. Evidenciou-se o uso dos recursos naturais no tratamento de doencas em criancas como alternativa ou complemento ao tratamento farmacologico, sendo expressada ainda grande confiabilidade nos resultados do seu uso. Conclusao : a utilizacao do Discurso do Sujeito Coletivo representou uma importante ferramenta para a obtencao dos dados, possibilitando assim uma analise mais fidedigna do conhecimento popular dos entrevistados.

ÓLEO DE PEQUI (CARYOCAR CORIACEUM W.) E A POTENCIAL ATIVIDADE CARDIOPROTETORA

De modo geral um metodo analitico deve, idealmente, ser exato para fornecer valor real, ser preciso para fornecer, com menor numero de ensaios, este valor real, ser seletivo para que a exatidao nao se desvie com interferentes potencias, ser sensivel ou capaz de determinar as menores concentracoes possiveis e responder de forma proporcional linear. A validacao tem por intuito assegurar que o metodo analitico que sera utilizado posteriormente para quantificacao de determinado principio ativo. Como principio ativo de referencia, sera utilizada a Fluoxetina Cloridrato e o antidepressivo mais utilizado no mundo, comercialmente conhecido como Prozac. Assim, este estudo tem o objetivo de validar uma metodologia para quantificar este composto tendo como ferramenta a espectrofotometria baseada na interacao entre energia eletromagnetica e materia.