The Caatinga is a xerophyte, deciduous plant formation that occupies more than 50% of the
northeastern region of Brazil (approximately 800.000 km2). This formation presents a high …

Medicinal plants are an important source of therapeutic compounds used in the treatment of
many diseases since ancient times. Interestingly, they form associations with numerous …

The caatinga (semi-arid vegetation) is a Brazilian biome with a significant but poorly studied
biodiversity closely associated with a diverse cultural heritage. The present work focused on …

Abstract Background The Caatinga (dry land vegetation) is one of the most characteristic
vegetation types in northeastern Brazil. It occupies a large percentage of the semi-arid …

Though seasonally dry tropical forests are equally as important to global biodiversity as
tropical rainforests, and are one of the most representative and highly endangered …

AIM OF THE STUDY: The present work tested the power of different methodological
strategies for identifying plants that could be interesting in terms of their phenolic …

A study of the diversity of uses of medicinal plants and the traditional knowledge associated
with the caatinga vegetation was undertaken in the semi-arid region of Pernambuco State …

A presente pesquisa foi realizada na zona rural do município de Caruaru, tendo como
objetivo estudar a diversidade florística e a contribuição de quintais agroflorestais para a …

Human beings have accumulated rich experience with natural resources over time, but such
knowledge can be strongly influenced by several factors, such as age, sex and occupation …

The ecological apparency hypothesis in ethnobotanical studies predicts that the apparent
plants (ie, the most easily found in the vegetation) would be the most commonly collected …