Knowledge of the inhabitants of the Mid-Araguaia region, Mato Grosso State, about the usefulness of bee (Hymenoptera, Apidae) products - DOI: 10.4025/actascibiolsci.v31i4.4518
The objective of this study was to find out the use indications for bee products. The interviews were carried out with representatives of 14 municipalities of the Mid-Araguaia River region, Mato Grosso State, Brazil, during the months of January and February 2007. In the Mid-Araguaia there were indi...
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| Tipo de documento: | artigo |
| Estado: | Versão publicada |
| Data de publicação: | 2009 |
| País: | Brasil |
| Recursos: | Universidade Estadual de Maringá (UEM) |
| Repositório: | Acta Scientiarum Biological Sciences |
| Idioma: | português |
| OAI Identifier: | oai:periodicos.uem.br/ojs:article/4518 |
| Acesso em linha: | http://www.periodicos.uem.br/ojs/index.php/ActaSciBiolSci/article/view/4518 |
| Access Level: | Acceso aberto |
| Palavra-chave: | ethnoentomology traditional knowledge folk medicine etnoentomologia conhecimento tradicional medicina popular Ciências Biológicas |
| Resumo: | The objective of this study was to find out the use indications for bee products. The interviews were carried out with representatives of 14 municipalities of the Mid-Araguaia River region, Mato Grosso State, Brazil, during the months of January and February 2007. In the Mid-Araguaia there were indications of use honey, beeswax, poison and propolis, mainly for medicinal purposes. Honey was the most used product (75.49%). The consumption is mainly by ingestion (79.59%) and in natura (71.43%). The bee products are used, by the majority of the users, for medicinal purposes (77.55%), and they are recommended to heal throat infections (63.27%) |
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