Flávia dos Santos Silva

ORCID: 0000-0002-3203-098X
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Research Areas
  • Phytochemistry Medicinal Plant Applications
  • Ethnobotanical and Medicinal Plants Studies
  • Essential Oils and Antimicrobial Activity
  • Insect Pest Control Strategies
  • Indigenous Studies and Ecology
  • Phytochemical compounds biological activities
  • Plant Pathogens and Fungal Diseases
  • Insect and Pesticide Research
  • Evolutionary Psychology and Human Behavior
  • Phytochemistry and Bioactive Compounds
  • Animal and Plant Science Education
  • Psidium guajava Extracts and Applications

Universidade Federal de Pernambuco
2018-2020

Universidade Federal Rural de Pernambuco
2011-2020

Human beings have accumulated rich experience with natural resources over time, but such knowledge can be strongly influenced by several factors, as age, sex and occupation. This study focuses on the influence of these factors medicinal plants in a rural community northeastern Brazil. Data were collected through semi-structured interviews 102 people, number uses cited studied for quantitative analysis. Through this research, it was possible to show that social variables (age, informants...

10.1590/s0102-695x2011005000054 article EN cc-by-nc-nd Revista Brasileira de Farmacognosia 2011-04-07

Plants have been reported as used by local populations to treat various infections for a long time, which has directed several pharmacological studies. The main aim of this work was evaluate three plant selection criteria with better predictive power detect extracts antifungal action: (1) medicinal plants that are not indications infection and inflammation; (2) direct citations inflammation, except infection; (3) inflammation selected quantitatively Syndromic Importance Value (SIV). We...

10.1590/0102-33062020abb0003 article EN cc-by Acta Botanica Brasilica 2020-06-01
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