A5037496515- African Botany and Ecology Studies
- Ethnobotanical and Medicinal Plants Studies
- Agriculture and Rural Development Research
- Cassava research and cyanide
- Amazonian Archaeology and Ethnohistory
- Insect Pest Control Strategies
- Pacific and Southeast Asian Studies
- Traditional and Medicinal Uses of Annonaceae
- Research on Leishmaniasis Studies
- Plant Diversity and Evolution
- Zoonotic diseases and public health
- French Urban and Social Studies
- Migration, Identity, and Health
- Environmental and Cultural Studies in Latin America and Beyond
- Plant and animal studies
- Conservation, Biodiversity, and Resource Management
- Essential Oils and Antimicrobial Activity
- Trypanosoma species research and implications
- Psidium guajava Extracts and Applications
- Natural product bioactivities and synthesis
- Mosquito-borne diseases and control
- Geographies of human-animal interactions
- Biochemical Analysis and Sensing Techniques
- Piperaceae Chemical and Biological Studies
- Natural Compounds in Disease Treatment
University of French Guiana
2015-2024
Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique
2015-2024
Ifremer
2016-2024
Laboratoire écologie, évolution, interactions des systèmes amazoniens
2015-2024
Ecologie & Evolution
2014-2023
Éco-Anthropologie
2023
Guiana Space Centre
2019
Hôpital Privé Guillaume de Varye
2019
Ecologie des Forêts de Guyane
2006-2015
Institut de Recherche pour le Développement
2006-2015
The knowledge systems and practices of Indigenous Peoples local communities play critical roles in safeguarding the biological cultural diversity our planet. Globalization, government policies, capitalism, colonialism, other rapid social-ecological changes threaten relationships between their environments, thereby challenging continuity dynamism Local Knowledge (ILK). In this article, we contribute to “World Scientists' Warning Humanity,” issued by Alliance World Scientists, exploring...
Abstract This opinion piece, written by ethnobiologists from different parts of the world, emphasizes importance ethnobiology research in advancing contemporary biology, natural resource management, biodiversity conservation, sustainable development, and, especially, contributing to ecological transition and more just inclusive world. To achieve these goals, it is essential develop collaborate with social groups that live close relationship nature activities, such as Indigenous Peoples Local...
Ethnobiology, like many fields, was shaped by early Western imperial efforts to colonize people and lands around the world extract natural resources. Those legacies practices persist today continue influence institutions ethnobiologists are a part of, how they carry out research, their personal beliefs actions. Various authors have previously outlined five overlapping “phases” of ethnobiology. Here, we argue that ethnobiology should move toward sixth phase in which scholars practitioners...
This is the first intercultural report of antimalarial plants in this region. The aim study was to document medicinal used against malaria by indigenous people Upper Rio Negro region and review literature on activity traditional use cited species. Participant observation, semi-structured interviews, ethnobotanical walks were conducted with 89 informants five communities between April 2010 November 2013 obtain information malaria. We reviewed academic databases for papers published scientific...
Abstract To decipher the long‐term influences of pre‐Columbian land occupations on contemporary forest structure, diversity, and functioning in Amazonia, most previous research focused alluvial plains major rivers Amazon basin. Terra firme, that is, nonflooded forests, particularly from Guiana Shield, are yet to be explored. In this study, we aim give new insights into subtle traces present‐day forests given archaeological context terra firme Shield. Following prospects 13 sites French...
To implement future malaria elimination strategies in French Guiana, a characterization of the infectious reservoir is recommended. A cross-sectional survey was conducted between October and December 2017 Guianese municipality St Georges de l’Oyapock, located along Brazilian border. The prevalence Plasmodium spp . determined using rapid diagnostic test (RDT) polymerase chain reaction (PCR). Demographic, house locations, medical history, biological data were analyzed. Factors associated with...
Globalization is transforming food systems around the world. With few geographical areas spared from nutritional, dietary and epidemiological transitions, chronic diseases have reached pandemic proportions. A question therefore arises as to sustainability of local systems. The overall purpose this article put in perspective how respond globalization through assessment five different case studies stemming an international research network Human-Environment Observatories (OHM), namely Nunavik...
The identification of plants according to the Linnaean system taxonomy is a cornerstone ethnobotany, allowing discipline be comparative science. To accomplish plant identification, ethnobotanists have long relied on collection voucher specimens and their deposition in herbaria. Here we critically analyze role botanical collecting ethnobotany bring attention range issues that can complicate, sometimes hamper, practice. In lieu traditional herbarium specimens, photographic vouchers digital...
Three new caffeic acid esters (1−3), four lignans (4−7), and the known compounds (7′S)-parabenzlactone (8), dihydrocubebin (9), justiflorinol (10) have been isolated from leaves of Piper sanguineispicum. Their structures were determined by spectroscopic methods, including 1D 2D NMR, HRCIMS, CD experiments, chemical methods. Compounds 1−10 assessed for their antileishmanial potential against axenic amastigote forms Leishmania amazonensis. Caffeic 1 3 exhibited best activity (IC50 2.0 1.8 μM,...
This study examined whether the antidermatophytic activity of essential oils (EOs) can be used as an indicator for discovery active natural products against Leishmania amazonensis. The aerial parts seven plants were hydrodistilled. Using broth microdilution techniques, obtained EOs tested three strains dermatophytes (Trichophyton mentagrophytes, Microsporum gypseum and canis). To compare antifungal antiparasitic effects, activities axenic amastigotes L. amazonensis concurrently evaluated....
Abstract Background French Guiana is characterized by a very multicultural population, made up of formerly settled groups (Amerindians, Maroons, Creoles) and more recent migrants (mostly from Latin America the Caribbean). It ideal place to try understand influence intercultural exchanges on composition medicinal floras evolution phytotherapies under effect cross-culturalism. Methods A combination qualitative quantitative methods was used. Semi-directive interviews were conducted in 12...