Natural Products from Ethnodirected Studies: Revisiting the Ethnobiology of the Zombie Poison-Reference-Cited by-同舟云学术

Natural Products from Ethnodirected Studies: Revisiting the Ethnobiology of the Zombie Poison

Published:2012 Issue: Volume:2012 Page:1-19
ISSN:1741-427X
Container-title:Evidence-Based Complementary and Alternative Medicine
language:en
Short-container-title:Evidence-Based Complementary and Alternative Medicine

Author:

Albuquerque Ulysses Paulino¹^ORCID,Melo Joabe Gomes¹,Medeiros Maria Franco¹^ORCID,Menezes Irwin Rose²^ORCID,Moura Geraldo Jorge³,Asfora El-Deir Ana Carla⁴,Nóbrega Alves Rômulo Romeu⁵^ORCID,de Medeiros Patrícia Muniz¹,de Sousa Araújo Thiago Antonio¹^ORCID,Alves Ramos Marcelo¹,Silva Rafael Ricardo¹,Almeida Alyson Luiz¹,Almeida Cecília de Fátima Castelo¹

Affiliation:

1. Laboratory of Applied Ethnobotany, Department of Biology, Federal Rural University of Pernambuco, 52171-900 Recife, PE, Brazil

2. Laboratory of Pharmacology and Molecular Chemistry, Department of Biological Chemistry, Cariri Regional University, Pimenta 63105-000, Crato, CE, Brazil

3. Laboratory of Herpetology and Paleoherpetology, Department of Biology, Federal Rural University of Pernambuco, 52171-900 Recife, PE, Brazil

4. Laboratory of Ictiology, Department of Biology, Federal Rural University of Pernambuco, 52171-900 Recife, PE, Brazil

5. Ethnozoology, Conservation and Biodiversity Research Group, Department of Biology, State University of Paraíba, João Pessoa 58429-500, PB, Brazil

Abstract

Wade Davis's study of Haitian “zombification” in the 1980s was a landmark in ethnobiological research. His research was an attempt to trace the origins of reports of “undead” Haitians, focusing on the preparation of the zombification poison. Starting with this influential ethnopharmacological research, this study examines advances in the pharmacology of natural products, focusing especially on those of animal-derived products. Ethnopharmacological, pharmacological, and chemical aspects are considered. We also update information on the animal species that reportedly constitute the zombie poison. Several components of the zombie powder are not unique to Haiti and are used as remedies in traditional medicine worldwide. This paper emphasizes the medicinal potential of products from zootherapy. These biological products are promising sources for the development of new drugs.

Publisher

Hindawi Limited

Subject

Complementary and alternative medicine

Link

http://downloads.hindawi.com/journals/ecam/2012/202508.pdf

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