Medicinal plants with cholesterol-lowering effect marketed in the Buenos Aires-La Plata conurbation, Argentina: An urban ethnobotany study

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This contribution presents 82 species of medicinal plants whose products are sold and consumed as cholesterollowering in the Buenos Aires-La Plata conurbation, Argentina. The hypocholesterolemic effect is relevant because the high level of blood cholesterol is one of the major risk factors for cardi...

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Autores principales:	Hurrell, Julio Alberto, Puentes, Jeremías Pedro, Arenas, Pareicia M.
Formato:	Articulo
Lenguaje:	Inglés
Publicado:	2015
Materias:	Botánica Botanical knowledge transmission Methodological approach Multicultural contexts Plants and knowledge visibility
Acceso en línea:	http://sedici.unlp.edu.ar/handle/10915/85893
Aporte de:	SEDICI (UNLP) de Universidad Nacional de La Plata

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spellingShingle	Botánica Botanical knowledge transmission Methodological approach Multicultural contexts Plants and knowledge visibility Hurrell, Julio Alberto Puentes, Jeremías Pedro Arenas, Pareicia M. Medicinal plants with cholesterol-lowering effect marketed in the Buenos Aires-La Plata conurbation, Argentina: An urban ethnobotany study
topic_facet	Botánica Botanical knowledge transmission Methodological approach Multicultural contexts Plants and knowledge visibility
description	This contribution presents 82 species of medicinal plants whose products are sold and consumed as cholesterollowering in the Buenos Aires-La Plata conurbation, Argentina. The hypocholesterolemic effect is relevant because the high level of blood cholesterol is one of the major risk factors for cardiovascular diseases, leading causes of death and disability almost worldwide. The species were selected from their locally assigned use, obtained from interviews with informants, data labels, prospectus and leaflets of products, and information diffused in the media, specially the Internet. Furthermore, a bibliographic review on scientific studies that validate the biological activity and effects of each species was accomplished. The theoretical framework of this research argues that urban botanical knowledge comprising some knowledge linked to traditions of various immigrants segments (invisible to most of the local population), and other non-traditional knowledge (visible). The assessment of these kinds of knowledge is approached from the plant products circulation in the restricted circuits of immigrants (Bolivian and Chinese for this contribution) and the general commercial circuit, so that products that pass from the first circuit to the second gain visibility. The circulation of plant products that acquire visibility also expressed the botanical knowledge transmission from one context to another, a transmission enhanced and accelerated by the media. In this framework, the visibility levels of plant products considered hypocholesterolemic in the study area are discussed.
format	Articulo Articulo
author	Hurrell, Julio Alberto Puentes, Jeremías Pedro Arenas, Pareicia M.
author_facet	Hurrell, Julio Alberto Puentes, Jeremías Pedro Arenas, Pareicia M.
author_sort	Hurrell, Julio Alberto
title	Medicinal plants with cholesterol-lowering effect marketed in the Buenos Aires-La Plata conurbation, Argentina: An urban ethnobotany study
title_short	Medicinal plants with cholesterol-lowering effect marketed in the Buenos Aires-La Plata conurbation, Argentina: An urban ethnobotany study
title_full	Medicinal plants with cholesterol-lowering effect marketed in the Buenos Aires-La Plata conurbation, Argentina: An urban ethnobotany study
title_fullStr	Medicinal plants with cholesterol-lowering effect marketed in the Buenos Aires-La Plata conurbation, Argentina: An urban ethnobotany study
title_full_unstemmed	Medicinal plants with cholesterol-lowering effect marketed in the Buenos Aires-La Plata conurbation, Argentina: An urban ethnobotany study
title_sort	medicinal plants with cholesterol-lowering effect marketed in the buenos aires-la plata conurbation, argentina: an urban ethnobotany study
publishDate	2015
url	http://sedici.unlp.edu.ar/handle/10915/85893
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Medicinal plants with cholesterol-lowering effect marketed in the Buenos Aires-La Plata conurbation, Argentina: An urban ethnobotany study

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