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

Table 3

Survey of nine pharmacological studies based on folk knowledge of medicinal animals. *While the listed activity was detected, there is no indication that the compound is popularly used for this purpose.

Order	Family	Species	Popular name	Detected activities	Reference
Artiodactyla	Camelidae	Camelus dromedarius	Dromedary	Cytotoxicity	[53]
Carnivora	Ursidae	Ursus thibetanus	Bear	Anti-inflammatory, anticonvulsant, analgesic	[54]
Carnivora	Ursidae	Ursus arctos	Bear	Anti-hepatitis C	[55]
Galliformes	Phasianidae	Pavo cristatus	Peacock	Anti-snake venom	[56]
Haplotaxida	Megascolecidae and	Lampito mauritii	Earthworm	Anti-inflammatory, antipyretic	[57]
Isoptera	Termitidae	Odontotermes formosanus	Termite	Antimicrobial	[58]
Isoptera	Termitidae	Nasutitermes corniger	Termite	Antimicrobial	[59, 60]
Perissodactyla	Rhinocerotidae	Diceros bicornis	Rhino	Antipyretic	[61, 62]
Squamata	Teiidae	Tupinambis merianae	Tegu	Anti-inflammatory, antimicrobial	[63, 64]