The Use of Medicinal Plants in the Riverside Community of the Mazagão River in the Brazilian Amazon, Amapá, Brazil: Ethnobotanical and Ethnopharmacological Studies

Table 2

Ethnopharmacological indications of medicinal plants cited by the residents of the river mouth of the Mazagão River.

Category of therapeutic use	Number of plants used	Cited uses	ICF
Microbial Infections	73	532	0,86
Gastrointestinal disorders	47	412	0,89
Inflammatory disorders	41	321	0,88
Pain, fever, cold	25	167	0,86
Malaria	25	90	0,73
Cardiovascular disorders	24	79	0,71
Parasites	23	66	0,66
Respiratory Infections	23	111	0,86
Rheumatism	23	49	0,54
Disorders of the Nervous System	11	45	0,77
Renal, hepatic and biliary disorders	9	30	0,72
Healing	8	41	0,83
Leishmaniasis	8	74	0,9
Cancer	5	58	0,93
Gynecological disorders	5	12	0,64
Metabolic Diseases	3	16	0,87