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The present article deals with the medicinal use of animals, referred to as insects by men and women actuating in Centro de Abastecimento, located in the city of Feira de Santana, state of Bahia. Data were obtained through open interviews, conducted with ten marketers. Eighteen animals categorized as insects were recorded. They were, actually, insects, reptiles, amphibians, and arachnids. The extracted raw materials are used in the elaboration of folk remedies, which are prescribed for the treatment of different illnesses. It was observed that animalbased medicines are administered usually as teas. The very disseminated and recurrent use of animal-based medicines allows the supposition that medicinally useful chemicals, yet unknown to the Western science, may be present in their bodies. The zootherapeutic potential of these resources is significant for public health programs that may be suitable to the local culture, and opens perspectives for the economic and cultural valorization of animals regarded as useless or harmful
Este artigo trata da utilização medicinal de animais reconhecidos como insetos por feirantes do Centro de Abastecimento de Feira de Santana, Bahia. Os dados foram obtidos por meio de entrevistas abertas realizadas com dez feirantes de ambos os sexos. Registram-se 18 animais categorizados como insetos que são utilizados na medicina popular local e estão representados por insetos, répteis, anfíbios e aracnídeos. Deles, são extraídas matérias-primas utilizadas na elaboração de remédios populares prescritos para o tratamento de diferentes doenças. Esses remédios são administrados especialmente sob a forma de chás. O uso disseminado e constante de remédios à base de animais permite supor que substâncias de valor medicinal desconhecidas pela ciência ocidental possam estar presentes em seus corpos. O potencial zooterápico desses recursos animais torna-se significativo para programas de saúde pública adequados à cultura local, bem como abre perspectivas para a valorização econômica e cultural de animais considerados prejudiciais
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The present article deals with the medicinal use of animals, referred to as insects by men and women actuating in Centro de Abastecimento, located in the city of Feira de Santana, state of Bahia. Data were obtained through open interviews, conducted with ten marketers. Eighteen animals categorized as insects were recorded. They were, actually, insects, reptiles, amphibians, and arachnids. The extracted raw materials are used in the elaboration of folk remedies, which are prescribed for the treatment of different illnesses. It was observed that animalbased medicines are administered usually as teas. The very disseminated and recurrent use of animal-based medicines allows the supposition that medicinally useful chemicals, yet unknown to the Western science, may be present in their bodies. The zootherapeutic potential of these resources is significant for public health programs that may be suitable to the local culture, and opens perspectives for the economic and cultural valorization of animals regarded as useless or harmful
Este artigo trata da utilização medicinal de animais reconhecidos como insetos por feirantes do Centro de Abastecimento de Feira de Santana, Bahia. Os dados foram obtidos por meio de entrevistas abertas realizadas com dez feirantes de ambos os sexos. Registram-se 18 animais categorizados como insetos que são utilizados na medicina popular local e estão representados por insetos, répteis, anfíbios e aracnídeos. Deles, são extraídas matérias-primas utilizadas na elaboração de remédios populares prescritos para o tratamento de diferentes doenças. Esses remédios são administrados especialmente sob a forma de chás. O uso disseminado e constante de remédios à base de animais permite supor que substâncias de valor medicinal desconhecidas pela ciência ocidental possam estar presentes em seus corpos. O potencial zooterápico desses recursos animais torna-se significativo para programas de saúde pública adequados à cultura local, bem como abre perspectivas para a valorização econômica e cultural de animais considerados prejudiciais
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The selectivity of insecticides carbaryl, trichlorfon, deltametrin, lufenuron the Polybia (Trichotorax) sericea (Olivier, 1791) was going evaluated in dosages that caused up to 84% of death toll between individuals of this species. The insecticide lufenuron was going considered the most selective, trichlorfon showed intermediary selectivity (6% and 48% of death toll, respectively). While deltametrin and carbaril werent going considered selective insecticides (84% and 82%, respectively).
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The selectivity of insecticides carbaryl, trichlorfon, deltametrin, lufenuron the Polybia (Trichotorax) sericea (Olivier, 1791) was going evaluated in dosages that caused up to 84% of death toll between individuals of this species. The insecticide lufenuron was going considered the most selective, trichlorfon showed intermediary selectivity (6% and 48% of death toll, respectively). While deltametrin and carbaril werent going considered selective insecticides (84% and 82%, respectively).