title: Ethnobotanical Research at the Kutukú Scientific Station, Morona-Santiago, Ecuador.
abstract: This work features the results of an ethnobotanical study on the uses of medicinal plants by the inhabitants of the region near to the Kutukú Scientific Station of Universidad Politécnica Salesiana, located in the Morona-Santiago province, southeast of Ecuador. In the surroundings of the station, one ethnic group, the Shuar, has been identified. The survey hereafter reports a total of 131 plant species, with 73 different therapeutic uses.
authors.affiliation: Department of Life Sciences, Universidad Politécnica Salesiana, Av. Isabel La Católica 23-52, Quito, Ecuador; Department of Organic Chemistry, University of Pavia, Viale Taramelli 10, 27100 Pavia, Italy.
authors.forename: Jose Luis
authors.identifier: 0000-0002-8426-3355
authors.initials: JL
authors.lastname: Ballesteros
authors.affiliation: Department of Territorial Ecology and Environment, University of Pavia, Via S. Epifanio 14, 27100 Pavia, Italy.
authors.forename: Francesco
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Bracco
authors.affiliation: Department of Life Sciences, Universidad Politécnica Salesiana, Av. Isabel La Católica 23-52, Quito, Ecuador.
authors.forename: Marco
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Cerna
authors.affiliation: Department of Organic Chemistry, University of Pavia, Viale Taramelli 10, 27100 Pavia, Italy.
authors.forename: Paola
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Vita Finzi
authors.affiliation: Department of Organic Chemistry, University of Pavia, Viale Taramelli 10, 27100 Pavia, Italy.
authors.forename: Giovanni
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Vidari
mesh_terms: D004484:Ecuador; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008519:Medicine, Traditional / Q000379:methods*; D008517:Phytotherapy / Q000379:methods*; D010946:Plants, Medicinal / Q000145:classification*