Toxic plants from the perspective of a “Quilombola” community in the Cerrado region of Brazil

• Published in: Toxicon (Oxford) Vol. 224; p. 107028
• Main Authors: de Castro Santos Paim, Ricardo, Ferreira de Paula, Luiza Gabriella, Soares, Débora Moreira, Gonçalves Rocha, Tarik Fernandes, Ribeiro, Amanda Lopes, Barros, Natália, Carrião dos Santos, Fabrício, Ferreira, Heleno Dias, Gomes-Klein, Vera Lúcia, Soto-Blanco, Benito, Paes de Oliveira-Filho, José, Jorge da Cunha, Paulo Henrique, Riet-Correa, Franklin, Pfister, James, Cook, Daniel, Soares Fioravanti, Maria Clorinda, Machado Botelho, Ana Flávia
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: England Elsevier Ltd 01.03.2023
• Subjects: Animals; Autochthone cattle; Brazil; Cattle; Ethnobotany; Kalunga; Magnoliopsida; Native plants; Phytotherapy; Plants, Toxic; Poisoning; Quilombo; Brazil; Quilombo; Native plants; Poisoning; Autochthone cattle; Kalunga

A multi-disciplinary team surveyed ranchers at the Kalunga Historical and Cultural Heritage Site, in the Cerrado region of west central Brazil, to determine impacts promoted by toxic plants on cattle. The expedition to the Kalunga region was carried out by Brazilian and American researchers. Previou...