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2019-12-11

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Toro Chacon, L. C., Robles Valderrama, N. R., Trigos Aguilera, D. F., Trujillo González, J. M., & Torres Mora, M. A. (2019). USE OF BIODIVERSITY RESOURCES: CASE STUDY OF COPAIBA OLEORRESINA (Copaifera spp.) IN TRADITIONAL MEDICINE IN THE META DEPARTMENT – COLOMBIA. Revista De Investigación Agraria Y Ambiental, 11(1), 53-64. https://doi.org/10.22490/21456453.3091
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USE OF BIODIVERSITY RESOURCES: CASE STUDY OF COPAIBA OLEORRESINA (Copaifera spp.) IN TRADITIONAL MEDICINE IN THE META DEPARTMENT – COLOMBIA

DOI: https://doi.org/10.22490/21456453.3091
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Área Agrícola
Luis Camilo Toro Chacon Instituto de Ciencias Ambientales de la Orinoquia Colombiana (ICAOC)
Nicolas Rafael Robles Valderrama Instituto de Ciencias Ambientales de la Orinoquia Colombiana (ICAOC) https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5053-800X
Daniel Fernando Trigos Aguilera Instituto de Ciencias Ambientales de la Orinoquia Colombiana (ICAOC)
Juan Manuel Trujillo González Instituto de Ciencias Ambientales de la Orinoquia Colombiana (ICAOC)
Marco Aurelio Torres Mora Instituto de Ciencias Ambientales de la Orinoquia Colombiana (ICAOC)

The ecosystem services are of vital importance for the socioeconomic development of a region and even more when a large part of its population depends on them, as is the case of the region of the Colombian Orinoquia, and more specifically the department of Meta. The oleoresin of copaiba is a non-timber forest product indigenous to tropical zones found in the department of Meta, which has benefits for human health. The purpose of this article is to make Copaiba's oleoresin (Copaifera spp.) derived from supply and cultural services known as a socioeconomic alternative for the department of Meta through a comparison of its scientifically proven medicinal uses and those attributed by the rural community of the department. In the study it was found that a large part of the properties attributed by the rural community have already been studied with positive results, besides it was proved that it is not only used medicinally in humans but also in animals, with dosage ranging from 3 to 20 drops daily and dermal application. It is then stated that the oleoresin of copaiba has mainly beneficial properties for the dermal and gastric system, evidencing that a large percentage that consumes it is an adult population in dosages of 15 drops per day and superficial dermal applications.

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