Medicinal Plant Use for Treating Inflammation Among Dominicans in New York City and the Dominican Republic
NCT ID: NCT00109980
Last Updated: 2013-11-01
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Basic Information
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COMPLETED
320 participants
OBSERVATIONAL
2005-03-31
Brief Summary
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Detailed Description
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This study will comprise two parts. In Part I, Dominican medicinal plant users and Dominican traditional healers in New York City will be questioned about the medicinal plant species they know and how they are used for prevalent illnesses. The same number of participants will be interviewed in the Dominican Republic, allowing for detailed comparisons between the two study sites.
In Part II, the most frequently-cited medicinal plant species will be subjected to a thorough literature review on their pharmacologic activity and the chemical composition of their active constituents. Two in vitro assays will be used to measure the anti-inflammatory activity of certain plant extracts, and their anti-inflammatory compounds will be isolated and characterized for the purpose of standardization of active extracts. On the basis of these results, recommendations will be formulated for future studies and community use of selected medicinal plant species.
Conditions
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Keywords
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Study Design
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ECOLOGIC_OR_COMMUNITY
CROSS_SECTIONAL
Eligibility Criteria
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Inclusion Criteria
* Have knowledge of Dominican medicinal plants
18 Years
ALL
Yes
Sponsors
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New York Botanical Garden
OTHER
Responsible Party
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Michael Balick
Director
Principal Investigators
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Michael J. Balick, PhD
Role: PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR
Institute of Economic Botany, the New York Botanical Garden
Locations
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Associates in Internal Medicine Clinic, New York-Presbyterian Hospital, Columbia University
New York, New York, United States
Countries
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References
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Balick MJ, Kronenberg F, Ososki AL, Reiff M, Fugh-Berman A, O'Connor B, Roble M, Lohr P, Atha D. Medicinal plants used by Latino healers for women's health conditions in New York City. Economic Botany 54: 344-357, 2000.
Balick MJ, Lee R. Looking within: urban ethnomedicine and ethnobotany. Altern Ther Health Med. 2001 Jul-Aug;7(4):114-5. No abstract available.
Fugh-Berman A, Balick MJ, Kronenberg F, Ososki AL, O'Connor B, Reiff M, Roble M, Lohr P, Brosi BJ, Lee R. Treatment of fibroids: the use of beets (Beta vulgaris) and molasses (Saccharum officinarum) as an herbal therapy by Dominican healers in New York City. J Ethnopharmacol. 2004 Jun;92(2-3):337-9. doi: 10.1016/j.jep.2004.03.009. No abstract available.
Ososki AL, Lohr P, Reiff M, Balick MJ, Kronenberg F, Fugh-Berman A, O'Connor B. Ethnobotanical literature survey of medicinal plants in the Dominican Republic used for women's health conditions. J Ethnopharmacol. 2002 Mar;79(3):285-98. doi: 10.1016/s0378-8741(01)00376-2.
Reiff M, O'Connor B, Kronenberg F, Balick M, Lohr P, Roble M, Fugh-Berman A, Johnson KD. Ethnomedicine in the urban environment: Dominican healers in New york City. Human Organization 62(1): 12-26, 2003.
Vandebroek I, Balick MJ, Yukes J, Duran L, Kronenberg F, Wade C, Ososki AL, Cushman L, Lantigua R, Mejia M & Robineau L (2007) Use of medicinal plants by Dominican immigrants in New York City for the treatment of common health conditions. A comparative analysis with literature data from the Dominican Republic. In: A. Pieroni & I. Vandebroek, eds., Traveling Cultures and Plants: The Ethnobiology and Ethnopharmacy of Human Migrations. Bergahn Books, New York, pp. 39-63.
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