Facultad de Química, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, D.F., Mexico.
J Ethnopharmacol. 2011 Oct 31;138(1):233-7. doi: 10.1016/j.jep.2011.09.020. Epub 2011 Sep 21.
Animal derived products have been a source of medicinal compounds since ancient times. This work documents the use of animal species in traditional medicine in the municipality of Aquismón, San Luis Potosí, México.
Direct interviews were performed with inhabitants from Aquismón. The interviews were analyzed with two quantitative tools: (a) the informant consensus (ICF) that estimates the level of agreement about which animals may be used for each category and (b) the relative importance (RI) that determines the extent of potential utilization of each species.
A total of 24 animal species used for medicinal purposes, belonging to 22 families and 4 taxonomic categories, were reported by interviewees. Nine medicinal species had not been reported in scientific literature. The results of the IFC showed that diseases of the respiratory systems had the greatest agreement. The most versatile species according to their RI are Crotalus atrox and Mephitis macroura.
Further studies with medicinal fauna from Aquismón are required for the experimental validation of their traditional uses, especially with Mephitis macroura and Crotalus atrox.
自古以来，动物源性产品一直是药用化合物的来源。本工作记录了墨西哥圣路易斯波托西州阿基斯蒙市传统医学中动物物种的使用情况。
对阿基斯蒙的居民进行了直接访谈。使用两种定量工具对访谈进行了分析：（a）信息共识（ICF），用于估计每种类别中可能使用哪些动物的共识程度；（b）相对重要性（RI），用于确定每种物种的潜在利用程度。
受访者共报告了 24 种用于药用目的的动物物种，属于 22 科和 4 个分类类别。有 9 种药用物种在科学文献中没有报道过。IFC 的结果表明，呼吸系统疾病的一致性最高。根据 RI 最通用的物种是响尾蛇和臭鼬。
需要对来自阿基斯蒙的药用动物群进行进一步研究，以验证其传统用途的实验验证，特别是臭鼬和响尾蛇。
