2010
Medicinal use of plants by orang-utans
MORROGH-BERNARD, Helen; R. MARTIN; Lucie HOFFMANOVÁ; Karel DOLEŽAL; Ivona FOITOVÁ et al.Základní údaje
Originální název
Medicinal use of plants by orang-utans
Autoři
MORROGH-BERNARD, Helen; R. MARTIN; Lucie HOFFMANOVÁ; Karel DOLEŽAL a Ivona FOITOVÁ
Vydání
2010
Další údaje
Jazyk
angličtina
Typ výsledku
Konferenční abstrakt
Obor
10600 1.6 Biological sciences
Stát vydavatele
Japonsko
Utajení
není předmětem státního či obchodního tajemství
Označené pro přenos do RIV
Ano
Kód RIV
RIV/00216224:14310/10:00047680
Organizační jednotka
Přírodovědecká fakulta
Klíčová slova anglicky
orang-utan; self-medication; anti-inflamatory; fur-rubbing
Změněno: 31. 3. 2011 12:30, Assoc. Prof. MVDr. Ivona Foitová, Ph.D.
Anotace
V originále
The medicinal use of plants by orang-utans (Pongo pygmaeus wurmbii) has been observed in the peat-swamp forests of Central Kalimantan, Borneo. A fur-rubbing behaviour was witnessed on several occasions, in which leaves were chewed up, and the resulting soapy lather was rubbed onto the arms and legs, concentrated on the joints. Most instances of this behaviour have been from a single species of plant which has been tested for chemical properties. The use of leaf ‘plasters’ by orang-utans to stop bleeding, has also been observed. Self-medication by apes has previously only been documented in chimpanzees and gorillas, although these cases differ in that they involve the ingestion of medicinal plants. Thus this is the first time that external self-medication (fur-rubbing) in apes has been reported, and the first case of self-medication in orang-utans. The local indigenous people from the area use this species to treat their arms after a stroke, for muscular pain, and for sore bones and swellings.
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