USE OF BIODIVERSITY RESOURCES: CASE STUDY OF COPAIBA OLEORRESINA (Copaifera spp.) IN TRADITIONAL MEDICINE IN THE META DEPARTMENT – COLOMBIA

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.

• Fecha de publicación: 2019
• Institución: Universidad Abierta y a Distancia UNAD
• Repositorio: Repositorio UNAD
• Idioma: spa
• OAI Identifier: oai:repository.unad.edu.co:10596/32284
• Acceso en línea: https://hemeroteca.unad.edu.co/index.php/riaa/article/view/3091
• License: Derechos de autor 2020 Revista de Investigación Agraria y Ambiental