Review Article
Brazilian Amazon Traditional Medicine and the Treatment of Difficult to Heal Leishmaniasis Wounds with Copaifera
Table 2
Major metabolites of Copaifera used in traditional Amazon medicine.
| Species | Medical use | Part | Major metabolites | References |
| Copaifera sp. | Treatment of injury/wound | Oil; tea | Copalic acid; kaurenoic acid; hardwickiic acid | Pinto, 2008 [11]; Santos et al., 2008 [10] |
| C. multijuga | Healing | Stalk (decoction) | Copalic acid; hardwickiic acid | Center of the Workers of the Amazon (CTA), 1996 [12]; Santos et al., 2008 [10] |
| C. guyanensis | Healing | Stalk: oil | Kaur-16-en-19-oic acid; polyalthic acid; hardwickiic acid | Veiga Jr. and Pinto, 2002 [13]; Cascon and Gilbert, 2000 [14] |
| C. officinalis (Jacq.) L. | Healing and leishmaniasis | Stalk: oil | ā | Center of the Workers of the Amazon (CTA), 1996 [12] |
| C. reticulata | Healing | Oil: oil | Copalic acid; kaurenoic acid | Santos et al., 2008 [10] |
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