ASSESSMENT THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN INDIGENOUS KNOWLEDGE USING MEDICINAL PLANTS OF LOCAL PEOPLE AND FOOD CHOICE OF THE TONKIN SNUB-NOSED MONKEY (Rhinopithecus avunculus)  AT KHAU CA AREA, HA GIANG PROVINCE

Vũ Thị Hồng Phúc; Nguyễn Thị Lan Anh; Đỗ Thị Xuyên

doi:10.34238/tnu-jst.7111

ASSESSMENT THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN INDIGENOUS KNOWLEDGE USING MEDICINAL PLANTS OF LOCAL PEOPLE AND FOOD CHOICE OF THE TONKIN SNUB-NOSED MONKEY (Rhinopithecus avunculus) AT KHAU CA AREA, HA GIANG PROVINCE

About this article

Received: 15/12/22 Revised: 18/04/23 Published: 20/04/23

Authors

1. Vu Thi Hong Phuc, VNU - University of Science
2. Nguyen Thi Lan Anh , VNU - University of Science
3. Do Thi Xuyen, VNU - University of Science

Abstract

This study was conducted to evaluate the relationship between the experience of using medicinal plant resources of local people in the diet of the Tonkin Snub-nosed monkey (Rhinopithecus avunculus) and food choice of this rare endemic species at Khau Ca area, Ha Giang province. The participatory rural rapid assessment (PRA) method was used to interview local people in Minh Son and Yen Dinh communes of Bac Me district and Tung Ba commune of Vi Xuyen district who live around Khau Ca. The results of the study determined that there are 27 plant species of a total number of 32 plant species in the diet of the monkey are used as medicine by local people, in which leaves accounted for 62.5%. Those medicines are mainly for the treatment of surgical diseases, is about 71.88%. The similarity between the plant parts used as medicine by indigenous knowledge and the plant parts in the diet of the monkey is 11/32 species (34.38%). The use of medicinal plant parts according to indigenous knowledge depends on the disease group with plant parts which the monkey eats is 12.5%. It includes the fruit of Garcinia fagraeoides and Aglaia elaeagnoides, the leaves of Debregeasia squamata and Antidesma montanum. Their main effect is to heal wounds, inflammation, and pain relief on humans here. These similarities will provide the scientific basis to screen plant species that have potential bioactive compounds for humans.

Keywords

Tonkin; Snub-nosed; Monkey; Medicinal plants; Indigenous knowledge; Diet Khau Ca

Full Text:

PDF (Tiếng Việt)

References

[1] X. T. Hoang and T. C. Le, Indigenous knowledge of upland people in agriculture and natural resource management, Vietnamese Academy of Forest Sciences, Agriculture publishing House, 1998.

[2] V. C. Vo, Vietnamese Medicinal Plants Dictionary, vol. 1 &2, Medicine Publishing House, 2012.

[3] T. Nguyen, List of Vietnamese medicinal plants, Science and Technology Publishing House, 2016.

[4] D. Cousins and M. A. Huffman, “Medicinal properties in the diet of gorillas: an ethno-pharmacological evaluation,” Afr. Study Monogr., vol. 23, pp. 65-89, 2002.

[5] C. Dagg, “Ishoku dougen - The medicinal use of plants and clays by wild Japanese macaques (Macaca fuscata yakui),” PhD. Thesis, The University of Georgia in Partial, 2009.

[6] M. A. Huffman and S. K. Vitazkova, “Primates, Plants, and Parasites: The Evolution of Animal Self-Medication and Ethnomedicine,” Journal of Ethnopharmacology, vol. 2, pp. 183-201, 2014.

[7] L. M. Petroni, M. A. Hufman, and E. Rodrigues, “Medicinal plants in the diet of woolly spider monkeys,” Brazilian Journal of Pharmacognosy, vol. 27, no. 2, pp. 135-142, 2017.

[8] R. A. Mittermeier, K. E. Reuter, A. B. Rylands, L. Jerusalinsky, C. Schwitzer, K. B. Strier, J. Ratsimbazafy, and T. Humle, Primates in Peril the World’s 25 Most Endangered Primates 2022–2023, IUCN SSC Primate Specialist Group (PSG), International Primatological Society (IPS) and Re:wild, 2022.

[9] L. K. Quyet, B. Rawson, H. M. Duc, T. Nadler, H. H. Covert, and A. Ang, Rhinopithecus avunculus. The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species, 2020, e.T19594A17944213.

[10] Ministry of Science and Technology, Vietnam Red Book (Animal section). Science and Technology Publishing House, Hanoi, 2007, pp. 40-67.

[11] T. L. A. Nguyen (Editor), X. D. Nguyen, X. H. Nguyen, and A. D. Nguyen, Nutritional Ecology of the Tonkin Snub-nosed Monkey (Rhinopithecus avunculus) in Ha Giang Province, Vietnam. Hanoi National University Press, 2017.

[12] T. L. A. Nguyen, “Medicinal plants in the diet of Tonkin Snub-nosed Monkey Rhinopithecus avunculus in Khau Ca species and habitat conservation area, Ha Giang Province,” Journal of Biology, vol. 41(2se1&2se2), pp. 189-195, 2019.

[13] G. J. Martin, Ethnobotany. Agriculture publishing House, 2002.

[14] N. L. Nguyen, D. H. Van, T. T. A. Phan, and T. C. Tran, Pathophysiology. Hanoi Medical University, 2012.

[15] M. Baker, “Fur rubbing: use of medicinal plants by capuchin monkeys (Cebus capucinus),” Am. J. Primatol., vol. 38, pp. 263-270, 1996.

[16] O. R. Gottlieb, M. R. de Borin, and B. M. Bosisio, “Trends of plant use by humans and nonhuman primates in Amazonia,” Am. J. Primatol., vol. 40, pp. 189-195, 1996.

[17] M. A. Huffman, “Current evidence for self-medication in primates: a multidisciplinary perspective,” Yearbk. Phys. Anthropol., vol. 40, pp. 171-200, 1997.

[18] S. Krief, C. M. Hladik, and C. Haxaire, “Ethnomedicinal and bioactive properties of the plants ingested by wild chimpanzees in Uganda,” J. Ethnopharmacol., vol. 101, pp. 1-15, 2005.

[19] M. A. Huffman, “Animal self-medication and ethnomedicine: exploration and exploitation of the medicinal properties of plants,” Proc. Nutr. Soc., vol. 62, pp. 371-381, 2003.

[20] A. J. J. MacIntosh and M. A. Huffman, “Towards understanding the role of diet in host-parasite interactions in the case of Japanese macaques,” The Japanese Macaques. Springer, Tokyo, 2010, pp. 323-344.

DOI: https://doi.org/10.34238/tnu-jst.7111

Refbacks

There are currently no refbacks.



Remember me