Anemopaegma arvense (Bignoniaceae): QUAL A CIÊNCIA SOBRE ESSA PLANTA?

Abstract

Anemopaegma arvense (Bignoniaceae), popularly known as catuabas, is a native species found in the Cerrado with high medicinal potential, used as an aphrodisiac tonic and is in danger of extinction. As it is a threat of extinction, it is imperative to understand what is known about the species. Therefore, this work aims to identify how science is developing for this species and contribute to the direction of new research. Gathering available publications and checking gaps in scientific knowledge for A. arvense. The bibliographic survey consisted of searching for scientific articles in the following databases: Scielo, Scopus, PubMed, Google Scholar, Web of Science and gray literature in the Brazilian Digital Library of Theses and Dissertations. Descriptive and methodological data were collected on the current state of scientific knowledge of Anemopaegma arvense. We obtained a total of 47 articles published in 33 scientific journals, most of them Brazilian, only six of which are in the gray literature group (theses and dissertations). A total of 154 authors were presented, with the authors with the highest number of publications being Lucia G. Lohmann and Ana Maria Soares Pereira. The analysis of the number of occurrences of keywords showed a relationship between A. arvense and the aphrodisiac potential, floristics and the synonym Anemopagma mirandum. The main knowledge gaps related to A. arvense were in the areas of environmental sciences, forestry, evolutionary biology, and ex situ and in vitro conservation. The main trends in A. arvense studies involve anatomy, morphology, physiology, biochemistry, pharmacology, genetics, microbiology, micropropagation, ecology and phenology. Thus, the analysis of the publications discovered made it possible to understand current knowledge, given the need for more studies on A. arvense.