O uso de plantas medicinais no ensino de química: um diagnóstico a partir da análise de artigos da literatura

Abstract

In many communities, the use of medicinal plants is the main resource for the treatment of various diseases, this resource has been used since antiquity, it is known that the vast majority of these people do not know how much chemistry can be learned from the preparation and the use of these plants. This work aims to present and discuss the production of knowledge about medicinal plants in chemistry teaching. For this, a bibliographical analysis was carried out in the Periódicos Capes database, from 2015 to 2020. Nine works were selected and analyzed quantitatively regarding: year of publication, proposing institutions and teaching modality. The data indicate the incipient work on this theme as a dispersion between the institutions, it was also observed that the theme, even if incipient in the community, has been growing in recent years. The works confirm that the theme “Medicinal plants” can indeed be successfully applied, with an alternative approach in the teaching of Chemistry, as it proved to be efficient in alleviating the obstacles manifested and in the recognition of functional groups, achieving results that allowed students to construction of knowledge with meaningful learning through practical experiences.