Fitofármaco, fitoterápico, plantas medicinais: o reducionismo e a complexidade na produção do conhecimento científico

This paper discusses how the form of production of scientific knowledge may determine the manner people know, deal with and appropriate nature, specifically, relatively to knowledge associated to medicinal plants and their derivatives. Some epistemologically questions are formulated and discussed under the light of theoretical referential after Morin6 and Latour7, to provide information to comprehend the reasons that direct researchers who search understanding about medicinal plants starting from a complex approach.