Traditional uses of wild food and medicinal plants among Brigasc, Kyé, and Provençal communities on the Western Italian Alps

AbstractMedicinal plants that are used today have been known by people of ancient cultures around the world and have largely been considered due to their medicinal properties.

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The Phytochemistry of Cherokee Aromatic Medicinal Plants

Medicines ◽

10.3390/medicines5040121 ◽

2018 ◽

Vol 5 (4) ◽

pp. 121 ◽

Cited By ~ 1

Author(s):

William Setzer

Keyword(s):

Native Americans ◽

Medicinal Plants ◽

Biological Activities ◽

Herbal Medicines ◽

Black Cohosh ◽

Cimicifuga Racemosa ◽

Traditional Uses ◽

Aromatic And Medicinal Plants ◽

Phytochemical Investigation ◽

Phytochemical Constituents

Background: Native Americans have had a rich ethnobotanical heritage for treating diseases, ailments, and injuries. Cherokee traditional medicine has provided numerous aromatic and medicinal plants that not only were used by the Cherokee people, but were also adopted for use by European settlers in North America. Methods: The aim of this review was to examine the Cherokee ethnobotanical literature and the published phytochemical investigations on Cherokee medicinal plants and to correlate phytochemical constituents with traditional uses and biological activities. Results: Several Cherokee medicinal plants are still in use today as herbal medicines, including, for example, yarrow (Achillea millefolium), black cohosh (Cimicifuga racemosa), American ginseng (Panax quinquefolius), and blue skullcap (Scutellaria lateriflora). This review presents a summary of the traditional uses, phytochemical constituents, and biological activities of Cherokee aromatic and medicinal plants. Conclusions: The list is not complete, however, as there is still much work needed in phytochemical investigation and pharmacological evaluation of many traditional herbal medicines.

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Ethnobotany as a Science of Preserving Traditional Knowledge: Traditional Uses of Wild Medicinal Plants from District Reasi, J&K (Northwestern Himalaya), India

Botanical Leads for Drug Discovery ◽

10.1007/978-981-15-5917-4_13 ◽

2020 ◽

pp. 277-293

Author(s):

Shiekh Marifatul Haq ◽

Bikarma Singh

Keyword(s):

Medicinal Plants ◽

Traditional Knowledge ◽

Traditional Uses

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Contribution a l’ethnobotanique des Warega (Maniema, Kivu, Zaire)

Bothalia ◽

10.4102/abc.v14i3/4.1216 ◽

1983 ◽

Vol 14 (3/4) ◽

pp. 607-611

Author(s):

M. Kitembo

Keyword(s):

Medicinal Plants ◽

Parasitic Diseases ◽

Vernacular Names ◽

Traditional Uses ◽

Reference Collection ◽

Domestic Use ◽

The University

CONTRIBUTION TO THE ETHNOBOTANY OF THE WAREGA (MANIEMA, KIVU, ZAIRE) As a result of the particular social positions held by the grandfather and aunt of the author, very detailed information about the traditional uses of plants in Maniema could be collected. All the information obtained is supported by a herbarium reference collection deposited in the Herbarium of the University of Lubumbashi (LSHI), together with one or several vernacular names. The information can be grouped on the basis of four main types of utilization, namely plants used as food (seeds and oleaginous nuts, amylaceous fruits and flowers, leaves, berries.); medicinal plants (parasitic diseases, gynaecology, obstetrics, etc.); plants for domestic use (tools, mats, textiles, dyes and other uses).

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