scholarly journals Geografski aspekti ekološkog uzgoja ljekovitog bilja u Hrvatskoj

Geoadria ◽  
2017 ◽  
Vol 10 (1) ◽  
pp. 53 ◽  
Author(s):  
Željka Šiljković ◽  
Ana Rimanić
Keyword(s):  
Medicinal Plants ◽  
Rural Areas ◽  
Economic Activity ◽  
Relevant Information ◽  
Current Situation ◽  
Organic Production ◽  
Aromatic Plants ◽  
Medicinal And Aromatic Plants ◽  
The World

There are about 160 to 170 autochthonous medicinal and aromatic plants that are either collected or produced in Croatia. In all parts of Croatia natural geographic conditions, namely climatic, pedological and hydrogeographical conditions are suitable for organic production of medicinal plants. In this work the authors give the most relevant information on chamomile (Matricaria chamomile) and lavender (Lavandula anustifolia) production. These two plants had the biggest share in medicinal plants production before war in the 1990s. Until then Croatia was one of the leading producers of chamomile and lavender in the world. The article deals with the current situation of collecting and producing medicinal plants in Croatia and the opportunities that economic activity can offer. The main goal is to determine natural geographic conditions which influence organic medicinal plants production that contribute to the revitalization of rural areas and slow down deagrarization and deruralization if systematically applied.

scholarly journals The Importance of Assessing Medicinal and Aromatic Plants as Products of Territory - In Order to Develop Tourism and Rural Areas

2017 ◽  
Vol 8 (1) ◽  
pp. 448-452
Author(s):  
Edmond Kadiu ◽  
Arben Tërpollari ◽  
Stilian Apostoli ◽  
Erdit Nesturi ◽  
Majlinda Belegu ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Medicinal Plants ◽  
Rural Areas ◽  
Agricultural Land ◽  
Theory And Practice ◽  
Soil Conditions ◽  
Aromatic Plants ◽  
Medicinal And Aromatic Plants ◽  
Mountain Areas ◽  
Organizational Conditions ◽  
Aromatic And Medicinal Plants

Abstract The concept of rural development, it stems from many factors and variables circumstantial of area as rural tourism, agritourism, products of territory, in our case the medicinal and aromatic plants. In this paper we estimate the land fund by purpose and destination of use is grouped into three categories, where the third, with about 53 thousand hectares, is less fertile, affected by erosion, and should be used with priority. Their expansion results to be 67% in mountain areas, 31% in hilly areas and only 2% in lowland areas. The more effective alternative according to our agriculture theory and practice is that of the aromatic and medicinal plants (medicinal and aromatic plants) that have multi-dimensional cultivating interests for our country, conditioned by the climatic and soil conditions as well as the economic and organizational conditions of a range of stakeholders related to the aromatic and medicinal plants, such as their growers, collectors, aggregators, processors and traders (exporters). In terms of our country the aromatic and medicinal plants have two main situations: From the wild, outdoor and, b) Cultivated, in increasingly growing areas, in different areas and with differentiated practices. Among the the aromatic and medicinal plants in complexity, sage, thyme and oregano have obvious superiority in area planted and the production realized out of their total. The advantage of the aromatic and medicinal plants results in full use of agricultural land, in a broader employment of free labor force (mainly women), increase of income, increase of their exports, which currently account for about 52-54 % of the total that agriculture as a whole realizes in the last years, etc.

scholarly journals Medicinal and Aromatic plants: “Natural bio-chemicals and medicine factories”

2021 ◽  
Vol 17 (2) ◽  
pp. 691-698
Author(s):  
Vandana ◽  
Rajesh Lather ◽  
Sridevi Tallapragada ◽  
Gurnam Singh
Keyword(s):  
Medicinal Plants ◽  
Plant Material ◽  
Herbal Medicines ◽  
Raw Material ◽  
World Health ◽  
World Population ◽  
Special Role ◽  
Aromatic Plants ◽  
Medicinal And Aromatic Plants ◽  
The World

Since thousands years back approximately around 900 BC, medicinal plants are considered as a source of many biomolecules with therapeutic potential. Herbal medicines are considered as safer, better, physiologically compatible and costeffective. The oldest evidence of medicinal and aromatic plants depicts that with the emergence of human civilization, plants have been considered as the main source to heal and cure various serious ailments. It has been proven that the secondary metabolites e.g. alkaloid, glycosides, flavonoides, steroids etc present in the medicinal plants possesses ability to prevent occurrence of some of the diseases, means medicinal plants acts as a “preventive medicine”. Medicinal plants have a paramount importance and a great interest due to its pharmaceutical, cosmetic and nutritional values. Some plants are also considered as an important source of nutrition and are known to have a variety of compounds with potential therapeutic properties. India is the principal repository of large number of medicinal and aromatic plants or we can say India is one of the rich mega-biodiversity countries of the world. Medicinal plants are “backbone” of traditional medicinal system (TMS). Crude drugs are usually dried parts of medicinal and aromatic plants (MAPs) such as roots, stems, wood, bark, seeds, fruits, flowers, leaves, rhizomes, whole plant etc. that form the essential raw material for the production of medicines in various systems of Ayurveda, Siddha, Unani, Tibatian, Tribal and Homeopathy. According to the survey of the World Health Organization (WHO), about 80% of the world population are using herbs and other traditional medicines for their primary healthcare and have established three kinds of herbal medicines: raw plant material, processed plant material, and herbal products. Now days, variety of available herbs are used throughout the world and they continue to promote good health. As the benefits from medicinal and aromatic plants are recognized, these plants will have a special role for humans in the future. The present review on medicinal and aromatic plants revealed similar combination of studies.

scholarly journals Investigation of the effects of six medicinal plants with antiviral effects against COVID-19

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Harun ALP ◽  
Hasan ASİL ◽  
Demet Duman
Keyword(s):  
Medicinal Plants ◽  
Nigella Sativa ◽  
Water Extract ◽  
Antiviral Effect ◽  
Vero Cells ◽  
Glycyrrhiza Glabra ◽  
Crocus Sativus ◽  
Medicinal And Aromatic Plants ◽  
The World

Abstract Today, the coronavirus epidemic, which caused the death of 79 million cases and 1743 thousand people in 218 countries around the world, continues to increase its impact all over the world. Researchers are still trying to develop an effective solution against covid-19, including vaccines and drugs. However, there are few studies that determine the effect of natural products obtained from plants on covid-19. Medicinal and aromatic plants have been used for therapeutic purposes since the existence of humanity. In this study, the effects of some important medicinal plants including Licorice (Glycyrrhiza glabra), Saffron (Crocus sativus L.), Nigella (Nigella sativa L.), Laurel (Lauris nobilis), Karabaş (Lavandula stoechas), and Zahter (Thymbra spicata L. var. Spicata) against Covid-19 were investigated in vitro conditions. The six plants were evaluated for cytotoxic effect on Vero cells and determining inhibition of viral replication in Vero-E6 cells at concentrations of broad-spectrum antiviral non-cytotoxic against Covid-19 in cell culture and an additional antiviral effect against Covid-19. According to the results, the five examined plants (Saffron, Nigella, Laurel, Karabaş, Zahter) were ineffective against Covid-19 in vitro conditions. Interisingly, the water extract obtained from the root of the licorice plant (Glycyrrhiza glabra) inhibited Covid-19 in vitro conditions in the 2nd dilution (1: 4) following the initial concentration in Vero-E6 cells.

scholarly journals Diversity of mites (Acari) on medicinal and aromatic plants in India*

Zoosymposia ◽  
2011 ◽  
Vol 6 (1) ◽  
pp. 56-61
Author(s):  
SALIL K. GUPTA ◽  
KRISHNA KARMAKAR
Keyword(s):  
Predatory Mites ◽  
Mite Species ◽  
Considerable Proportion ◽  
Aromatic Plants ◽  
Medicinal And Aromatic Plants ◽  
Pesticides Residues ◽  
Frequent Use ◽  
The World ◽  
Synthetic Pesticides ◽  
Different Parts

Despite the diverse and frequent use of medicinal and aromatic plants throughout the world, they have received poor attention regarding the mites and insects that they harbor. Here we summarize the diversity of phytophagous and predatory mites recorded on medicinal and aromatic plants in India, including first-hand information obtained by the authors in regular observations of plants growing in different parts of India between 2002 and 2009 as well as information reported in previous works conducted in the country. In total, 267 mite species of 93 genera and 18 families were found or have been reported on these plants in India.Most of these species (208) belong to families constituted mostly by phytophages, but quite a large number of species (56) belong to families constituted predominantly by predators. Despite the wide array of phytophagous species, relatively few have behaved as major pests, which may be at least in part due to the effect of the predatory mites with which they have been found. We consider 17 species as major pests of medicinal and aromatic plants and 11 species as main predators. The search for prospective predatory mites and the study of the feasibility of their use for the control of mite pests on medicinal and aromatic plants is worthwhile, given that a considerable proportion of people interested on the use of medicinal plants are adverse to the ingestion of synthetic pesticides residues, which could be found on those plants if the pests were controlled with the use of those products.

scholarly journals Role of Rhizosphere Fungi Associated with Commercially Explored Medicinal and Aromatic Plants: A Review

2018 ◽  
Vol 6 (1) ◽  
pp. 72-77 ◽  
Author(s):  
Mosma Nadim Shaikh ◽  
Digambar Nabhu Mokat
Keyword(s):  
Medicinal Plants ◽  
Growth Parameters ◽  
Agricultural Practices ◽  
Active Role ◽  
Aromatic Plants ◽  
Medicinal And Aromatic Plants ◽  
Proper Understanding ◽  
Rhizosphere Fungi

The study of rhizospheric microbial flora for the enhancement of aroma compounds is well recognized. The rhizosphere microbes also play very important role in improving medicinal values of plants. Rhizospheric microbes affect the plant physiology by imparting several useful effects such as nitrogen fixation, nutrient uptake, and production of secondary metabolites in the medicinal and aromatic plants. Recent days there are increasing the interests in the research of the relation between rhizosphere microbes associated with medicinal plant for the improvement of quality of medicinal plants. A large variety of fungi and bacteria is recognized in the rhizosphere soil of medicinal plants that showed significant effect in secondary metabolite alteration and uptake of plant nutrient. There are reports that rhizosphere fungi not only enhanced the growth parameters in plants but also considerably modulated essential oil’s quality. This study highlighted the researches performed on active role of rhizosphere fungi on explored medicinal and aromatic plants. As the use of organic material is one of the constituents of good agricultural practices (GAPs). Therefore, this review also investigates the environmental concerns reducing the use harmful chemicals as well as recommendation for utilization of biological and organics in agriculture. Therefore, a proper understanding of role of rhizosphere mycoflora associated with the medicinal plants is essential.

scholarly journals A Review on the Medicinal and Aromatic Plants Growing in Libya and Their Therapeutic Properties.

2020 ◽  
pp. 327-334 ◽  
Author(s):  
Abdullah F Abogmaza ◽  
Kheri F Keer ◽  
Ayad A Takrizzah ◽  
Esam Bashir Yahya
Keyword(s):  
Medicinal Plants ◽  
Therapeutic Agent ◽  
Biological Activities ◽  
Therapeutic Option ◽  
Food Preservation ◽  
Aromatic Plants ◽  
Medicinal And Aromatic Plants ◽  
Traditional Use ◽  
Therapeutic Properties ◽  
Therapeutic Activities

Plants are a rich source of diverse metabolites that have been traditionally used for thousands of years all over the world, providing safer and inexpensive therapeutic option for millions of people in developing countries including Libya. Many types of medicinal plants growing in Libya possess significantly important curative activities and have been traditionally used for treatment of chronic diseases such as diabetes and cancer, as well as their biological activities such as antibacterial, antifungal, antiparasitic and insecticidal properties, etc. Apart from the therapeutic activities, most of Libyan nation rather to use natural and plant-based materials for their daily activities such as food preservation, food flavoring as well as medicinal usages. This review presents the most important medicinal plants growing in Libya with their traditional usage, medical properties, and compare the reliability of using these plants as therapeutic agents. Presenting the latest works that have been done in term of justification of the traditional use and scientifically proving its ability as therapeutic agent

Formal versus informal practices

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Arjun Chapagain
Keyword(s):  
Rural Areas ◽  
Forest Products ◽  
Silk Road ◽  
Policy Environment ◽  
Aromatic Plants ◽  
Medicinal And Aromatic Plants ◽  
Hidden Economy ◽  
Non Timber Forest Products ◽  
Informal Practices ◽  
The Government

The trading of medicinal and aromatic plants (MAPs) is a traditional means of livelihood in rural areas along the Trans-Himalayan Silk Road and is an important source of revenue for the government of Nepal. Researchers estimate that the officially recorded export value of Nepalese MAPs is many times less than the amount actually exported. MAPs in Nepal are harvested by individuals mostly from the wild and are channelled through intermediate actors within a confusing policy environment. An official permit is required to collect ‘non-timber forest products’ and the Department of Forestry is responsible for regulating the MAPs trade in Nepal by issuing permits and collecting revenue. The hidden economy and informal practices are thus more likely to be used in sectors where permissions are necessary for harvesting, locally transporting, and exporting any commodity.

Special Issue on ‘Immunopotentiating ability of medicinal plants against the chronic diseases’

2014 ◽  
Vol 3 (6) ◽  
pp. 297-298
Author(s):  
Lavkush Dwivedi
Keyword(s):  
Drug Resistance ◽  
Immune System ◽  
Side Effects ◽  
Medicinal Plants ◽  
Rural Areas ◽  
Causes Of Death ◽  
Genetic Resource ◽  
Special Issue ◽  
The Poor ◽  
The World

Chronic illness such as cardiovascular diseases, AIDS, diabetes, and cancer are the leading causes of death and disability in India. They contribute around 53% of all deaths, and projected to increase in the next 25 years. Though, allopathic treatment therapies are in operation but due to higher cost and limited availability, they are short reached to the poor especially in rural areas. Increasing drug resistance and often side effects have additionally questioned to their reliability. Hence, the alterna-tive therapies with better efficacy and free of above limitations have emerged as immediate need to be developed to keep mankind hale and hearty. Immunopotentiating approaches advo-cating to the repair and restoration of the immune system to normal state are looked as better alter-natives to satisfy the current need via researches on medicinal plants. Fortunately, India with the presence of 8000 species has been great repository of medicinal plants and richest genetic resource of them in the world.

Challenges in the provision of early childhood care and education services in rural areas of Botswana

2021 ◽  
Vol 9 (3) ◽  
pp. 753-761
Author(s):  
Christina Mwaipopo ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Early Childhood ◽  
Rural Areas ◽  
Relevant Information ◽  
Education Programs ◽  
Education Services ◽  
Early Childhood Care ◽  
Childhood Care ◽  
The World ◽  
University Archives ◽  
The Way

Quality Early Childhood Care and Education programs are beneficial to children in numerous ways. Consequently, from time immemorial, various stakeholders not only in Botswana, but the world over, has embarked on various efforts to try to provide such services. However, several challenges in the provision of Early Childhood Care and Education services prevail in various countries. This paper explores such issues in the context of Botswana. It also maps the way forward in relation to addressing the challenges. Desktop research using existing sources such as newspapers, University archives, and published citations was used to gather relevant information for this paper.

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