FUNGICIDAL PROPERTIES OF HIGH ALTITUDE MEDICINAL PLANT: AN ANTIFUNGAL SUBSTANCE FROM THE EXTRACTS OF SELECTED MEDICINAL PLANTS.

The conservation of high-altitude medicinal plants is of concern throughout the Himalayan region, because they are important for traditional health care and in large-scale collection for trade. Because little is known regarding their conservation status in relation to the diversity of land-use patterns and habitats, this paper explores patterns of species composition and diversity of medicinal plants in five different pasture types in a traditionally-managed high-altitude landscape in northwest Nepal. Environmental variables, including human activities, strongly affected species composition, diversity and cover-abundance of medicinal plant species. Species richness of rare and commercially threatened medicinal plants (CTMP) showed patterns similar to overall medicinal plant species richness. Sub-alpine meadows, which have intermediate levels of human pressure related to grazing and relatively high levels of resource availability in terms of rainfall and soil nutrients, were richer in medicinal-plant species than alpine meadows. The coexistence of various plant communities under different human management regimes also enhanced landscape-level species diversity by maintaining some species restricted to particular habitat or pasture types. A number of medicinal plant species reported to be resistant to grazing were most abundant in heavily grazed sites. This pattern suggests that medicinal plant species may be positively influenced, to a certain extent, by human activities (mainly grazing). The combination of grazing and high levels of harvesting, however, had a negative impact on diversity and cover-abundance of rare and CTMP species. Maintenance of medicinal plant diversity and cover-abundance is critically dependent on managing grazing and resource harvesting to maintain levels that are both ecologically and economically sustainable. Forage for livestock and medicinal plants for local health care cannot be managed independently; a systems approach is needed, incorporating social management to accommodate the needs of different users. This could be achieved by maintenance of a mosaic landscape, in which different use patterns and pressures, reflecting the values attached to resources by different users and favouring different types of biodiversity, co-exist.

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ETHNOVETERINARY MEDICINAL USES OF SOME MEDICINAL PLANTS ON PNEUMONIA BY THE GUJJAR AND PAHARI TRIBES OF POONCH DISTRICT OF JAMMU AND KASHMIR

FLORA AND FAUNA ◽

10.33451/florafauna.v23i2pp263-266 ◽

2017 ◽

Vol 23 (2) ◽

Author(s):

JAMIL AHMED KHAN ◽

RAJINDER PAUL

Keyword(s):

Health Care ◽

Medicinal Plants ◽

Medicinal Plant ◽

Natural Resources ◽

Indigenous People ◽

Health Care Facilities ◽

Jammu And Kashmir ◽

Medicinal Uses ◽

Modern Health Care ◽

Care Facilities

Poonch district of Jammu and Kashmir is a reservoir of enormous natural resources including the wealth of medicinal plants. The present paper deals with 12 medicinal plant species belonging to 8 genera of angiosperms used on pneumonia in cattle such as cows, sheep, goats and buffaloes in different areas of Poonch district. Due to poverty and nonavailability of modern health care facilities, the indigenous people of the area partially or fully depend on surrounding medicinal plants to cure the different ailments of their cattles. Further research on modern scientific line is necessary to improve their efficacy, safety and validation of the traditional knowledge.

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NAMING OF BASOTHO MEDICINAL PLANTS: SEMANTIC CONNECTION TO THEIR REMEDIES

Southern African Journal for Folklore Studies ◽

10.25159/1016-8427/541 ◽

2015 ◽

Vol 25 (1) ◽

Cited By ~ 1

Author(s):

R Possa ◽

P Khotso

Keyword(s):

Medicinal Plants ◽

Medicinal Plant ◽

Indigenous Knowledge ◽

Future Generation ◽

Speech Community ◽

Traditional Medicines ◽

Traditional Medicinal Plants ◽

The Future ◽

Economic Sphere ◽

Medical Plants

The indigenous knowledge of the Basotho makes it simple for this speech community to name their traditional medicinal plants in such a way that they are meaningful; this could also be viewed as an empowerment technique, especially in the economic sphere. Their medicinal plants names seem to be idiomatic and to express certain philosophies of the Basotho society. Creativity is observable in this kind of naming, and many names allude to the kind of remedy that is associated with the medicinal plant. It is therefore the interest of this paper to consider the names of medical plants among the Basotho whose names allude to the remedy they provide. The names of Sesotho medicinal plants and the reasoning of the Basotho in general behind the name and the use of each medicinal plant will be discussed in this article. This paper will further preserve and promote the use of Basotho traditional medicines for the future generation.

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Medicinal Plant Extracts

Plants ◽

10.3390/plants10050838 ◽

2021 ◽

Vol 10 (5) ◽

pp. 838

Author(s):

Laura Grațiela Vicaș ◽

Mariana Eugenia Mureșan

Keyword(s):

Medicinal Plants ◽

Medicinal Plant ◽

Plant Extracts ◽

Important Data ◽

Therapeutic Benefits ◽

Medicinal Plant Extracts

The therapeutic benefits of medicinal plants are well known and have been collected as important data on ethnomedicine [...]

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Assessment of Calendula officinal growing in Iraq

Research Journal of Pharmacy and Technology ◽

10.52711/10.52711/0974-360x.2021.00902 ◽

2021 ◽

pp. 5187-5189

Author(s):

Noor Ali ◽

Widad M K Al-Ani ◽

Ibrahim S. Al-Jobouri

Keyword(s):

Side Effects ◽

Medicinal Plants ◽

Medicinal Plant ◽

Prior Knowledge ◽

Research Evaluation ◽

Chemical Constituents ◽

Plant Constituents ◽

Time Of Collection

Evaluation of Iraqi medicinal plants is very crucial to help people avoid the use of herbs without prior knowledge which results in many side effects and sometimes even leads to death. The plant constituents vary according to season, weather and type of soil, therefore it is necessary to evaluate the chemical constituents and determine the time of collection of medicinal plants. In this research evaluation of the medicinal plant Calendula officinal grown in Iraq was performed by measuring the quantity of hyperoside found in the plant together with macroscopical and microscopical evaluation of the plant.

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Study of Contro-vercial Aspect of Cleome viscosa, Linn. and Gynandropsis gynandra, Linn. â€“ A literary Review

National Journal of Research in Ayurved Science ◽

10.52482/ayurlog.v7i05.385 ◽

2019 ◽

Vol 7 (05) ◽

Author(s):

Sharavati Goroba Kamble

Keyword(s):

Medicinal Plants ◽

Medicinal Plant ◽

Bacopa Monnieri ◽

Single Plant ◽

Classical Text ◽

Clitoria Ternatea ◽

Gynandropsis Gynandra ◽

Second Category ◽

Cleome Viscosa

Controversy in identification of medicinal plants has been a problem since ages. When we refer the classical text like Caraka Samhita, it becomes important to know the exact medicinal plant mentioned in the formulation or treatment. The controversy regarding a plant is found to be of two types mainly. Single classical plant having multiple botanical identities eg. Parpata, Rasna, Amlavetasa, Bharangi, Pasanabheda Botanically identified single plant with multiple classical identities eg. Bacopa monnieri, Clitoria ternatea The plants of this study fall under second category. The plants C.viscosa, Linn. and G.gynandra, Linn. are having multiple classical identities like Ajagandha, Tilaparni, Suvarcala, Brahmasuvarcala and Adityabhakta. An effort is made to resolve the controversy by comparing the information of these plants from classical Ayurvedic texts and Modern texts in this article. Method: Compilation of all the data from Literature Comparision of classical data with viscosa and G.gynandra characteristics Conclusion is made on the basis of observations Observation and Conclusion: Comparisons of all the above discussed classical plants with Cloeme viscosa, Linn. and Gynandropsis gynandra, Linn. shows Ajagandha being similar to Gynandropsis and Tilaparni being similar to Cleome.

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Morphological and phylogenetic resolution of Arthrinium from medicinal plants in Yunnan, including A. cordylines and A. pseudomarii spp. nov.

Mycotaxon ◽

10.5248/136.183 ◽

2021 ◽

Vol 136 (1) ◽

pp. 183-199

Author(s):

Tong-Zheng Chen ◽

Yan Zhang ◽

Xiao-Bing Ming ◽

Qian Zhang ◽

Hui Long ◽

...

Keyword(s):

New Species ◽

Medicinal Plants ◽

Medicinal Plant ◽

Yunnan Province ◽

Sequence Analyses ◽

Two New Species ◽

Plant Hosts ◽

Phylogenetic Resolution

Twenty-one strains of Arthrinium were cultured from leaf samples of ten medicinal plant hosts in Yunnan Province, China. Morphological and multi-locus ITS+TUB+TEF1 sequence analyses revealed that the strains represented two previously described species (A. paraphaeospermum and A. rasikravindrae) and two new species: Arthrinium cordylines, which produces subglobose conidia that are shorter and wider than A. aureum but larger than A. hydei, and Arthrinium pseudomarii, which produces subglobose to ellipsoid conidia narrower than A. hispanicum, A. marii, and A. mediterranei.

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Medicinal plant extracts on the control of Diabrotica speciosa (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae)

Revista Brasileira de Plantas Medicinais ◽

10.1590/s1516-05722013000100020 ◽

2013 ◽

Vol 15 (1) ◽

pp. 142-149 ◽

Cited By ~ 2

Author(s):

F.S. Barbosa ◽

G.L.D. Leite ◽

E.R. Martins ◽

V.A. D'avila ◽

V.M Cerqueira

Keyword(s):

Medicinal Plants ◽

Medicinal Plant ◽

Soybean Oil ◽

Plant Extracts ◽

Chenopodium Ambrosioides ◽

Insecticidal Effect ◽

Medicinal Plant Extracts ◽

Diabrotica Speciosa ◽

Artemisia Verlotorum

The aim of this study was to evaluate the insecticidal effect of aqueous, alcoholic, and oil extracts from leaves of eight medicinal plants against Diabrotica speciosa prepared at five concentrations. The extracts that used commercial soybean oil as solvent showed the highest D. speciosa mortality due to the solvent itself, regardless of the used plants and their concentrations. Thus, commercial soybean oil was discarded as solvent since at these volumes it would cause serious phytotoxicity problems. After 24 hours of exposure of the pest to the extracts, the highest D. speciosa mortality values were observed for Copaifera langsdorfii and Chenopodium ambrosioides extracts, both in 5% alcohol, and Artemisia verlotorum, in 10% water. However, in the last mortality assessment (48 h), C. langsdorfii extract in 5% alcohol showed higher mortality of this pest, followed by C. ambrosioides extract in 5% alcohol, compared to the remaining plants.

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Perancangan dan Pembangunan Taman Apotek Hidup pada Lanskap Industri, Kabupaten Kudus

Jurnal Lanskap Indonesia ◽

10.29244/jli.v12i1.32078 ◽

2020 ◽

Vol 12 (1) ◽

pp. 8-12

Author(s):

Alfred Jansen Sutrisno ◽

Hermanto

Keyword(s):

Focus Group ◽

Medicinal Plants ◽

Medicinal Plant ◽

Focus Group Discussion ◽

Design Process ◽

Group Discussion ◽

Visual Quality ◽

Industrial Landscape ◽

The Family ◽

Park Design

Gardener in the industrial landscape has limited knowledge and experience in managing the environment. Meanwhile, there are areas in the industrial landscape that can be developed into thematic parks. The purpose of this activity is to train gardener in designing and constructing parks that have good visual quality. The living pharmacy park is a concept park that is trying to be developed. This park is dominated by a collection of medicinal plants or often also called the family medicinal plant garden (Tanaman Obat Keluarga - TOGA). The method used are a workshop and Focus Group Discussion (FGD). The area of land that is used as a place for design and construction activities is 720.3 m2. The design process starts from an inventory of existing conditions, then analyzed and synthesized to get the appropriate park design. After the design results were agreed upon, a park was developed. Park development must be in accordance with the results of the design. However, the obstacle faced is that there are some problems that are not properly inventoried and found during development. Even though, the results of the construction of the park are still quite in accordance with the results of the design. Keywords: Gardener, Living Pharmacy Park, Medicinal Plant, Visual Quality

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Quantitative ethnopharmacological documentation and molecular confirmation of medicinal plants used by the Manobo tribe of Agusan del Sur, Philippines

10.21203/rs.2.21139/v1 ◽

2020 ◽

Author(s):

Mark Lloyd Granaderos Dapar ◽

Grecebio Jonathan Duran Alejandro ◽

Ulrich Meve ◽

Sigrid Liede-Schumann

Keyword(s):

Medicinal Plants ◽

Medicinal Plant ◽

Plant Genetic Resources ◽

Traditional Healers ◽

Conservation Strategies ◽

Public Healthcare ◽

Structured Interviews ◽

Plant Use ◽

Healthcare Improvement ◽

Use Categories

Abstract Background Philippines is renowned as one of the species-rich countries and culturally megadiverse in ethnicity worldwide. Ethnomedicinal knowledge of Indigenous Cultural Communities/Indigenous Peoples (ICCs/IPs) is vital for biodiversity conservation and healthcare improvement. This study aims to document the traditional practices, medicinal plant use, and knowledge; to determine the relative importance, consensus, and the extent of all medicinal plants used; and to integrate molecular confirmation to some medicinal plants used by the Agusan Manobo. Methods Quantitative ethnopharmacological data were obtained using semi-structured interviews, group discussions, field observations, and guided field walks with a total of 335 key informants comprising of tribal chieftains, traditional healers, community elders and residents of the community with their traditional medical knowledge. The use categories (UC), use report (UR), fidelity level (FL), and informant consensus factors (ICF) were quantified. The informants' medicinal plant use knowledge and practices were statistically analyzed using the descriptive and inferential statistics Mann-Whitney U and Kruskal-Wallis tests. Results A total of 122 medicinal plant species belonging to 108 genera and 51 families, used in 16 use categories, were collected and identified. Integrative molecular approach confirmed 24 species with uncertain identity using multiple universal markers. The highest ICF (0.96) was cited for the category of abnormal signs and symptoms (ASS). The maximum FL values of 100% were found for Carica papaya L., Premna odorata Blanco, Cinnamomum mercadoi S.Vidal, Tinospora crispa (L.) Hook.f. & Thomson, and Ficus concinna (Miq.) Miq. used for the treatment of dengue fever, cough with phlegm, stomach trouble, joint pain, and fracture and dislocation, respectively. The highest UR (1134) and UC (12) was reported for Anodendron borneense (King & Gamble) D.J.Middleton. Statistically, the medicinal plant knowledge among respondents was significantly different ( p <0.001) when grouped according to education, gender, position, occupation, civil status, and age but not significantly different ( p =0.379) when grouped according to location. Conclusion Documenting such traditional knowledge of medicinal plants and practices is highly important for future management and conservation strategies of these plant genetic resources. This quantitative ethnopharmacological study will serve as a future reference not only for more ethnopharmacological documentation but also for further pharmacological studies and public healthcare improvement.

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