scholarly journals ETHNOMYCOLOGICAL KNOWLEDGE OF SOME WILD MUSHROOMS OF NORTHERN DISTRICTS OF JAMMU AND KASHMIR, INDIA

2017 ◽  
Vol 10 (9) ◽  
pp. 399 ◽  
Author(s):  
Abdul Rashid Malik ◽  
Abdul Hamid Wani ◽  
Mohd Yaqub Bhat ◽  
Shazia Parveen
Keyword(s):  
Kashmir Valley ◽  
Wild Mushrooms ◽  
Bioactive Constituents ◽  
Natural Habitats ◽  
Mushroom Species ◽  
Jammu And Kashmir ◽  
Tribal People ◽  
Aged People ◽  
Field Guides ◽  
Medicinal Value

  Objective: Mushrooms are known for their nutritional and medicinal importance from ancient times throughout the world. The use of mushrooms as valuable tonic, food, and ethnomedicines has also been reported from India. However, information on the ethnomedicinal use of mushrooms is not available from the surveyed area of Kashmir valley. Therefore, the objective of this work is to study the ethnomedicinal use of wild mushrooms from the Northern districts of Jammu and Kashmir.Materials and Methods: Different remote areas of Northern districts, Baramulla and Kupwara of Kashmir Valley were surveyed to document the indigenous use of various mushrooms growing in the area by local tribal people and local herbalists. Mushroom hunters, local Hakims, herbalists and aged people from tribal communities and nomads were consulted, interviewed and taken as guides to collect various mushroom species.Results: The mushroom samples collected from the study area were used as a source of food and medicines for different ailments. The specimens collected were photographed by Sony cyber shot 12.1 megapixel camera in their natural habitats and were identified on the basis of macro and microscopic characters, expert mushroom taxonomists, field guides and standard related literature. The study revealed that 33 mushroom species belonging to Ascomycetes and Basidiomycetes were used for their nutritional and medicinal values. These mushrooms were used by the local hakims against various ailments ranging from respiratory, blood and heart ailments, arthritis, nervous and urogenital diseases either alone or in combination with some herbs.Conclusions: It was concluded from this study that all the mushrooms used by the local tribal people and local herbalists for different ailments can be further evaluated for medicinal value and for bioactive constituents.

scholarly journals Ethno-medicinal Survey for Some Wild Plants of Muzaffarabad, Azad Jammu & Kashmir, Pakistan

2020 ◽  
Vol 7 (3) ◽  
pp. 1-15
Author(s):  
Ramiz Raja ◽  
Tasveer Zahra Bokhari ◽  
Shakil Ahmad ◽  
Saeed Ahmad Malik ◽  
Kausar Hussain ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Plant Species ◽  
Field Trips ◽  
Local Information ◽  
Wild Plants ◽  
Human Beings ◽  
Jammu And Kashmir ◽  
Medicinal Uses ◽  
Field Guides ◽  
Taxonomic Description ◽  
Medicinal Value

Wild plants have always held economic, nutritional and medicinal value for human beings. Present work is the study of local information of some wild plants being used for remedial purposes in District Muzaffarabad, Azad Jammu and Kashmir, Pakistan. The indigenous knowledge of local conventional uses was collected through survey and personal interviews during field trips. A total of 50 plant species were identified by taxonomic description using field guides and locally by medicinal knowledge of people living in the area. About 150 informers were interviewed randomly to record local names and ethno-medicinal uses of different plant species.

Bioactive Constituents of the edible wild mushrooms Gomphus clavatus and Lactarius salmonicolor

Planta Medica ◽  
2007 ◽  
Vol 73 (09) ◽  
Author(s):  
M Makropoulou ◽  
G Athanasakis ◽  
N Aligiannis ◽  
N Fokialakis ◽  
Z Gonou ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Wild Mushrooms ◽  
Bioactive Constituents ◽  
Edible Wild Mushrooms

scholarly journals Variations in morphology, physiology, and multiple bioactive constituents of Lonicerae Japonicae Flos under salt stress

2021 ◽  
Vol 11 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Zhichen Cai ◽  
Xunhong Liu ◽  
Huan Chen ◽  
Rong Yang ◽  
Jiajia Chen ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Lipid Peroxidation ◽  
Salt Stress ◽  
Phenolic Acids ◽  
Antioxidant Activities ◽  
Vital Role ◽  
Gray Relational Analysis ◽  
Bioactive Constituents ◽  
Multivariate Statistical ◽  
Medicinal Value ◽  
Quality Formation

AbstractLonicerae Japonicae Flos (LJF) is an important traditional Chinese medicine for the treatment of various ailments and plays a vital role in improving global human health. However, as unable to escape from adversity, the quality of sessile organisms is dramatically affected by salt stress. To systematically explore the quality formation of LJF in morphology, physiology, and bioactive constituents' response to multiple levels of salt stress, UFLC-QTRAP-MS/MS and multivariate statistical analysis were performed. Lonicera japonica Thunb. was planted in pots and placed in the field, then harvested after 35 days under salt stress. Indexes of growth, photosynthetic pigments, osmolytes, lipid peroxidation, and antioxidant enzymes were identified to evaluate the salt tolerance in LJF under different salt stresses (0, 100, 200, and 300 mM NaCl). Then, the total accumulation and dynamic variation of 47 bioactive constituents were quantitated. Finally, Partial least squares discrimination analysis and gray relational analysis were performed to systematically cluster, distinguish, and evaluate the samples, respectively. The results showed that 100 mM NaCl induced growth, photosynthetic, antioxidant activities, osmolytes, lipid peroxidation, and multiple bioactive constituents in LJF, which possessed the best quality. Additionally, a positive correlation was found between the accumulation of phenolic acids with antioxidant enzyme activity under salt stress, further confirming that phenolic acids could reduce oxidative damage. This study provides insight into the quality formation and valuable information to improve the LJF medicinal value under salt stress.

Modi’s Kashmir move puts India-Pakistan ties on brink

2019 ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Large Scale ◽  
Prime Minister ◽  
Kashmir Valley ◽  
Jammu And Kashmir ◽  
Content Type ◽  
North Eastern ◽  
Different Parts

Subject Consequences of India revoking Jammu and Kashmir's special constitutional status. Significance Delhi denies reports that there was a large-scale anti-India protest on August 9 in Srinagar, headquarters of the majority-Muslim Kashmir Valley. Much of Jammu and Kashmir has been on lockdown since Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s government on August 5 revoked the state’s special constitutional status and passed legislation to reorganise its governance. India and Pakistan administer different parts of Kashmir and dispute sovereignty over the region. Impacts China is unlikely to maintain much diplomatic pressure on India, following its initial expression of opposition to Delhi’s Kashmir move. Islamabad will urge Washington to confront Delhi over the Kashmir issue, probably to little avail. In India’s north-eastern states, fears that Delhi may attenuate special local rights are unlikely to be assuaged by government denials.

Pakistan will bide its time over Kashmir crisis

2019 ◽  
Keyword(s):  
United States ◽  
South Asia ◽  
The United States ◽  
Ballistic Missile ◽  
Kashmir Valley ◽  
Jammu And Kashmir ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Terrorist Financing

Subject Pakistan's response to India's recent Kashmir move. Significance Pakistan last week carried out a training launch of a surface-to-surface ballistic missile. The test raises questions about the (politically powerful) military’s intentions towards neighbour and enemy India, which early last month irked Islamabad by revoking Jammu and Kashmir state’s special constitutional status. Meanwhile, Pakistan is trying to support peace talks between the United States and the Taliban and aiming, by October, to extricate itself from an international watchlist of jurisdictions with weak measures against terrorist financing. Impacts China will maintain support for ally Pakistan but discourage an escalation of military tensions in South Asia. The United States will urge Pakistan and India to back a settlement in Afghanistan. India will continue to maintain restrictions on communications and movement in the Kashmir Valley.

scholarly journals Edible, medicinal wild mushrooms: A study in Estado de México

2020 ◽  
Vol 13 (10) ◽  
Author(s):  
D. Sánchez-García ◽  
C. Burrola-Aguilar ◽  
C. Zepeda-Gómez ◽  
M.E. Estrada-Zúñiga
Keyword(s):  
Exploratory Study ◽  
Scientific Evidence ◽  
Edible Mushroom ◽  
Taxonomic Identification ◽  
Medicinal Mushroom ◽  
Wild Mushrooms ◽  
Structured Interviews ◽  
Mushroom Species ◽  
Medicinal Uses ◽  
Medicinal Fungi

Objective: To identify edible mushroom species with medicinal uses in Estado de México.Design/Methodology/Approach: Based on the bibliographic review of local ethnomycological inventories, weeklymarket visits, semi-structured interviews with vendors, and the collection and taxonomic identification of mushrooms, information was gained regarding medicinal mushroom nomenclature, local knowledge and cultural importance.Results: A list of 36 edible mushroom species was compiled, which can be divided into 11 categories of use, mainly in treating digestive and circulatory illnesses.Study Limitations/Implications: This is a descriptive and exploratory study of edible mushrooms with medicinal uses, and therefore it is necessary to include more empirical and scientific evidence from other similar cases.Findings/Conclusions: There is limited knowledge on medicinal fungi species, implying that they are underexploited asa resource among local inhabitants. Lycoperdon perlatum and Lactarius indigo were cited as having the highest quantityof medicinal uses.

scholarly journals A checklist of macrofungi (mushroom) diversity and distribution in the forests of Tripura, India

2020 ◽  
Vol 12 (10) ◽  
pp. 16314-16346
Author(s):  
Sanjit Debnath ◽  
Ramesh Chandra Upadhyay ◽  
Rahul Saha ◽  
Koushik Majumdar ◽  
Panna Das ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Research Work ◽  
Distribution Patterns ◽  
Northeast India ◽  
Future Research ◽  
Reference Database ◽  
Tropical Region ◽  
Wild Mushrooms ◽  
Mushroom Species ◽  
Northeastern India ◽  
Plant Parts

Abstract: The tropical region, which has the highest macrofungi diversity, has not been fully exploited instead of this is an important component of the global diversity. However, no work has been carried out to assess such diversity in Tripura. Since tropical forests are diverse in plant composition and structure, hence the objective of this study was to explore the mushroom species richness in Tripura, Northeast India with the aim of producing a checklist along with their present geographical distributions, key identification characters and valid photographs. Field surveys and collection of mushrooms were carried out in Tripura covering different sites during 2015–2018. Data on macrofungal diversity, distribution patterns and taxonomic identification were analyzed. A total of 217 wild mushrooms were documented from eight districts of Tripura, northeastern India. Out of 217 samples, 202 samples were identified up to the genus level, 125 samples were identified up to the species level.  A total of 76 genera belonging to 60 families and 25 orders were classified in this ecological study. The majority of macrofungi belong to the family Polyporaceae (30 nos), and order Agaricales (103 specimens). The wild macrofungi were collected from 56 sites of eight districts of this state and the maximum macrofungi diversity was recorded from Sepahijala District. Present findings also observed that the maximum wild fungi of this state grow on different plant parts. This is the preliminary study on documentation of wild macrofungi from eight districts of Tripura, northeastern India and it will be used as a reference database of wild mushrooms of this state, which will also help in future research work in different fields.

scholarly journals Clinicopathological study of testicular tumors: an experience in a tertiary care hospital in Kashmir valley, Jammu and Kashmir, India

2017 ◽  
Vol 5 (6) ◽  
pp. 2741
Author(s):  
Ambreen Beigh ◽  
Sheikh Junaid ◽  
Arshi Beg ◽  
Summyia Farooq ◽  
Lateef Ahmed Wani ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Prospective Study ◽  
Clinical Presentation ◽  
Histopathological Examination ◽  
Tertiary Care ◽  
Published Data ◽  
Care Hospital ◽  
Kashmir Valley ◽  
Testicular Tumors ◽  
Rare Type ◽  
Jammu And Kashmir

Background: Testicular and paratesticular neoplasia are rare type of tumors affecting adolescents and young adults in India, as observed by paucity of published data. This study was undertaken to analyze the patterns of testicular tumors at a tertiary level hospital in Kashmir valley, Jammu and Kashmir, India highlighting the patient’s demography, clinical presentation, diagnostic evaluation and pathological finding.Methods: This 5-year (retrospective and prospective) study was performed in the Department of Pathology, Government Medical College Srinagar, Jammu and Kashmir, India from January 2012 to December 2016. For the retrospective study, all cases of testicular tumors, their histopathological reports and required clinical details were searched from records maintained in the Department of Pathology, GMC Srinagar, Jammu and Kashmir, India. For the prospective study, the orchiedectomy specimens received in our department were subjected to routine histopathological processing followed by a detailed gross and microscopic examination. Tumour typing and subtyping was done according to WHO classification (2004).Results: A total of 37 cases of testicular and paratesticular neoplasia were included in present study with a mean age of 35.1 years. Out of these 37 cases, 31 (83.78%) were malignant and 6 cases (16.22%) were benign. Right testis was affected in 70.3% of cases. The most common clinical presentation was scrotal swelling. Germ cell tumor was the most common type accounting for 89.2% of tumors followed by lymphomas (8.1%).Conclusions:It is concluded that despite new techniques in imaging and tumor marker assay, the diagnosis of testicular tumors is dependent upon histopathological examination. The present study fairly provides an insight into the clinical presentations, prevalence and patterns of testicular tumors. 

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