scholarly journals Commercialization Potential of Six Selected Medicinal Plants Commonly Used for Childhood Diseases in South Africa: A Review

2021 ◽  
Vol 14 (1) ◽  
pp. 177
Author(s):  
Peter Tshepiso Ndhlovu ◽  
Abiodun Olusola Omotayo ◽  
Wilfred Otang-Mbeng ◽  
Adeyemi Oladapo Aremu
Keyword(s):  
South Africa ◽  
Medicinal Plants ◽  
Rural Areas ◽  
Action Plan ◽  
Economic Value ◽  
Age Groups ◽  
Datura Stramonium ◽  
Childhood Diseases ◽  
Scientific Databases ◽  
Wide Range

Globally, the potential of medicinal plants is increasingly being recognized due to their relative availability, particularly in rural areas. This review explored the ethnobotanical and economic values of six selected medicinal plants widely used to treat and manage childhood diseases in South Africa. Acalypha glabrata, Aloe maculata, Datura stramonium, Gomphocarpus fruticosus, Rhoicissus tridentata and Vachellia karroo were selected based on their high relative frequency of citations for treating a wide range of diseases. Information was obtained from various scientific databases and ethnobotanical books. In addition to being popular for treating childhood diseases, the selected medicinal plants possess diverse applications in traditional medicine for other age groups, highlighting their general therapeutic values. This translates to extensive harvesting, trading and consumption of these plants in order to meet demands on local levels. Currently, empirical data on the economic value of the selected plants remain poorly reported. Even though South Africa has many laws to conserve and promote indigenous knowledge and medicinal plants, their commercialization remains low. Particularly the cultivation of the selected plants needs to be promoted under a participatory management action plan to stimulate the economy of the disadvantaged. A collaborative research framework for the inclusive transformation of indigenous medicinal plants is recommended to reveal their concealed beneficial properties.

Influencia de las condiciones de secado solar en la coloración de plantas medicinales

2019 ◽  
pp. 28-34
Author(s):  
Margarita Castillo-Téllez ◽  
Beatriz Castillo-Téllez ◽  
Juan Carlos Ovando-Sierra ◽  
Luz María Hernández-Cruz
Keyword(s):  
Medicinal Plants ◽  
Forced Convection ◽  
Rural Areas ◽  
Color Change ◽  
Drying Process ◽  
Scientific Medicine ◽  
Drying Time ◽  
Bacterial Proliferation ◽  
Wide Range ◽  
Very High

For millennia, humans have used hundreds of medicinal plants to treat diseases. Currently, many species with important characteristics are known to alleviate a wide range of health problems, mainly in rural areas, where the use of these resources is very high, even replacing scientific medicine almost completely. This paper presents the dehydration of medicinal plants that are grown in the State of Campeche through direct and indirect solar technologies in order to evaluate the influence of air flow and temperature on the color of the final product through the L* a* scale. b*, analyzing the activity of water and humidity during the drying process. The experimental results showed that the direct solar dryer with forced convection presents a little significant color change in a drying time of 400 min on average, guaranteeing the null bacterial proliferation and reaching a final humidity between 9 % and 11 %.

scholarly journals South Africa: Who uses youth centers and why?

2001 ◽  
Author(s):  
Keyword(s):  
South Africa ◽  
Reproductive Health ◽  
Rural Areas ◽  
Life Skills ◽  
Skills Training ◽  
Research Unit ◽  
Recreational Activities ◽  
Wide Range ◽  
Kwazulu Natal ◽  
Youth Centers

In 2000, the Reproductive Health Research Unit in KwaZulu Natal and the Population Council conducted an assessment of 12 youth centers and 7 affiliated peer education programs. The 12 centers, located in urban, peri-urban, and rural areas, offer very different services. The two centers of the KwaZulu-Natal Department of Health focus on providing reproductive health (RH) information and services to adolescents. The six centers of the Youth and Adolescent Reproductive Health Project provide a broader range of youth-friendly RH services, including counseling and life skills education, as well as modest recreational activities. The four centers run by loveLife have large multipurpose facilities with a wide range of recreational activities, vocational and life skills training, and RH services. This brief states that less than one-third of local youth have ever visited the youth centers in this study area of South Africa. More than half of the youth center visitors were sexually experienced but visiting a center had little discernible effect on RH knowledge or safer sexual behavior. Youth want friendly, nonjudgmental providers; youth-only facilities and young providers are less important.

L-CARNITINE IN MEDICAL PRACTICE: NEW VIEWS ON THE USE IN THE CURRENT REALITY AND FOR THE FUTURE (LITERATURE REVIEW AND OWN DATA)

Fitoterapia ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 3 (3) ◽  
pp. 5-11
Author(s):  
A. I. Voloshуn ◽  
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L. A. Voloshуnа ◽  
V. L. Vasyuk ◽  
N. V. Bachuk-Ponуch ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Medical Practice ◽  
Age Groups ◽  
Scientific Data ◽  
Scientific Databases ◽  
Complex Agent ◽  
Wide Range ◽  
Almost All ◽  
Positive Effect ◽  
Positive Results ◽  
Current Reality

Keywords: L-carnitine, poly- and comorbidity, postcoid syndrome, application prospects. Purpose – to analyze scientific data on the use of drugs with L-carnitine in medical practice and the prospects for its use in patients with poly- and comorbidity. Material and methods. Conducted scientific search in printed and electronic publications, search scientific databases using methods of analysis, comparison and generalization. Preliminary results of the use of one of the L-carnitine agents in patients with postcoid syndrome are presented. Results. Information material testifies to a wide range of applications of drugs with L-carnitine in various fields of medicine, age groups from newborns to old age, with the most common lesions of almost all organs and systems. The thorough mechanisms of the positive effect of L-carnitine , including dysfunctions of cellular mitochondria, have been disclosed and give grounds for widespread use in patients with poly- and comorbidity or other systemic diseases.In this aspect, the use of multicomponent preparations based on L-carnitine with qualities complementary to its properties seems promising. The authors used a complex agent of L-carnitine, zinc and selenium in patients with postcovid syndrome and obtained significant positive results. Conclusion. Mono- and multi-component L-carnitine agents, reinforced by other active factors, are promising in the complex treatment of patients with poly- and comorbidity, symptoms of postcoid syndrome as adjuvants.

Market profiles and trade in medicinal plants in the Lowveld, South Africa

2004 ◽  
Vol 31 (1) ◽  
pp. 38-46 ◽  
Author(s):  
J. BOTHA ◽  
E.T.F. WITKOWSKI ◽  
C. M. SHACKLETON
Keyword(s):  
South Africa ◽  
Medicinal Plants ◽  
Rural Areas ◽  
Detrended Correspondence Analysis ◽  
Local Variation ◽  
Wild Plant ◽  
Conservation Strategies ◽  
Local Market ◽  
Market Place ◽  
Vernacular Names

Rising demand for medicinal plants has led to increased pressure on wild plant populations. This, combined with shrinking habitats, means that many species in South Africa are now facing local extinction. In 1997, a study was initiated to determine the extent of trade in medicinal plants in the South African Lowveld (the low lying plains to the east of the Drakensberg escarpment), and to investigate socio-economic factors influencing trade and resource management. Trade was not as extensive in the Lowveld as in major urban markets such as Durban or the Witwatersrand (Johannesburg and surrounding towns), either in terms of the quantity, number or range of species sold, or the numbers of people relying on the trade for an income. In markets assessed in Mpumalanga Province, 176 species were identified (71% of the vernacular names encountered in the market place), representing 69 plant families. In Limpopo, 70 different species were identified (84% of the vernacular names encountered in the market place), representing 40 families. Imports were significant in Mpumalanga (33% of the plants on offer), mainly from Mozambique. A detrended correspondence analysis showed substantial differences between species traded in Mpumalanga and those sold in Limpopo. There was little variation in the species stocked by vendors in Mpumalanga, regardless of the season, the attributes of the seller, or whether business was carried out in urban or rural areas. In contrast, there was considerable variation in the stock inventories of the Limpopo traders. Despite the lower levels of local trade, increased harvesting pressure is being experienced regionally, to meet demand in metropolitan centres such as the Witwatersrand. This study showed considerable local variation and complexities in the harvesting and marketing of medicinal plants, with both a national and an international dimension. This dual spatial scale presents both opportunities and challenges in the management of these plants, which need to be addressed simultaneously, particularly with respect to research requirements and development of predictive models and capacity. Cooperation in conservation strategies and policies is required at regional, national and international levels, while ensuring that management initiatives take into account local market conditions and the socio-economic realities facing both consumers and those who depend on the trade for their livelihoods.

scholarly journals Ethnobotany of suweg, Amorphophallus paeoniifolius: Utilization and cultivation in West Java, Indonesia

2020 ◽  
Vol 21 (4) ◽  
Author(s):  
ASEP ZAINAL MUTAQIN ◽  
DENNY KURNIADIE ◽  
JOHAN ISKANDAR ◽  
MOHAMAD NURZAMAN ◽  
Ruhyat Partasasmita
Keyword(s):  
Rural Areas ◽  
Economic Value ◽  
Age Groups ◽  
The Elderly ◽  
Food Sources ◽  
Ecological Knowledge ◽  
Fish Feed ◽  
Structured Interviews ◽  
West Java ◽  
Additional Food

Abstract. Mutaqin AZ, Kurniadie D, Iskandar J, Nurzaman M, Partasasmita R. 2020. Ethnobotany of suweg, Amorphophallus paeoniifolius: Utilization and cultivation in West Java, Indonesia. Biodiversitas 21: 1635-1644. Amorphophallus paeoniifolius (Dennst.) Nicolson, locally known as suweg, is a bulbous plant that has many benefits, but has not been cultivated as intensively as other species from the Araceae family. Suweg grows scattered in various rural areas in Indonesia, including West Java. Some suweg plants are cultivated by villagers, while the others grow wildly in forested areas. Suweg is commonly cultivated in several types of agroecosystems, such as home gardens (pekarangan) and gardens (kebun), using traditional ecological knowledge inherited from generation to generation. This study aims to investigate the utilization and cultivation of suweg by a community in Cisoka Village, Cikijing Sub-district, Majalengka District, West Java. This study used a qualitative method using ethnobotany approach, i.e. an emic analysis of the perception and local knowledge of community on suweg, and then validated using scientific or ethical knowledge. Field data collection was done by observation and semi-structured interviews with key informants chosen purposively considered having expertise and knowledge about suweg. The results showed that suweg has long been cultivated or growing naturally in Cisoka Village. The species has been culturally utilized by the rural community as additional food sources of carbohydrates, fish feed, and traditional ceremonies. However, the use of traditional ceremonies has been lost its importance. Suweg is generally used by the elderly, with certain groups, such as rural fish farmers and some younger age groups or children who like suweg. The rural people of Cisoka Village also mentioned that suweg was not cultivated as intensively as other. This is partly because it is considered not to have a high economic value as other agricultural commodities.

scholarly journals Profiles of tourists participating in shark cage diving in Gansbaai, South Africa

2020 ◽  
Vol 16 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Nolwazi Mabaleka ◽  
Ncedo J. Ntloko ◽  
Kamilla Swart
Keyword(s):  
South Africa ◽  
Quantitative Research ◽  
Economic Value ◽  
Sampling Technique ◽  
Target Market ◽  
Limited Information ◽  
Face To Face ◽  
Marine Tourism ◽  
Wide Range ◽  
Marine Wildlife

Coastal and marine tourism is a sector that draws visitors from around the globe to South Africa. This is largely because of an array of marine wildlife resources found in the country. Despite this strong pull factor, there is limited information on the economic value of the marine environment. This article focuses on establishing the profiles of visitors taking part in shark cage diving in Gansbaai. Such profiling will facilitate the understanding of the potential target market of CMT visitors to Gansbaai, whilst contributing towards targeted developments in the area aimed at capturing the economic value of such visitors through the provision of a range of visitor-specific activities to make the destination more appealing. It will also contribute to further developments in the area, in providing a wide range of activities to make the destination more appealing. In ascertaining the profile of visitors, a quantitative research design was adopted. A total of n = 378 self-administered questionnaires were collected from visitors taking part in shark cage diving using a face-to-face proportionate sampling technique. The results revealed that a majority of visitors were drawn to Gansbaai because of shark cage diving and that a large portion travelled to Gansbaai for holiday purposes. There was a challenge in the ability of the destination to attract overnight visitors because of a limited product offering in the area. As a result, minimal spending occurs in Gansbaai as an overwhelming majority of the visitors are day visitors. These results have implications for tourists, tourism destination planners, tour operators and tourism establishments in Gansbaai.

scholarly journals A Continuous Professional Development Strategy for Expanded Competencies Needed by Radiographers Working in Rural Areas

2019 ◽  
Vol 11 (13) ◽  
pp. 121
Author(s):  
Bernard Mung’omba ◽  
Annali DH Botha
Keyword(s):  
Professional Development ◽  
South Africa ◽  
Development Strategy ◽  
Rural Areas ◽  
Continuous Professional Development ◽  
Strategy Development ◽  
Preventative Care ◽  
Allied Health Professionals ◽  
Published Evidence ◽  
Wide Range

INTRODUCTION: The emphasis on Primary Health Care (PHC) with a focus on preventative care offers a challenge for rural radiographers to advance solutions that are change focused. Published evidence suggest that allied health professionals such as radiographers employed in rural areas of South Africa were confronted with an assortment of challenges and responsibilities that demand a wide range of skills and competencies. Additional skills could be essential and Continuous Professional Development (CPD) strategy could be used as a vehicle to equip rural radiographers. OBJECTIVE: To propose a CPD strategy that may support rural radiographers’ expanded and extended competency development needs. METHODS: This research used exploratory sequential study design involving Phase I (qualitative) and Phase II (quantitative) with seven participants and 101 respondents respectively. The CPD strategy development was based on the results from data analysis of both strands. Since strategy development is based on a process of trustworthiness, six evaluators from the clinical and academia were consulted. The evaluators were purposely selected. RESULTS: A final CPD strategy for rural radiographers was proposed. Results from a mixed method study were used in the process of developing the CPD strategy. DISCUSSION: Radiographers working in rural areas of KwaZulu Natal (KZN) a province in South Africa are faced with emerging competency need that require both extended and expanded competencies which may be beyond those required for professional registration. This unmet competency needs can be supported by a CPD strategy that is aligned to these competency needs.

scholarly journals The Importance of Sceletium tortuosum (L.) N.E. Brown and Its Viability as a Traditional African Medicinal Plant

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Richard James Faber ◽  
Charles Petrus Laubscher ◽  
Muhali Olaide Jimoh
Keyword(s):  
South Africa ◽  
Medicinal Plants ◽  
Medicinal Plant ◽  
Indigenous People ◽  
Human Population ◽  
Economic Value ◽  
Psychological Disorders ◽  
Depression And Anxiety ◽  
Succulent Plant ◽  
The Family

Sceletium tortuosum is a succulent plant that belongs to the family Mesembryanthemaceae (Aizoaceae). It is indigenous to South Africa, where it is well known by the indigenous people, especially in Namaqualand where the plant is utilized regularly for its medicinal and psycho-active properties. The main alkaloids responsible for these properties are mesembrine, mesembrenine (mesembrenone), and mesembrenol. The potential of the plant to be an alternative supplement in the promotion of health and treating a variety of psychological and psychiatric disorders such as depression and anxiety has stimulated interest in its pharmacological property and possibility of its commercialization. The economic value of indigenous medicinal plants in South Africa is approximately US$60 000 000 or R4 000 000 000 annually. Thus, interest in the knowledge and use of Traditional African Medicinal Plants (TAMP) as well as meeting pharmacological and economic needs of ever-increasing human population has led to the commercialization of traditional African medicines at a fast rate. It was found that S. tortuosum has clear pharmaceutical and economical importance and is one of the only known plants to contain the alkaloids mesembrenone and mesembrine which can be utilized for the promotion of health and/or treating a variety of psychological disorders such as anxiety and depression.

How effective is local beneficiation policy in enhancing rural income and employment? The case of agro-processing beneficiation in Tzaneen, South Africa

2019 ◽  
Vol 34 (4) ◽  
pp. 329-345
Author(s):  
Alexis Habiyaremye ◽  
Evans Mupela
Keyword(s):  
South Africa ◽  
Rural Areas ◽  
Action Plan ◽  
Empirical Evaluation ◽  
Limpopo Province ◽  
Target Area ◽  
African Countries ◽  
Policy Action ◽  
Rural Income ◽  
Rural Unemployment

Confronted with a sluggish growth and very high rates of rural unemployment, South Africa has put local beneficiation at the core of its strategy for employment-intensive re-industrialisation. Its industrial policy action plan identified agro-processing as one of the priority areas for this strategy because of its potential employment multiplier in rural areas. Despite the appeal of its industrialisation potential, beneficiation strategy is often contested and its effectiveness as a viable engine of industrialisation in African countries is recurrently questioned. This paper presents an empirical evaluation of the income and employment effects of an agro-processing beneficiation programme launched by the Department of Science and Technology for the processing of abundant mango harvest in the area of Tzaneen in Limpopo province. Using inverse probability weighting estimation on a sample of 385 households residing in and around the beneficiation target area, we find clear positive income effects of the agro-processing project for the beneficiary households. The success of this project in the domestic and international agro-processing markets suggests that local beneficiation strategy can provide a sound basis for rural industrialisation if adequately prepared.

WOMEN’S ROLE AND CONTRIBUTION TO NTFPs BASED LIVELIHOOD OF WESTERN SATPURA IN NANDURBAR DISTRICT

2017 ◽  
Vol 4 (36) ◽  
Author(s):  
Padvi A. T.
Keyword(s):  
Medicinal Plants ◽  
Broad Spectrum ◽  
Field Survey ◽  
Natural Capital ◽  
Economic Value ◽  
Insect Species ◽  
Cash Income ◽  
Local Market ◽  
Wide Range ◽  
Women's Role

Forests constitute a significant element of the natural capital of an economy. The term NTFPs refers to a broad spectrum of biomass related products, food, fiber, fodder, gums and resins, medicinal plants, structural materials and a range of other items of sustenance and economic value. The western Satpura region in Nandurbar district which is rich in natural vegetation and it has a wide range of variety of NTFPs plants. On the basis of field survey was identified 68 plants and 2 insect species that were used to fulfill varied needs of local forest dwellers. It was interesting note that forest dwellers residents sell as many as 15 species in local market to earn cash income. In fact those women’s are important role and contribution of NTFPs related activities, i.e. collection, processing and marketing. NTFPs play a key role in the life and economy of the forest dwellers living in and around the forest.

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