scholarly journals The medicinal importance of Thyme plant (Thymus vulgaris)

Biomedicine ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 41 (3) ◽  
pp. 531-534
Author(s):  
Mohammed S. Taher ◽  
Yasamen F. Salloom ◽  
Ruaa Abd Ul Hussein Al-Asadi ◽  
Zainab J. Al-Mousswi ◽  
Hussein Aneed Alamrani
Keyword(s):  
Medicinal Plants ◽  
Nutritional Value ◽  
Health Conditions ◽  
Chemical Components ◽  
Thymus Vulgaris ◽  
Aromatic Plants ◽  
Medicinal And Aromatic Plants ◽  
Different Types ◽  
Multiple Uses ◽  
Therapeutic Activities

Medicinal and aromatic plants are a group of the oldest plants known and used by man throughout the ages for different fields, as they are used as food and medicine, in the middle and modern ages. The importance of these plants has increased, and their uses varied. The term medicinal plants include different types of plants that have therapeutic activities. These medicinal plants are considered among the sources rich in chemical components that can be used for the treatment of a specific disease or to reduce it if they are used in pure extract or in the form of fresh, dried, or partially extracted vegetable herbs. In addition to its medicinal importance, some plants have great nutritional value. One of the important medicinal plants is the thyme plant which contains many benefits that treat many health conditions. So, this article aimed to explain the most important components of thyme, in addition to its extreme role as a medicinal plant and its multiple uses as food and medicine, as well as its importance in preventing viruses, especially Corona virus.

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

scholarly journals Effect of plant essential oils on mortality of the stem nematode (Ditylenchus dipsaci)

2009 ◽  
Vol 45 (No. 2) ◽  
pp. 66-73 ◽  
Author(s):  
M. Zouhar ◽  
O. Douda ◽  
D. Lhotský ◽  
R. Pavela
Keyword(s):  
Essential Oils ◽  
Nematicidal Activity ◽  
Thymus Vulgaris ◽  
Aromatic Plants ◽  
Origanum Vulgare ◽  
Medicinal And Aromatic Plants ◽  
Plant Essential Oils ◽  
Nematode Management ◽  
Origanum Compactum ◽  
Ditylenchus Dipsaci

The aim of this study was to assess the nematicidal activity of different essential oils from medicinal and aromatic plants for use in nematode management. Essential oils of <I>Eugenia caryophyllata, Origanum compactum, Origanum vulgare, Thymus matschiana</I> and <I>Thymus vulgaris</I> showed nematicidal activity against <I>Ditylenchus dipsaci.</I>

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 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 Performance of horticultural crops in Arunachal Pradesh with special reference to West Kameng District

2020 ◽  
Vol 5 (02) ◽  
pp. 173-176
Author(s):  
T. S. Mishra ◽  
N. K. Mishra ◽  
H. M. Singh ◽  
Kadambari Mishra ◽  
Joginder Singh
Keyword(s):  
Rural Areas ◽  
Nutritional Value ◽  
Ornamental Plants ◽  
International Markets ◽  
Arunachal Pradesh ◽  
Aromatic Plants ◽  
Plant Type ◽  
Medicinal And Aromatic Plants ◽  
Horticultural Crops ◽  
Local Farmers

The Arunachal Pradesh region is one of the richest reservoirs of genetic variability and diversity of different crops i.e. various kinds of fruits, different vegetables, spices, ornamental plants and also medicinal and aromatic plants. The diversity for horticultural crops of this region has mainly been managed by local farmers, often women. Considerable diversity exists among the regional horticultural species including variation in plant type, morphological and physiological characteristics, reactions to diseases and pests, adaptability and distribution. Apart from the nutritional value, many regional horticultural crops are used for medicinal purposes and income generating source in the rural areas. The Arunachal Pradesh of States constitutes the District of West Kameng, Tawang, East siang, East Kameng, Papum Pare, Lower Subansiri, Kurang Kumey, Upper Subansari, West siang, East siang, Upper siang, Dibang valley, Lower Dibang valley, Lohit, Anjaw, Changlang and Tirap. The raining season in this region generally commences from March and lasts till the end of September. Diverse agro–climate condition, fertile soils and abundance of rainfall offer immense scope for development in the horticulture sector. This paper is a humble effort at bringing fort the states of production of the horticultural crops of the Arunachal Pradesh, particularly West Kameng. The exportable surplus and its potentialities is also discus as well as the potential for the National/ International markets is also found out along with the problems of support for export promotion, transport facility etc.

scholarly journals Ethnobotanical Survey of Medicinal and Aromatic Plants of Bhagalpur Region

2020 ◽  
Vol 8 (2) ◽  
pp. 216-222
Author(s):  
R.K. Verma ◽  
H.N.P. Singh ◽  
A.K. Thakur ◽  
S.J. Kohli
Keyword(s):  
Agricultural Fields ◽  
Relative Importance ◽  
Aromatic Plants ◽  
Medicinal And Aromatic Plants ◽  
Ethnobotanical Survey ◽  
Nearby Region ◽  
The World ◽  
Different Types ◽  
Different Parts ◽  
Aromatic Herbs

Medicinal and aromatic plants have been used since the time immortal in different parts on the world including India. Ayurveda provides a detailed insight of different medicinal plants and their use. Different regions of India have a array of different types of medicinal and aromatic herbs. Depending upon climate and soil they may have different degree of pharmacological importance. Lower Gangetic plane present at around eastern part of the Bihar has some sort of Medicinal and Aromatic plants common to Bhagalpur and nearby region. These plants were surveyed on non-agricultural fields of four different localities of Bhagalpur by using quardat method. Abundance, Counts, Cover, Frequency and relative importance were calculated as a whole. About 14 plants were recorded having either well known medicinal or aromatic properties in a total survey area of 1000m2. Int. J. Appl. Sci. Biotechnol. Vol 8(2): 216-222

scholarly journals Plant Bio-resources used in Ethno-veterinary Practices in Jumla District

2017 ◽  
Vol 34 ◽  
pp. 128-134 ◽  
Author(s):  
R.R. Gyawali ◽  
H.R. Paudel
Keyword(s):  
Herbal Medicine ◽  
Medicinal Plants ◽  
Medical Practice ◽  
High Mountain ◽  
Aromatic Plants ◽  
Medicinal And Aromatic Plants ◽  
Plant Resources ◽  
Group Discussions ◽  
Veterinary Medicines ◽  
Key Informant

Jumla is one of the districts in high mountain region of Nepal from where the medicinal and aromatic plants, their parts and products are exported annually. A study was carried out from March to June 2014 to document the plant resources used in ethno veterinary practice by local people. Focal group discussions and key informant interviews were carried out to enlist plant bio resources used as ethno veterinary medicines. It was revealed that people used 42 plant resources to correct 28 different ailments in animals. Among the listed plant resources, about 87% were the home products of the district. Hence, the study led to the conclusion that there is opportunity to explore the locally found medicinal plants as ethno veterinary medical practice and commercial veterinary herbal medicine.

scholarly journals Conventional Genetic Improvement Methods in Medicinal and Aromatic Plants: A Review

2020 ◽  
Vol 7 (4) ◽  
pp. 156-161
Author(s):  
Ravi Bhardwaj ◽  
◽  
Kamal Sharma ◽  
Dushyant Kumar Sharma ◽  
Prem Prakash ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Genetic Improvement ◽  
Artemisia Annua ◽  
Thymus Vulgaris ◽  
Selection Methods ◽  
Aromatic Plants ◽  
Biotic And Abiotic Stress ◽  
Medicinal And Aromatic Plants ◽  
Mentha Spicata ◽  
Early Maturity ◽  
Improved Cultivars

The collection of medicinal and aromatic plants from the wild has been declining during the last decade; therefore it is necessary to develop highly productive cultivars, combined with appropriate cultivation and intensive agricultural techniques. Majority of the improved cultivars of medicinal and aromatic plants under cultivation have been created by conventional selection methods including individual, mass or special selection methods. Furthermore, outstanding results have been reported through hybridization and mutation. Highly productive cultivars of Mentha spicata, Ocimum americanum and Salvia officinalis have been developed through selection. Improved strains of Cymbopogon flexuosus, Melissa officinalis, Solanum laciniatum and Thymus vulagaris through intraspecific crossing resulting in changes in their active agents have been developed. Mutation breeding using physical and chemical mutagens have been successfully employed in Jasminum grandiflorum and Mentha arvensis. Hybrids of Thymus vulgaris and Artemisia annua have been developed through hybridization. According to Directorate of medicinal and aromatic plants research (DMAPR), twenty five new improved varieties of medicinal plants of fourteen species and seven varieties of aromatic plants of six species have been developed under different research institutes and Agricultural Universities in the country. Thus, improved cultivars with useful characters, resistance to biotic and abiotic stress, increased yield and early maturity have been developed through different conventional genetic improvement methods. Also hybrids with increased productivity, wider adaptability, wider application and better resistance to environmental factors have been produced through hybridization.

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