Medicinal plants seed standard for sustainable use: A review

An integrated and interdisciplinary research programme with native medicinal plants from tropical forests has been performed in order to obtain new forest products for sustainable use in regional markets vis-à-vis ecosystem conservation. For the success of this programme ethnopharmacological studies are very important with respect to (i) identification of useful plants including medicinal and aromatic species; (ii) recuperation and preservation of traditional knowledge about native plants; and (iii) identification of potential plants with economic value. The plants are selected with a view to evaluate efficacy and safety (pharmacological and toxicological studies), and phytochemical profile and quality control (phytochemical and chromatographic characterization). These studies are very important to add value to plant products and also to mitigate unscrupulous exploitation of medicinal plants by local communities, since multiple use of plants represents an excellent strategy for sustaining the tropical ecosystem through ex situ and in situ conservation. Thus, conservation of tropical resources is possible in conjunction with improvements in the quality of life of the traditional communities and production of new products with therapeutic, cosmetic and ‘cosmeceutic’ value.

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Sosiologi Lingkungan Dalam Lontar Taru Pramana: Manusia, Lingkungan, Dan Pengobatan Tradisional Bali

JURNAL YOGA DAN KESEHATAN ◽

10.25078/jyk.v4i1.2058 ◽

2021 ◽

Vol 4 (1) ◽

pp. 49

Author(s):

Putu Eka Sura Adnyana

Keyword(s):

Medicinal Plants ◽

Social Construction ◽

Food Production ◽

Sustainable Use ◽

Environmental Sociology ◽

Natural Ecosystem ◽

Human Relations ◽

Human Material ◽

The Relationship ◽

First Nature

<p><em>Lontar Taru Pramana is a lontar containing many types of plants that can be used in traditional medicine. Through the contents of Taru Pramana's lontar text, it is possible to trace the types of plants that have lived and are still growing in Bali's natural ecosystem, of course, with an environmental sociology perspective. The relationship between environmental sociology and Taru Pramana's lontar text semiotics explains the meaning of the relationship between humans and the environment. Three conceptions view nature in environmental sociology, namely: 1) Sustainable use of natural resources; 2) "arcadian" approach to the interpretation of nature; 3) natural social construction approach. This conception of nature as a resource has three main characteristics. First, nature is instrumental, which means that nature has value when other values can be manifested through it. Both realms function as a supplier of human material needs, such as food production, health, the availability of space for life, and a supplier of energy and materials. The three definitions of nature are generally closely related to natural science. The preservation of Taru Pramana plants is very important in addition to environmental harmony and as a form of human relations with palemahan (environment). Four types of rationality for human development. First, traditional rationality. The Second, effective rationality. Third, value-oriented rationality. Fourth, instrumental rationality. The ideology of Taru Pramana's text is the preservation and planting of medicinal plants in the ecosystem of traditional Balinese medicine.</em></p>

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High-mountain medicinal plants in Bulgaria – protection, phytotherapy, reproductive capacity and sustainable use

Planta Medica ◽

10.1055/s-0031-1282723 ◽

2011 ◽

Vol 77 (12) ◽

Author(s):

AA Vitkova ◽

PD Yurukova ◽

LN Evstatieva ◽

DR Peev

Keyword(s):

Medicinal Plants ◽

Sustainable Use ◽

Reproductive Capacity ◽

High Mountain

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A survey of medicinal plants in BaVi National Park, Vietnam: methodology and implications for conservation and sustainable use

Biological Conservation ◽

10.1016/s0006-3207(00)00125-7 ◽

2001 ◽

Vol 97 (3) ◽

pp. 295-304 ◽

Cited By ~ 16

Author(s):

Tran Van On ◽

Do Quyen ◽

Le Dinh Bich ◽

Bill Jones ◽

Josette Wunder ◽

...

Keyword(s):

Medicinal Plants ◽

National Park ◽

Sustainable Use

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Molecules from nature: Reconciling biodiversity conservation and global healthcare imperatives for sustainable use of medicinal plants and fungi

Plants People Planet ◽

10.1002/ppp3.10138 ◽

2020 ◽

Vol 2 (5) ◽

pp. 463-481 ◽

Cited By ~ 1

Author(s):

Melanie‐Jayne R. Howes ◽

Cassandra L. Quave ◽

Jérôme Collemare ◽

Evangelos C. Tatsis ◽

Danielle Twilley ◽

...

Keyword(s):

Medicinal Plants ◽

Biodiversity Conservation ◽

Sustainable Use

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Angiospermic flora of Gafargaon upazila of Mymensingh district focusing on medicinally important species

Bangladesh Journal of Plant Taxonomy ◽

10.3329/bjpt.v26i2.44594 ◽

2019 ◽

Vol 26 (2) ◽

pp. 269-283

Author(s):

M. Oliur Rahman ◽

Nusrat Jahan Sayma ◽

Momtaz Begum

Keyword(s):

Medicinal Plants ◽

Cynodon Dactylon ◽

Sustainable Use ◽

Ex Situ ◽

Rauvolfia Serpentina ◽

Important Species ◽

Commelina Benghalensis ◽

Holarrhena Antidysenterica ◽

Cardamine Flexuosa ◽

Ocimum Tenuiflorum

Gafargaon upazila has been floristically explored to identify and assess the angiospermic flora that resulted in occurrence of 203 taxa under 174 genera and 75 families. Magnoliopsida is represented by 167 taxa under 140 genera and 62 families, while Liliopsida is constituted by 36 taxa belonging to 34 genera and 13 families. Vegetation analysis shows that herbs are represented by 106 taxa, shrubs 35, trees 54, and climbers by 8 species. In Magnoliopsida, Solanaceae is the largest family possessing 10 species, whereas in Liliopsida, Poaceae is the largest family with 12 species. The study has identified 45 medicinal plants which are used for treatment of over 40 diseases including diabetes, ulcer, diarrhoea, dysentery, fever, cold and cough, menstrual problems, blood pressure and urinary disorders by the local people. Some noticeable medicinal plants used in primary healthcare are Abroma augusta (L.) L.f., Coccinia grandis (L.) Voigt., Commelina benghalensis L., Cynodon dactylon (L.) Pers., Holarrhena antidysenterica Flem., Glycosmis pentaphylla (Retz.) A. DC., Mikania cordata (Burm. f.) Robinson, Ocimum tenuiflorum L. and Rauvolfia serpentina (L.) Benth. A few number of species are also employed in cultural festivals in the study area. Cardamine flexuosa With., Oxystelma secamone (L.) Karst., Phaulopsis imbricata (Forssk.) Sweet, Piper sylvaticum Roxb., Stephania japonica (Thunb.) Miers and Trema orientalis L. have been found to be rare in the investigated area. In order to preserve botanical resources of Gafargaon upazila, particularly the rare, threatened and medicinal plants, conservation measures need to be undertaken through both in-situ and ex-situ methods for their sustainable use.

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Ethnomedicinal Uses of Some Common Malaysian Medicinal Plants

10.5772/intechopen.96479 ◽

2021 ◽

Author(s):

Idris Adewale Ahmed

Keyword(s):

Natural Products ◽

Rural Communities ◽

Medicinal Plants ◽

Low Income ◽

Sustainable Use ◽

Indigenous Plants ◽

Herbal Products ◽

Development Goals ◽

Indigenous Uses ◽

Local Plants

Historically, natural products have always been a rich source of novel pharmacological leads, thus, making the ethnobotanical and ethnopharmacological knowledge an important and major asset of the medicinal plant-based drug discovery in providing hints for effective and safe chemotherapeutic compounds. Such knowledge, however, requires a thorough review and documentation of the ethnomedicinal and indigenous uses of local plants of every part of the world. Malaysia is a global hub for natural products which contributes to its GDP. Malaysia is also one of the 12 most diverse Megabiodiversity countries. Its rainforest is ranked 4th on the list of biodiversity hotspots in Asia after India, China, and Indonesia and is also acknowledged as the world’s oldest rainforest. Natural products are relevant to both Malaysian health care and agriculture which are parts of the national key economic areas (NKEA) under the Government’s Economic Transformation Plan as well as parts of the United Nations’ 17 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). Though the quality, efficacy, and safety of herbal products require global and international standardization, herbal products should be made accessible to low-income and rural communities across the globe. The proper documentation of the ethnopharmacological important plants in addition to their preservation and cultivation would enhance the sustainable use of the various indigenous plants. This work is unique in the sense that it is meant to review some of the most important high-value herbal products in Malaysia. Though it covers only a few representatives of Malaysian medicinal plants.

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