Ethnobotanical research can also help in the discovery of crude drugs. Representative metaphases of 5s rdna a1, a2, a3 and 45s rdna b1, b2, b3. Discovery of the novel antithrombotic agent 5chloron5s2. Plectranthus is a large and widespread genus with a diversity of ethnobotanical uses. Ethnobotany journal of ethnobotany international journal. Ethnobotanical studies of some of the traditionally important.
Materials and methods ethnobotanical data on plant species used for the treatment of malaria were collected during a twoweek training course from 10th to 21st september 2018. We also encourage papers that make use of the unique opportunities of an e journal. As aboriginal sources of medications, medicinal plants are used from the ancient times. Murthy department of plant sciences, school of life sciences, university of hyderabad, hyderabad, a. It is a huge deciduous plant and widely distributed in the central, western and southern regions of india. Phytochemistry nutritional and anti nutritional composition is good source of vitamin a, vitamin c, vitamin b9 folic acid, calcium, magnesium, iron and several vital anti oxidants in the plant. Several mmp1 inhibitors have been identified using structurebased drug design methods. Katha is used in pan preparation and used for printing and dyeing purposes.
Journal of medicinal plant and natural product research ga 2019. Pdf files of papers published in ethnobotanical leaflets are available to our readers free of charge through the courtesy. Many studies conducted in different parts of ethiopia and in many parts of the world also showed that leaves are used more than the other parts of a plant 36, 33, 29, 39, 40, 30. Quantitative ethnobotanical indices were utilized to measure plant uses whether as food pieroni, 2001, veterinary medicine upadhyay et al. The tagin, hill miri now nyshi and galo tribes of upper subansiri district of.
Information on folk uses is considered more dependable when it satisfies one or more of the following criteria. Introduction the history of medicine and surgery dates back perhaps to the origin of the human race. Journals can be searched using free text and filtered by category, language and presence on other databases. A questionnaire was prepared to gather data for this purpose, the collected plant specimens were identified by using flora and others standard literature varma et al. Among the most common plants used by fish farmers in java, 18 were selected for deeper ethnobotanical and laboratory investigation into their antimicrobial activity. Ethnobotanical survey of medicinal plants used in the. Thirty six plants distributed across twenty two families were recorded to treat sixty ailments.
Present paper offers considerable information on traditional uses of medicinal plants by the inhabitants of hafizabad district, punjabpakistan. Ranking the importance of biocultural resources becomes possible. Pdf an ethnobotanical study in kahramanmaras turkey. Botanical name local parts traditional preparations modes of uses no. Ethnobotany is the study of the relationship between people and plants. The language used most frequently with the informants was amharic common language of the wereda. Ethnobotanical appraisal and medicinal use of plants in. Since 2005, he has been a section head in medicinal chemistry. Ethnobotanical studies of medicinal plants of gilgit. The ethnobotany and ethnopharmacology of wild tomatillos. Original article ethnobotanical survey of medicinal plants used for the treatment of skin disease in keffi, nigeria gabriel g. Quantitative ethnobotanical study of the medicinal plants. Introduction overviews since ancient times, several societies have resorted to nature, mainly to plants as medical and health sources.
Ethnobotany of the middle columbia river native americans traditional uses of native plants in central washington state. Ethno medicinal plants used by gonds of adilabad district. Shosan lo, fawibe oo, ajiboye aa, abeegunrin ta, agboola da. Ethnobotanical uses murraya koenigii is one of the plant species with potential medicinal properties. Workers at mahidol university in bangkok, for example, have prepared a series of slide presentations and pamphlets to teach schoolchildren about traditional thai uses of plants. Recent articles most viewed articles most forwarded articles. Effectiveness of 5s application in tea industry and synchronization. An ethnobotanical study on current status of some medicinal. This paper reflects the empirical findings of an ethnobotanical survey which was undertaken in patriata new murree of district rawalpindi in pakistan.
Ethnobotany research and applications university of hawaii. Ethnobotanical and antimicrobial studies of some plants. Jan, 2016 an ethnobotanical study of medicinal plants was carried out in 14 villages adjacent to mabira central forest reserve cfr in central uganda between august 20 and march 2014. The focus of ethnobotany is on the multiple use of plants and their management and perception in human society.
Introduction 5s system is a method using for set up and keeps quality of. Ethnobotanical study of traditional medicinal plants used by. The whole plant and different parts of the plant are used to cure many human ailments. The study was focused on identifying medicinal plants, disease treated, part of the plant used, methods of preparation. An ethnobotanical study of medicinal plants used by the. Ethnobotanical study of medicinal plants used in central. International journal of business and social science vol. Main objective of the study was to identify and document the ethno botanically important and economic plants of the upper subansiri district of arunachal pradesh, india. This plant is traditionally used for the treatment of common cold, diarrhoea, fever due to several infective cause, jaundice, as a health tonic for the liver and cardiovascular health, and as an antioxidant. Twentytwo species were mentioned by 3 or more informants. Taxonomy and traditional medicinal uses of apocynaceae. Article pdf available in turkish journal of pharmaceutical. Research article application of ethnobotanical indices on the use of traditional medicines against common diseases imrankhan, 1 naserm.
Ethnobotanical survey, viral diseases, medicinal plant, traditional healers. Pdf this survey has an aim to identifity the various folk usage of the plants in andirin kahramanmaras district. Ethnobotanical data were collected by closely interacting with informants using semistructured interview, guided field walk, group discussion, market survey, preference ranking, pairwise comparisons and use diversity rankingdata matrix ranking. Due to nomenclatural changes, nine species are listed by moerman 2011. Ethnobotany of medicinal plants used to treat various. Consequently 5s can support the objectives of organization to achieve continuous improvement in performance and productivity. Evaluating different methods used in ethnobotanical and. Wood is used in preparation of agricultural implements.
Ethnobotanical studies of medicinal plants used in. Ethno medicinal plants used by gonds of adilabad district, andhra pradesh, india e. Ethnobotanical survey of medicinal plants used in treating. Out of 26 herb vendors all 26 were males, but out of 95 diabetic patients 69 were women and 26 men. Abdelsalam, 2 hassanfouad, 2,3 akashtariq, 1 riazullah, 4 andmuhammadadnan 1 department of botany, kohat university. The genus is plagued with numerous nomenclatural disharmonies that make it difficult to collate accurate data on the uses. Ethnobotanical information in the study area about the use of plant species for the treatment of inflammatory conditions was documented from all thirteen divisional secretariat areas, that is, attanagalla, mirigama, minuwangoda, gampaha, mahara, dompe, jaela, divulapitiya, katana, biyagama, negombo, wattala, and kelaniya. Ethnobotanical study on medicinal plants used by maonan. Medicinal uses of lannea edulis derived from literature records.
Accessions of plectranthus barbatus lamiaceae, a medicinal plant, were investigated using a cytogenetic approach and flow cytometry fcm. This revealed a wealth of traditional knowledge on uses of medicinal plants. The ksa is characterized by its vast area of diverse geographical landscapes and climates. Scholarly research journals is licensed based on a work at. Ethnobotanical survey was carried out between february 2012 and june 2012 to obtain relevant information about medicinal plants used in the treatment of various diseases in infant in abeokuta south local government area of ogun state.
This paper is focused on the answers to the last question. Ethnobotanical survey of medicinal plants used in curing some. The study was carried out between june 2008 and january 2009. Article pdf available in asian journal of pharmaceutical and clinical. Ethno botanical information was collected by standard method of jain and rao, 1977. They use their perceptions and experiences to categorize plant species indigenously and local people over the past period take traditional medicine. Issn 19960875 2012 academic journals full length research paper ethnobotanical survey of medicinal plants used in the treatment of gastrointestinal disorders in the eastern cape province, south africa o. Because plants are the basis of all material cultures, preservation of ethnobotanical knowledge, like the preservation of language, is a requisite for the safekeeping of cultures. Plant parts used for medicinal purpose and the diversity of growth forms. All the quoted botanical taxa n 62, their local names and traditional uses are reported below. Ethnobotanical survey of medicinal plants used for the. This is the first quantitative ethnobotanical study from the area comprising popularity level of medicinal plant species intendedby using relative popularity level rpl and rank order priority rop indices. Box 9, medunsa, pretoria 0204, south africa article info abstract article history.
Ethnobotanical study of medicinal plants around dheeraa. Issn 23203862 an ethnomedical and ethnobotanical survey of. American journal of phytomedicine and clinical therapeutics. Ethnobotanical survey of some cameroonian plants used for. A medicinal chemists guide to molecular interactions journal of. Today, a great percentage of the world population, in particular in developing countries, uses plants for facing. India abstract adilabad district of andhra pradesh is known for gond tribe. Bennett encyclopedia of life support systemseolss local plant knowledge. In all, 26 herbal markets aktars in the research area were visited. Research was carried out in konta special woreda district.
However, there has been little study of the food uses in any depth. Research articles which did not contain full ethnobotanical data of medicinal plants used to treat mental illnesses were also excluded. This paper reports an ethnobotanical study that focused on the traditional medicinal plants used by local communities to treat human diseases. Quantitative ethnobotanical inventory it is often stated in conservation literature that the indians have uses for almost all the plants in the forest and that this is a way to learn how useful the standing rainforest could be. Manufacturing industry online international journal. Pdf journal of medicinal plants research ethnobotanical. Ethnobotanical study of medicinal plants used by local. An ethnobotanical survey was carried out on the utilization of plants by thami communities in gorkhe, jogmai and nayabazar areas of ilam by interviewing traditional herbalists and different age groups of men and women in june 2016. Folk medicinal uses of verbenaceae family plants in bangladesh. Ethnobotany research and applications issn 15473465 is published online by the department of ethnobotany, institute of botany, ilia state university. An ethnobotanical survey of medicinal plants used in curing some diseases in infants in abeokuta south local government area of ogun state, nigeria was carried out between february and june, 2012.
Pdf molecular characterization of medicinal and aromatic plants. Ethnobotanical study on traditional medicinal plants were conducted between april and may, 20 in tabiya gemeda district and documented different types of traditional medicinal plants used by the indigenous peoples. Indian journal of natural products and resources vol. The sonoran desert has many different kinds of plants nearly 2500 species. Feb 10, 2009 knowledge of the traditional uses of plants was heterogeneous and unevenly distributed among the informants table table6.
International journal of pharmaceutical science invention issn online. Ethnobotanical data were collected by oral interview with the aid of a semistructured ques tionnaire administered to fifty 50 respondents made up of traditional medical practitioners tmps, herbalists and herb sellers. Ethnobotanical studies today are recognized as the most viable method of identifying new medicinal plants or refocusing on those earlier reported for 2 the method is known to show greater percentage yield of bioactive useful medicinal compounds over other methods of random selection and screening. An ethnobotanical study was conducted during 20082010 to obtain information on the plants used to treat diabetes mellitus. European journal of botany, plant sciences and phytology vol. We use cookies to help provide and enhance our service and tailor content and ads. This study compares the efficiency of identifying the plants in an area of semiarid northeast brazil by methods that a access the local knowledge used in ethnobotanical studies using semistructured interviews conducted within the entire community, an inventory interview conducted with two participants using the previously collected vegetation inventory, and a participatory. Ethnobotany research and applications a journal of plants, people and applied research. Whole plants used as a diuretic and as a special fodder for horses that is believed to treat digestive problems. Bulgarian botanical taxa cited by respondents are presented in table 1. Cover pages, useful for the creation of your own reprints, are currently available for the. Ethnobotanical survey of medicinal plants used in curing some diseases in infants in abeokuta south local government area of ogun state, nigeria.
Pterocarpus marsupium is an important therapeutic and medicinal plant belonging to family fabaceae and commonly named as indian kino tree, bijasal, venga or vijayasara. Journals for free j4f provides a large database of links to free scientific journals available on the web. This paper was published in flavour and fragrance journal as part of the. Ethnobotanical study of medicinal plants was carried out from june 25 to september 5, 2015, in berbere district of oromia region, ethiopia. Ethnobotanical uses, phytochemistry and pharmacological. Yirivinti hayagreeva dinakar, department of pharmacognosy, creative. These plants are mainly used against fish diseases, but with no precise therapeutic indication, leading to low specificity of use. Ethnobotanical study to investigate the ethnomedicinal uses of plants by the batswapong tribe, eastern botswana was done. For example, leaves of ageratum conyzoides l for blood clotting is used by mishing, jaintia tribes of assam,14 and by tangsas and singphos tribes of southern arunachal pradesh15. Implementation of 5s methodology in the small scale industry. Information was obtained through interviews using semi structured questionnaires. Ethnobotanical study of medicinal plants used by the. Ethnobotanical survey of medicinal plant species used by.
All articles are ed by the authors and are published online by a license from the authors. For this purpose, the whole area was surveyed for documenting folk knowledge using. The plants used belong to families of fabaceae, malvaceae, loganiaceae, anacardiaceae, annonaceae, combretaceae, euphorbiaceae, caesalpiniaceae. Over the past two decades, many reports have appeared in mainstream scientific journals describing its nutritional and medicinal properties. A precise summary of ethnobotanical applications is given in table 1. International journal of phytotherapy and ethnobotany open access. Therefore, this research was conducted to investigate medicinal plants of the konta people and to document the local knowledge before environmental and cultural changes deplete the resources. By the prophet of the earth ethnobotany of the pima a complete online version of the original printed book by l. The aims and objectives of the study were to document indigenous knowledge of plants particularly of medicinal, veterinary, fruit, vegetable, fodder, fuel etc. Request permission export citation add to favorites track citation. Journal of medicinal plants studies ethnobotanical study of. Identification of herbal medicinal materials using dna barcodes li.
Ethnobotanical uses and antimicrobial properties of plants. Ethnobotanical and ecological studies were carried out to take inventory of the species used by the inhabitants surrounding the bia conservation area for reproductive health care and to assess the ecological status of woody plant species of the bia biosphere reserve. Data collected was based on oral interview with the aid of semistructured questionnaire from respondents. Andrographis paniculata is one of the highly used potential medicinal plants in the world. Two series of benzimidazole derivatives 5aq, 5r, 5s, 5tw and 5xa1 were synthesized from. Same or similar use of a species reported by more than one informant. An ethnobotanical survey of medicinal plants used by the sobradinho community, luis correia, piaui, brazil was undertaken to recover and document traditional knowledge with the aim of supporting. Researcharticle ethnobotanical study of medicinal plants used in central macedonia, greece efthymiaelenitsioutsiou,1 paologiordani,2 effiehanlidou,3 marcobiagi,4. The genus is plagued with numerous nomenclatural disharmonies that make it difficult to collate accurate data. African journal of traditional, complementary and alternative. Boaduo university of limpopo, department of biology, p. September 2014 240 the use of 5s in healthcare services. Plants have been described as the oldest friends of man due to their value as sources of food, shelter and medicines akerele et al.
International journal of medicinal plants and natural products ijmpnp page 19 ethnobotanical study of medicinal plants used by the tribes of nalamalai forests yirivinti hayagreeva dinakar department of pharmacognosy, creative educational societys college of pharmacy, kurnool, andhra pradesh. Ludoh leaves headache crushed external application miq. The world health organization who has estimated that 80% of the global. Ethnobotanical study of medicinal plants used by indigenous people in and around dirre sheikh hussein heritage site of southeastern ethiopia. The katha is extracted from heartwood of old trees.
An ethnobotanical survey of indigenous knowledge on medicinal plants used by the traditional healers of the lwamondo area, limpopo province, south africa s. Traditional use of ethnomedicinal native plants in the. Journal of ethnopharmacology 112 2007 152161 ethnobotanical study of medicinal plants around dheeraa town, arsi zone, ethiopia tigist wondimu. Estimates show that by the nineteenth century 80% of all medicines originated from plants gilan and rahman, 2005. However, a good majority of the human communities in different parts of the world, more particularly in the third world countries, still. Introduction many human communities began to live in organized patterns in hamlets, villages and then in cities. Ethnobotanical studies of some of the traditionally important medicinal plants of punjab india rajbir kaur department of botany, sri guru teg bahadur khalsa college, sri anandpur sahib 140118, distt. Medical ethnobotany of the zapotecs of the isthmussierra oaxaca, mexico. Contributions to cytogenetics of plectranthus barbatus andr. Ethnobotanists estimate that native people used 750 of these for food, fiber. The 5s rdna intergenic spacer is one of the most variable regions commonly used in the. Plants have provided people with most of their needs for thousands of years.
However, the kingdom of saudi arabia henceforth abbreviated into ksa has a wide range of flora, consisting of different species of trees, herbs, and shrubs and containing numerous edible and medicinal plants. Once authors papers have been accepted for publication, then the accepted paper will be freely available to everyone through cloud journals online platform. The journal of ethnobiology and traditional medicine photon. Research article application of ethnobotanical indices on.
Receive an update when the latest issues in this journal are published. The identification of medicinal materials using the dna barcoding approach can protect. The journal publishes original research that is described in indigenous languages. Ethnobotanical survey of medicinal plants used in curing. Based on the nis countries model, in the future, who would like to cooperate with more countries or regions to develop their monographs on commonly used medicinal plants. Ethnobotanical data were collected by oral interview with the aid of a semistructured ques. Journal of medicinal chemistry 2018, 61 17, 74257447. Ethnobotanical study of medicinal plants indian journal of medical sciences table 1. An ethnobotanical study of the medicinal plants used as. The study focused on documentation of medicinal plants used to treat various human diseases in the study area. The gonds are divided into six subtribes, raj gond. Ethnobotanical study of medicinal plants used to treat. Ethnobotanical survey of plants used to treat some common viral diseases, such as chicken pox, poliomyelitis, influenza, hepatitis, measles and jaundice was carried out in ekiti, ondo, osun and oyo states in south western nigeria. Introduction as a medicinal crop tea has been grown in china over five thousand years.
Decoction of root, leaves, stem bark and fiuits used as a bath to cure leucodennatic spots. Ethnobotanical study, medicinal plants, poonch valley, phytosociology. Includes subsistence patterns, land use, fibers, textiles, and building materials. An ethnobotanical study of medicinal plants used by local. European journal of medicinal chemistry vol 62, pages 1798. South african journal of botany ethnopharmacologia. Preparation of monographs for volume 4 selection of medicinal plants.
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