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Ethnobotany2
Extracts4
  • In recent years, the utilization of Chinese native medicine and other plant extracts in the treatment of diseases has attracted extensive attention, especially in the area of malignant tumors. (hindawi.com)
  • We isolated 315 fungal types, which represented 85 morphologies, from different parts of P. aduncum L. The bioassays were performed on 82 culture filtrates and 6 plant extracts and resulted in the detection of 1 culture filtrate that stimulated the growth of M. tuberculosis and 15 that inhibited microbial growth. (ejbiotechnology.info)
  • Research on the use of plant extracts to protect against radiation exposure is not widely known, however the low toxicity and minimal side effects of many plant products are well known in both western science and traditional medicine. (tfljournal.org)
  • The ethanolic extracts of the plant were examined for the presence of bioactive components and their total flavonoid content, with focusing on quercetin detection using thin layer bioautography (TLB) and brine shrimp lethality assay (BSLA) for cytotoxicity. (who.int)
Species12
  • Data from 17 plant species, ethnobotanically ranked by syndromic importance value for treatment of 15 diabetic symptoms, was used along with 49 bioassay endpoints reported across numerous pharmacological studies and a metabolomics dataset. (hal.science)
  • Overall, 63 species of medicinal plants belonging to 35 families were recorded. (sacids.org)
  • It is true that climate change is causing noticeable effects on life cycles and distribution of the plant species. (scirp.org)
  • Ayurveda system of herbal medicine in India, Sri Lanka and Southeast Asia used 8000 and Unani system in Pakistan is also largely plant based about 5000 out of China's total flora of 30,000 species are used in traditional Chinese medicine. (scirp.org)
  • Anthropogenic climate change effects on species and ecological communities around the world [17] and the cultivated medicinal plants also replaced many native ones. (scirp.org)
  • Most studies did not include herbarium vouchers, or only used market-sourced plant material, which impedes the possibilities for species verifications. (springer.com)
  • is a genus of 62 plant species in the family of Zingiberaceae that occurs in the rainforests and savanna areas of tropical Africa and Madagascar (Fischer et al. (springer.com)
  • There were 140 medicinal plant species identified, divided into 123 genera and 54 families. (ac.be)
  • The Asteraceae family was the most common (14 species), and herbs were the most common (72.85% contribution), with leaves being the most commonly used plant element (74 species). (ac.be)
  • The most common way to produce a remedy was to make a decoction (45 plant species). (ac.be)
  • Pharmacological and pharmaceutical investigations on vital therapeutic plant species should be done to safely apply traditional knowledge to a larger population. (ac.be)
  • In the present analysis, we researched the 535 botanical drugs included in the Chinese pharmacopeia and identified 183 medicinal plant species, 82 for treating open wounds caused by trauma and 101 for inflammatory skin conditions. (thieme-connect.de)
Phytochemistry1
  • A. Gray as a medicinal plant: A comprehensive review of its ethnopharmacology, phytochemistry, pharmacotoxicology and clinical relevance. (bvsalud.org)
20161
  • Roy, S. and Roy, D. (2016) Use of Medicinal Plant and Its Vulnerability Due to Climate Change in Northern Part of Bangladesh. (scirp.org)
19841
  • His doctoral research (University of British Columbia, 1984) focused on the ethnopharmacology of ayahuasca and oo-koo-he , two tryptamine-based hallucinogens used by indigenous peoples in the Northwest Amazon. (arlingtoninstitute.org)
Journal2
Herbaceous plant2
  • Filipendula ulmaria , commonly known as meadowsweet [1] or mead wort , [2] is a perennial herbaceous plant in the family Rosaceae that grows in damp meadows . (wikipedia.org)
  • It is an herbaceous plant that grows to approximately 1.5 m in height (Harris and Wortley 2018 ). (springer.com)
Genus4
  • Aframomum (Zingiberaceae) is a genus of plants native to tropical Africa that are sold on African markets as spices and traditional medicine. (springer.com)
  • All ginger plants are of the genus Zingiber , which belongs to the same family as cardamom plants, Zingiberaceae [1]. (discovermagazine.com)
  • Caper ( Capparis spinosa L.), a drought tolerant plant belonging to genus Capparis of the family Capparidaceae is mainly distributed in arid and semi-arid regions of the tropical and subtropical world. (scialert.net)
  • Some members of Rhododendron genus are traditionally used as medicinal plants for arthritis, acute and chronic bronchitis, asthma, pain, inflammation, rheumatism, hypertension and metabolic diseases. (medsci.org)
Drugs2
  • A medicinal plant is any plant which in one or more of its organs contains substance that can be used for therapeutic purposes or which are precursors for synthesis of useful drugs. (scirp.org)
  • Recently, interest has generated in developing the potential drugs of plant origin for the amelioration of radiation effects. (tfljournal.org)
Pharmacological5
  • The objective was to determine which bioassays are closely associated with the traditional knowledge of the Cree and which pharmacological metrics and phytochemical signals best define these plants and their groups. (hal.science)
  • To address the question of which pharmacological metrics and phytochemical signals best define the CEI anti-diabetes plants, multivariate analyses were undertaken to determine groupings of plant families and plant parts. (hal.science)
  • In the secondary anti-diabetes assays, pharmacological variability was better described by plant biology, mostly in terms of the plant part used. (hal.science)
  • Traditional Indigenous knowledge in this analysis was shown to be able to guide the identification of plant pharmacological qualities in scientific terms. (hal.science)
  • This comprehensive review describes the detailed profile of high-value nutrients and bioactives along with pharmacological and phyto-medicinal attributes of this multipurpose food plant with the aim to exploring its potential uses as ingredients for functional foods and nutraceutical/pharmaceutical industry. (scialert.net)
Scientific Evidence1
  • However, the use of medicinal plants suffers from lack of robust scientific evidence to support their use. (tfljournal.org)
Indigenous2
  • An ethnopharmacological metanalysis was conducted with a large database available on antidiabetic activities of plant foods and medicines from the northern boreal forest, which are traditionally used by the indigenous Cree of James Bay, Quebec, Canada. (hal.science)
  • Rhodiola rosea is a medicinal plant used by the indigenous Inuit people of Nunavik and Nunatsiavut, Eastern Canada, as a mental and physical rejuvenating agent. (thieme-connect.com)
Preparations1
  • A unique novel opportunity could be photo-enhanced wound treatment with a combination of light-sensitive plant preparations and local exposure to daylight. (thieme-connect.de)
Approach1
  • Data mining strategies using existing resources offer an excellent basis for developing such an approach with many potential plant candidates. (thieme-connect.de)
India2
  • The formal systems of plant medicine development are particularly found in China, India, Arabia, Egypt and Europe. (scirp.org)
  • In India , plant used for fever and urinary problems. (stuartxchange.org)
Extract2
  • The plant extract has no activity against Salmonella spp. (scirp.org)
  • The aerial parts of plants were lyophilized and kept at −20˚C. Hydroalcoholic extract was prepared using food grade ethanol and deionised water (96 and 4%, respectively). (scirp.org)
Lucknow2
  • The plant material was collected from the National botanical research Institute Garden , Lucknow , in the month June 2008. (ethnoleaflets.com)
  • by Central Institute of Medicinal and Aromatic Plants, Lucknow. (who.int)
Entheogenic2
  • Professor David Nutt begins season two of the Drug Science Podcast by taking a deep dive into entheogenic plants with a legend of the psychedelic renaissance - Dennis McKenna. (drugscience.org.uk)
  • Entheogenic and ethnographic research conducted in 1918 by Newbould found that the Tanganyika tribe shaman and witch doctors used this plant to induce vivid dreams and foretell the future. (entheology.org)
Commonly used plant1
  • Leaves (66.7%) and roots (17.5%) were the commonly used plant parts in the preparation of medicine. (sacids.org)
Traditional7
  • Multivariate analysis showed that activity in safety PIV monitored mainly with cytochrome P450 inhibition patterns best reflected patterns of traditional medicine importance in Cree traditional knowledge, whereas potent primary bioactivities were seen in individual plants determined to be most important to the Cree for anti-diabetes purposes. (hal.science)
  • The whole plant is a traditional remedy for an acidic stomach. (wikipedia.org)
  • The studies demonstrate about the value of traditional systems of medicine as economically useful plants and possible effects of climate change on medicinal plants. (scirp.org)
  • Medicinal plants serve as therapeutic agents as well as important raw materials for the manufacture of traditional and modern medicine. (scirp.org)
  • The objective of this research is to document and compare traditional knowledge about medicinal plant diversity in Lasdana, District Bagh Azad, Jammu & Kashmir. (ac.be)
  • Medicinal plants have been used in traditional healing practices since ancient times. (ac.be)
  • Medicinal plants used by traditional medical practitioners (TMP) to treat cancers are considered safe when used alone or combined with conventional therapy to ensure their effectiveness and eliminate the toxic effects of orthodox medicines. (who.int)
Remedy1
  • There is need to insure the safety of this plant as a remedy that could be used for a long time. (scirp.org)
Therapeutic agents1
  • It heavily relies on plant-based medicines, with nearly 1000 medicinal plants recorded in ancient books and documents as main therapeutic agents. (thieme-connect.de)
Effects6
  • However, climate change effects on medicinal plants are widely unclear in Bangladesh. (scirp.org)
  • It is a crying need to improve our understanding the effects on medicinal plants by various researches is stressed in the present article. (scirp.org)
  • To know the present condition of medicinal plants and effects of climate change on medicinal plants in northern part of Bangladesh an attempt is being taken here. (scirp.org)
  • Ethnopharmacology of Qʼeqchiʼ Maya antiepileptic and anxiolytic plants: effects on the GABAergic system. (thieme-connect.com)
  • In light of the various nuclear power plant accident, military and terrorism scenarios that have entered the world consciousness over the past two generations, there is tremendous practical value to understanding how to neutralize or reduce the damaging (and lethal) effects of radiation on the body. (tfljournal.org)
  • Plants and their products are well known to have an advantage over the synthetic compounds in terms of their potential low/no toxicity at the effective dose with minimum or no side effects (3,9,33,34,41). (tfljournal.org)
Saponins1
  • Bacoside A, B are the major constituents present in Brahmi plant in the form of saponins other than this D- mannitol, hersaponin and potassium salts are also present. (researchgate.net)
Flavonoids1
  • The plants had a fair amount of flavonoids and variable levels of cytotoxicity. (who.int)
Asteraceae2
  • Family Asteraceae) is a medicinal plant commonly found in tropical Asia countries such as China, Thailand, Indonesia, Malaysia, and Vietnam. (frontiersin.org)
  • Family Asteraceae), is a small plant ~1-3 m in height. (frontiersin.org)
Drought1
  • Plant community productivity and soil water are not resistant to extreme experimental drought in temperate grasslands but in the understory of temperate forests. (uni-tuebingen.de)
Edible2
  • They examined samples of charred food material that includes small identifiable fragments of edible plants. (johnhawks.net)
  • This plant is well known for the edible flower buds and the fruit (caper berries), both of which are frequently consumed as pickled. (scialert.net)
Widely1
  • it is a common aromatic plant, which is distributed widely in the Mediterranean and the Middle East countries. (scirp.org)
Diseases1
  • Use of plants or herbs to treat diseases or to alleviate pain. (bvsalud.org)
Genera1
  • Eremophila and allied genera : a monograph of the plant family Myoporaceae (1st ed. (wikipedia.org)
Medicines1
  • This is probably due to good accessibility of plants, affordability, confidentiality of health information between the patient and practitioner and the high cost of synthetic medicines [10]. (researchsquare.com)
Research5
  • Further research on toxicity and posology is needed to ensure the safety of medicinal plants. (sacids.org)
  • The vast potential medical applications of G. procumbens based on the consolidation of the scientific findings of research on this plant are also highlighted. (frontiersin.org)
  • Dennis McKenna's research has focused on the interdisciplinary study of Amazonian ethnopharmacology and plant hallucinogens. (drugscience.org.uk)
  • Very little research has been conducted on this hallucinogenic plant, what little has been documented has originated form ethnographic studies conducted on the aboriginal tibes of Central Africa. (entheology.org)
  • Current Research on Medicinal and Aromatic Plants. (who.int)
Leaves1
  • The whole plant and seed being used to treat a variety of ailments the leaves are cooked and eaten as a vegetable. (ethnoleaflets.com)
Important3
  • Medicinal plants are playing an important role to human livelihood. (scirp.org)
  • Medicinal plant constitutes an important neutral wealth of a country and plays a significant role of an economy of a country. (scirp.org)
  • Ethnopharmacology is important because it aids in a proper knowledge of the interrelationships of many aspects, as well as the entire practical and intellectual culture of people with plants. (ac.be)
Antioxidant2
  • Using cytotoxic and antioxidant studies, the study attempted to assess some of the commonly used medicinal plants used to cure cancer among Yoruba people in Ogun, Oyo, Osun, and Lagos (South-West, Nigeria). (who.int)
  • Samples of commonly utilized anticancer plants obtained from the chosen areas using physical and virtual oral seminars were studied for physiochemical composition and a possible antioxidant and cytotoxic potential to validate the basis for the use of the selected anticancer plants. (who.int)
Quantitative1
  • Examining the benefits of plant-based therapy with rigorous quantitative science is beginning to gain a toehold in the field of radioprotection. (tfljournal.org)
Traditionally2
  • The plant has been used traditionally to prevent and/or treat a number of health disorders such as diabetes, hepatitis, obesity and kidney problems. (scialert.net)
  • Traditionally the Tanganyika medicine man dried the grass blades and flowers and smoked them, sometimes mixing the dried herb with other magical healing plants like Tobacco and Kanna ( Sceletium Tortuosum ). (entheology.org)
Study2
  • The study also added the optimum use of medicinal plants and their conservation in northern part of Bangladesh. (scirp.org)
  • Looking at a fascinating new study that finds mixtures of different plants within ancient morsels of charred foods. (johnhawks.net)
Family3
  • Eremophila neglecta is a flowering plant in the figwort family, Scrophulariaceae and is endemic to Australia. (wikipedia.org)
  • Parsley ( Petroselinum crispum and P. sativum ) is a member of the Apiaceae family of plants. (encyclopedia.com)
  • It belongs to the Geraniaceae family, or geraniums which are most often recognized as ornamental and landscape plants. (gaiaherbs.com)
Leaf1
  • A micrograph of a charred sample of plant material from Shanidar, with material from pulses and a fragment of grass leaf. (johnhawks.net)
Volume1
  • Medicinal Plants in Australia Volume 4: An Antipodean Apothecary. (wikipedia.org)
Activities1
  • Six studies tested the antimicrobial activities of the plants against bacteria and viruses known to cause diarrhea. (sacids.org)
Parts1
  • The whole herb possesses a pleasant taste and flavour, the green parts having a similar aromatic character to the flowers, hence the use of the plant as a strewing herb , strewn on floors to give the rooms a pleasant aroma, and its use to flavour wine , beer , and many kinds of vinegar. (wikipedia.org)
Healthcare2
  • At present , a huge number of populations in Bangladesh are directly dependent on the healthcare treatment by medicinal plants that is why it is an emerging concern in Bangladesh. (scirp.org)
  • One strategy for securing better healthcare can be using medicinal plants if sufficient evidence on their safety and therapeutic benefits can be ascertained. (thieme-connect.de)
Natural3
  • For these purposes, natural plant products have been used since ancient times. (scirp.org)
  • There have been continuous efforts to develop strategies for a more stringent and evidence-based preselection, based, for example, on specific chemical parameters and rules (in the case of natural product screening or the frequency of use in ethnopharmacology). (thieme-connect.de)
  • The ef- find new modes of action and to develop fect of neem on the activity of insects has active agents based on natural plant prod- been neglected up to now, possibly because ucts, efforts are being made to isolate, it does not rapidly lead to mortality. (who.int)
Potential2
  • The plant, as a potential source of valuable nutrients such as vitamins (especially vitamin C), digestible protein, reducing sugars and essential minerals is valued for human food. (scialert.net)
  • Besides uses as an ingredient for food and feed, the contents of bioactive phytochemicals such as terpenoids, alkaloids, glucosinolates, tocopherols, polyprenols, isothiocyanates, carotenoids and phenolics, have allowed to envisage potential applications of C. spinosa as a health promoter plant. (scialert.net)
Treat1
  • We searched PubMed/Medline, Google Scholar, ScienceDirect, and the Web of Science for published articles on medicinal plants used to treat diarrhea in Rwanda. (sacids.org)
Activity4
  • From 52 plants screened for antifungal activity, 26 (50%) were active against dermatophytes. (unboundmedicine.com)
  • This paper reports further evaluation of seven American plants against four pathogenic fungi (Aspergillus flavus, Epidermophyton floccosum, Microsporum gypseum and Trichophyton rubrum), the part showing most activity, the best solvent and, in three cases, the minimal inhibitory concentration (MIC) against the fungus in pure culture. (unboundmedicine.com)
  • The antibacterial activity of renowned medicinal plant Azadirachta indica was also evaluated against some multidrug resistance bacteria. (scirp.org)
  • SOR), hydrogen peroxide, and 2, 2-Diphenyl-2-picrylhydrazyl (DPPH) radical activity by a model (most biological y active) of the anticancer plant was also evaluated. (who.int)