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Medical ethnobotany of herbal practitioners in the Turkestan Range, southwestern Kyrgyzstan

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Pawera L., Verner V., Termote C., Sodombekov I., Kandakov A., Karabaev N., Skalicky M., Polesny Z.

Acta Societatis Botanicorum Poloniae

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2016

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tom 85

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This study recorded and analyzed traditional knowledge of medicinal plants in the Turkestan Range in southwestern Kyrgyzstan, where ethnobotanical knowledge has been largely under-documented to date. Data was collected through participant observation and both semi-structured and in-depth interviews with 10 herbal specialists. A total of 50 medicinal plant taxa were documented, distributed among 46 genera and 27 botanical families. In folk medicine they are applied in 75 different formulations, which cure 63 human and three animal ailments. Quantitative ethnobotanical indices were calculated to analyze traditional knowledge of the informants and to determine the cultural importance of particular medicinal plants. Ziziphora pamiroalaica, Peganum harmala, and Inula orientalis obtained the highest use value (UV). The best-represented and culturally important families were Lamiaceae, Asteraceae, and Apiaceae. Gastro-intestinal system disorders was the most prevalent ailment category. Most medicinal plants were gathered from nearby environments, however, species with a higher cultural value occurred at distant rather than nearby collection sites. The findings of this study proved the gap in documentation of traditional knowledge in Kyrgyzstan, indicating that further studies on the traditional use of wild plant resources could bring important insights into ecosystems’ diversity with implications to human ecology and biocultural diversity conservation in Central Asia.

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Traditional knowledge on wild edible plants as livelihood food in Odisha, India

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Panda T.

Journal of Biology and Earth Sciences

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2014

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Traditional knowledge on ethnobotanical uses of plant biodiversity: a detail study from the Indian western Himalaya

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Singh K. N.

Biodiversity: Research and Conservation

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2012

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Documentation of tribal’s traditional knowledge of medicinal plants from Renlagadda Thanda, Kodangal mandal, Mahabubnagar Dist, Telangana, India

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Shivakumar Singh P., Rajender Singh D. S. R.

International Letters of Natural Sciences

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2015

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The aim of this report is giving the importance in need of ground leveal documentation of medicinal plants, their ingrediants and usage. To be effort has been made to evaluate plants used for medicare by the tribal people of Renla Gadda Thanda, Kodangal mandal, Mahabubnagar Dist, Telangana. Due to be deficient in of modern healthcare facilities and poor economic conditions, the tribal people of the Thanda fully depend on in the vicinity available medicinal plants for their healthcare needs. In the present report a total of 24 ethnomedicinal plants from 23 genus and 24 species occupied 18 families were recorded. The thorough information i.e., Usage, to be treated disorder, Parts used recorded. This is a first report from the Renlagadda Thanda of Kodangal mandal. The study area having wealthy in medicinal plants flora and tribal communities with latest usages. Documentation of traditional knowledge on medicinal plants from the village or thanda level is the elementary and necessary samples for novel medication.

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Indigenous knowledge on animal health care practices in Kendrapara district of Odisha, India

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Panda T., Mishra N.

International Letters of Natural Sciences

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2016

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The objective of this work was to register and document the traditional knowledge of plant resources used in ethnoveterinary practices in Kendrapara district of Odisha, India. Investigation was carried out in the interior of the district, to explore the therapeutic uses of plants by local inhabitants. Information was gathered from traditional healers, elderly people and farmers by using participant observation, open-ended conversations and semi-structured questionnaires. Plants used as veterinary medicines were collected and identified by botanical classification. Fifty five plant species, distributed among 34 families, were indicated for 27 different medicinal uses. The family Solanaceae had the largest number of reported species followed by Mimosaceae, Fabaceae and Apocynaceae. Prominent diseases treated by plant remedies were wounds, diarrhea, constipation, snake bite, skin ailments and rheumatism. Leaves were more commonly utilized for the preparation of ethnoveterinary medicine than other plant parts. Documentation of traditional knowledge related ethnoveterinary information and identification of potential species for prioritization of conservation through sustainable management is essential for the benefit of future generations. The present study contributed to the construction of an inventory of ethnoveterinary plants, which might provides a better database for future scientific validation studies.

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Ethnomedicinal and conservation status of herbs in tehsil Banda Daud Shah, District Karak, Pakistan

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Musharaf K., Abdurehman, Hussain F., Shinwari Z. K., Musharaf S.

International Letters of Natural Sciences

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2014

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The present study documents the ethnomedicinal and conservation status of 91 herbs belonging to 81 genera and 66 families in tehsil Banda Daud Shah during 2012-2013. The information about conservation and ethnobotanical was collected through questioners and personal interviews during fieldwork using the IUCN 2001, Red Data List Categories and Criteria. Among these 36 species were found to be rare, vulnerable (30 species), infrequent (13 species), endangered (8 species) and dominant (4 species). From the present investigation we concluded that most plant species are going to become endangered because the natural vegetation area was change into urbanization.

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The uses of Betula pendula Roth among Hungarian Csangos and Szekelys in Transylvania, Romania

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Papp N., Czegenyi D., Hegedus A., Morschhauser T., Quave C. L., Cianfaglione K., Pieroni A.

Acta Societatis Botanicorum Poloniae

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2014

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tom 83

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The aim of this work is to evaluate the ethnobotanical and ethnopharmacological use of Betula pendula Roth in various regions of Transylvania, in East and Central Romania. Silver birch is an important pioneer species in the country, which has traditionally been used in ethnomedicine, households and various customs. Among the ethnic groups, 55 informants from the Csángós and 68 from the Székelys were interviewed in six villages during field studies occurring between 2007 and 2012. Informants were asked questions about the medical and non-medical applications of B. pendula, focusing on the use of the leaf and woody parts in tools and customs, and on the collection and use of birch sap with its temporal change in local ethnomedicinal knowledge. Differences related to the use of birch among the studied areas were observed. The folk remedies prepared from the sap (“virics”) and leaves were documented in local customs, with similar symbolic roles assigned to birch used in other countries. Sap collection was performed during interviews and by manual means. Four special section types on the trunk were presented, and data concerning the nutritional and ethnomedicinal use of the sap was recorded. Both the significance and use of birch sap have drastically decreased in Transylvania due to the appearance of new phytotherapeutical sources and to social changes caused by migration of young people. We found that this phenomenon is gradually leading to the disappearance traditional harvesting techniques, frequency of use and ethnomedicinal knowledge concerning B. pendula in the studied regions.

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Documentation of traditional knowledge of herbal plant in Kalvarayan Hills, Vallupuram District, Tamil Nadu

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Nithyadevi J., Sivakumar R.

International Letters of Natural Sciences

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2014

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The study was carried out to assess the traditional knowledge of herbal plants in a Kalvarayan Hills, Villupuram District, Tamil Nadu. It was carried out through face to face interview with respondent, collection and identification of herbal plants in the hills. A total number of 60 species of herbal plants were recorded during a series of folk botanical surveys at a hill at Villupuram District, Tamil Nadu. A majority of these species are herbaceous angiosperms, followed by trees and shrubs. The most common part of the plant used in preparing for herbal medicine is the bark, leaves, roots, stem, flowers, and fruits. Mostly the plants are used for general health, to treat dermatological complaints, reproductive system, abdominal problems and fever compared to other ailments. The most common method of herbal preparation is poultice, followed by decoction and infusion. Thus, more medicinal plants are used topically than orally.

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The ethnobotanical study of local Mediterranean food plants as medicinal resources in Southern Spain

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Rivera D., Obon C., Inocencio C., Heinrich M., Verde A., Fajardo J., Llorach R.

Journal of Physiology and Pharmacology. Supplement

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2005

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tom 56

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97-114

We studied medicinal and food plant species, recording an extraordinary number of species and uses in Castilla-La Mancha, Murcia and Valencia in Spain. Focusing on two demographically distinct regions - Castilla-La Mancha and Lower Segura Valley. A high proportion of the flora (20 to 30 %) is known for its medicinal properties, and, interestingly, a high number of medicinal-food plants (5 to 7 %) is recorded. The concept of "Local Food" involves the whole repertory of species that characterises the local diet (incl. local cultivars and non-cultivated gathered food plants). The number of food plant species varies between 15 and 25 % of the vascular flora, and for the gathered food plants (GFP) this decreases to a 3 to 8 %. Those GFP that are also used for medicinal purposes are only 2 to 4 % of the total vascular flora. The relevant plant families are very similar in relative numbers along the different areas: Compositae, Rosaceae and Umbelliferae, followed of Boraginaceae, Liliaceae, Cruciferae, and Caryophyllaceae. Chenopodiaceae, Polygonaceae and Gramineae are less unifomly represented or in lesser numbers. The high species diversity does not imply a general dietary relevance of this particular plant family. For instance Caryophyllaceae with a relatively low number of species comprises the "collejas" (Silene vulgaris) that have shown to be the more widely consumed species. Information regarding 145 species has been recorded. Among the Gathered Food Plant Species 81 are used in medicine, in double proportion than the cultivated food plants. 61 are orally administered, in the same form as food.

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Ethnoveterinary practices in Villupuram district, Tamil Nadu, India

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Dhanam S., Elayaraj B.

International Letters of Natural Sciences

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2014

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Ayurvedic medicines are considered to be the best systems of treatment in India and this system is spreading now globally. Natural products are also a part of our everyday life. Ethno veterinary medicine is developed by farmers in field and barns rather than and in scientific laboratories. It is less systematic, less formalized and usually transferred by word of mouth rather than writing. An ethnobotanical survey was conducted in 10 selected sites of Villupuram district. Twenty six plant species belonging to fourteen families were documented in the present study, to cure different diseases in animals. Interviews and detailed personal discussions were conducted with the traditional healers and local people to identify the plants and their medicinal information for six months. The study revealed that the different parts of these plants were used for treatment of different diseases. Leaves are the mostly used part to prepare medicine.

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"Local food - nutraceuticals": An example of a multidisciplinary research project on local knowledge

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Heinrich M., Leonti M., Nebel S., Peschel W.

Journal of Physiology and Pharmacology. Supplement

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2005

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tom 56

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5-22

Currently, dietary patterns change rapidly all over the world. Most notably, there is a fast increase in the convenience food market. Here we discuss the overall theoretical framework and strategy of an EU-funded project on local food, a common resource in many parts of the Mediterranean. Such food is often only available seasonally and is consumed either fresh (e.g. spring salads and vegetables, fruits in autumn) or in a conserved form (dried, fermented, pickled). There is an urgent need to document and analyse such local resources, which are today at the brink of disappearance. In this project, selected species were studied using a multidisciplinary approach, including strategies and methods from pharmacology, nutritional sciences and anthropology (i.e. ethnopharmacological or ethnonutritional ones). For example, all extracts were profiled using HPLC-MS, by determining their polyphenol content and using a variety of in vitro anti-oxidant assays (incl. guaiacol oxidation, xanthine oxidase inhibition, HOCl scavenging, eNOS activity). Such research also points to ways for ascertaining the intergenerational transmission of the knowledge and for sustainable development and management. Examples from field studies in southern Italy and from pharmacological studies using a variety of targets are used to illustrate the potential of such neglected resources. The wider implications of such an approach, for example, for the study of similar traditions in Central and Eastern Europe are also discussed.

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Ethnobotanical study on medicinal plants used by Li people in Ledong, Hainan Island, China

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Huang W., Li P., Liu Y., Huang W., Ju Y., Wang J., Ntumwel C. B., Long C.

Acta Societatis Botanicorum Poloniae

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2016

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tom 85

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The paper documents on the uses of traditional medicinal plants used for treating human ailments in three villages of Ledong, a county inhabited by Liethnic group in the southwest of Hainan Province, China. Semi-structured interviews, key informant interviews and participatory observations were used to collect ethnobotanical data from February to March 2012 and in July 2013. The data collected was analyzed using descriptive statistics. Thirty native knowledgeable people were interviewed. The Li community uses 50 plant species in 36 families for medicinal purposes. The most common medicinal plant families were Leguminosae (14%), Compositae (6%), and Euphorbiaceae (6%), and the most common preparations methods were decoction (84%), crushing (38%), and poultice (34%). The traditional medicinal plants were mainly used for hemostasis (12.9%), body pains (11.4%), gastrointestinal disorders (11.4%), and trauma (10%). Twenty-four species of medicinal plants (48%) have never been reported in the literature of Li medicines. In addition, 22 species (44%) have already been studied by researchers and their extracts or compounds were good bioactives. However, the rapid socioeconomic development in the county is the main threat to the conservation of Li medicine and has resulted in the decrease in the abundance and use of medicinal plants and associated traditional knowledge. Other factors accounting for a decrease in the use of Li medicinal plants like loss of plant diversity, change of land use, and threatened traditional knowledge were equally discussed.

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Ethnomedicinal and conservation status of plant species in Tehsil Takht Bhai, District Mardan, Pakistan

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Khan M., Musharaf S.

International Letters of Natural Sciences

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2015

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The study was design to draw attention to correlation of locals with plants and their conservation status. The research work was carried out in tehsil Takht Bhai, district Mardan during 2008-2010. Fieldwork was conducted using an arrangement of interviews, questioners and personal observation. The IUCN 2001, Red Data List Categories and Criteria was used to determine the conservation status of plants. The present study documents the ethno medicinal and conservation status of 34 plant species belonging to 20 families. Among these 12 species were found to be rare, vulnerable (11 species), endangered (9 species) and Infrequent (2 species). From this study we have concluded that most plant species are going to become endangered and no one plant specie was found dominant because the natural vegetation area was change into urbanization and agricultural reason.

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The structure of Jhum (Traditional Shifting Cultivation System): prospect or threat to climate

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Bhagawati K., Bhagawati G., Das R., Bhagawati R., Ngachan S. V.

International Letters of Natural Sciences

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2015

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The knowledge behind the culture and beliefs of indigenous community needs to be harnessed and should be used to complement the modern technologies and policies for better and sustainable use of biological resources and increase resilience of the sector associated. The main objective of the current research was to study Jhum (Traditional Shifting Cultivation System) and the cycles and culture associated with it. The study was done in northeast Himalayan region of India and phenomenological approach was used. The research reveals that Jhum is the component of traditional agro-ecosystem encompassing diverse set of knowledge and practices of indigenous and local communities embodying traditional life-styles relevant for the conservation and sustainable use of natural resources for their livelihood. The cycle associated with the system reflects the synergy of practices with the natural phenomenon and indicators. Contrary to common modern belief, Jhum is carbon sink, maintain soil health, preserve biological diversity and sustain local climate. Forest clearing during Jhum is not deforestation but forest modification allowing forest regrowth during sufficiently long fallow. Fundamentally, Jhum as a system is an integrated approach to establish agro-ecosystem in the difficult terrains of tropical hill regions that involve forest, soil, biodiversity and livestock management through their culture, tradition and rituals that coevolved with associated ecosystem. Instead of being threat to climate or environment, the system can provide deeper insight into the many different aspects of sustainable and climate resilient development; and the interrelated role of local peoples and their cultures.

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Traditional knowledge of weeds: a study of herbal medicines and vegetables used by the Assamese people [India]

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Sarma H., Sarma A. M., Sarma C. M.

Herba Polonica

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2008

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tom 54

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nr 2

Field collections of herbal weed plants were conducted and studied. The research study aimed to determine the economic values of some herbal weed plants in Barpeta district used by Assamese communities in traditional purpose. Specifically it aimed to describe the economic value with respect to their use as vegetables and other medicinal benefits. Results of the study revealed 30 species in 22 families of herbal weeds which were collected in the study sites. The herbal weed plants exhibited morphologically were different from each other and were found economically important because of their medicinal values. The traditional knowledge of these weed plants as leafy vegetables and medicine recorded in this paper are hitherto unknown or less known to the world.

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Medical ethnobotany of herbal practitioners in the Turkestan Range, southwestern Kyrgyzstan

Traditional knowledge on wild edible plants as livelihood food in Odisha, India

Traditional knowledge on ethnobotanical uses of plant biodiversity: a detail study from the Indian western Himalaya

Documentation of tribal’s traditional knowledge of medicinal plants from Renlagadda Thanda, Kodangal mandal, Mahabubnagar Dist, Telangana, India

Indigenous knowledge on animal health care practices in Kendrapara district of Odisha, India

Ethnomedicinal and conservation status of herbs in tehsil Banda Daud Shah, District Karak, Pakistan

The uses of Betula pendula Roth among Hungarian Csangos and Szekelys in Transylvania, Romania

Documentation of traditional knowledge of herbal plant in Kalvarayan Hills, Vallupuram District, Tamil Nadu

The ethnobotanical study of local Mediterranean food plants as medicinal resources in Southern Spain

Ethnoveterinary practices in Villupuram district, Tamil Nadu, India

"Local food - nutraceuticals": An example of a multidisciplinary research project on local knowledge

Ethnobotanical study on medicinal plants used by Li people in Ledong, Hainan Island, China

Ethnomedicinal and conservation status of plant species in Tehsil Takht Bhai, District Mardan, Pakistan

The structure of Jhum (Traditional Shifting Cultivation System): prospect or threat to climate

Traditional knowledge of weeds: a study of herbal medicines and vegetables used by the Assamese people [India]