Tricolporate pollen of caesalpiniaceae medicinal plants at Kotla Vijaya Bhaskara Reddy botanical garden in Cyberabad, Telangana

Botanical Aspects of Medicinal and Aromatic Plants

Botany, the science of plants, is linked with medicinal and aromatic plants in many different ways. The ca. 40,000 plant species used for ethnomedicinal purposes, since the beginning of recorded history, have traditionally been collected and gathered from the wild. Botanical sciences (like plant systematics, morphology and physiology) have been assisting the study and utilization of MAPs in a m...

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Non-naturalized alien plants receive fewer flower visits than naturalized and native plants in a Swiss botanical garden

Many animal-pollinated plant species have been introduced to non-native regions without their usual pollinators. Nevertheless, some of these alien species managed to establish reproducing naturalized populations, which might negatively affect native plants. Recent studies have shown that many naturalized alien species can readily attract native pollinators. However, it is not known whether alie...

Pharmacological, ethnopharmacological, and botanical evaluation of subtropical medicinal plants of Lower Kheng region in Bhutan

Background The Bhutanese Sowa Rigpa medicine (BSM) uses medicinal plants as the bulk ingredients. Our study was to botanically identify subtropical medicinal plants from the Lower Kheng region in Bhutan, transcribe ethnopharmacological uses, and highlight reported pharmacological activities of each plant. Methods We freely listed the medicinal plants used in the BSM literature, current formul...

Determination of Zinc, Iron, Nitrogen and Phosphorus in Several Botanical Species of Medicinal Plants

The total concentration of zinc, iron, nitrogen and phosphorus, as well as their water and acetic acid extractable forms – nitrate nitrogen, ammonium nitrogen and phosphate phosphorus – were determined in st. John’s wort herb (Hypericum perforatum l.) yarrow herb (Achillea millefolium l.), nettle leaves (Urtica dioica l.) and birch leaves (Betula pendula roth.), collected from four natural loca...