BACKGROUND In Ethiopia, medicinal plants have continued to play vital role in fulfilling human and livestock healthcare needs of different communities. However, these valuable resources are being depleted mainly due to agricultural expansion and deforestation. Therefore, immediate action is required to conserve these resources and document the associated knowledge. The purpose of this study was...

Quality control standardizations of the various medicinal plants used in traditional medicine is becoming more important today in view of the commercialization of formulations based on these plants. An attempt at standardization of Cassia spectabilis leaf has been carried out with respect to authenticity, assay and chemical constituent analysis. The authentication involved many parameters, incl...

Quality control standardizations of the various medicinal plants used in traditional medicine is becoming more important today in view of the commercialization of formulations based on these plants. An attempt at standardization of Cassia spectabilis leaf has been carried out with respect to authenticity, assay and chemical constituent analysis. The authentication involved many parameters, incl...

background and aim: from long time ago, traditional medicine was integrated with popular culture and various aspects of treatment have been allocated to it. at the present time, the use rate of this method depends on people’s belief and recognition. experimental: the research was conducted in the region mobarakeh, iran, in order to identify the priorities for application of medicinal plants by ...

Medicinal plants are sources of different chemical substances with different biological activities in living organism. Some of the chemical compounds socalled “heavy metals”, can be dangerous because they tend to bioaccumulate and transported in all biota via the food chain. The aim of our study was to investigate the concentration of heavy metals in commercially available tea samples purchased...

Medicinal herbs are increasing in popularity across the world. Consumer sales of herbs and botanicals reached $4.41 billion in 2005 (Nutrition Business Journal 2006). Many medicinal herb products are made from native woodland botanicals that are wild-harvested from natural stands. Most, if not all, of these woodland botanicals can be cultivated commercially. This is beneficial for the conservat...

BACKGROUND The traditional g.so-ba-rig-pa hospitals in Bhutan uses more than 100 polyingredient medicines that are manufactured by the Menjong Sorig Pharmaceuticals (MSP). The MSP has been collecting medicinal plants from Lingzhi region for about 48 years and therefore the ecological pressure on these plants have increased. It is MSP's top priority to identify an alternative collection site to ...

1. Medicinal and Aromatic Plants – Australia 1.1. Natural Plant Medicines Worldwide A Historical Perspective 1.2. Phytochemicals of Therapeutic Significance 1.3. Nitrogen Containing Compounds (Alkaloids) 2. Australian Plant Evolution 2.1. Australian Medicinal Plant Use 3. Some Useful Australian Medicinal Plants 3.1. Eucalyptus Species 3.2. Melaleuca Species 3.3. Leptospermum Species 3.4. Eremop...

BACKGROUND Food and herbal medicinal therapy is an important aspect of Chinese traditional culture and traditional Chinese medicine. The Naxi are indigenous residents of the Ancient Tea Horse Road, and the medicine of the Naxi integrates traditional Chinese, Tibetan, and Shamanic medicinal systems, however, little is known about the medicinal dietary plants used by the Naxi people, or their eth...

the study of world health organization (who) has shown that the use of herbal medicines has been increased dramatically around the world in recent years. with the expanding popularity and trade of medicinal plants, health, safety and quality of medicinal plant raw materials and processed products have become a major concern for world organizations. environmental pollutants, including heavy meta...