Abstract. Bhagawan WS, Suproborini A, Putri DLP, Nurfatma Putra RT. 2022. Ethnomedicinal study, phytochemical characterization, and pharmacological confirmation of selected medicinal plant on the northern slope Mount Wilis, East Java, Indonesia. Biodiversitas 23: 4303-4313. The traditional usage plants in ethnomedicine is a valuable resource for human primary healthcare. effectiveness herbal me...

Lepidium meyenii Walp., known as Peruvian ginseng, is widely used in ethnomedicine. To date, L. cultivated worldwide at high-altitude and commonly a food supplement. However, its medicinal value still controversial mechanism of action remains unknown, due to limited knowledge about the phytochemical constituents this plant species. In study, multidisciplinary approach comprising conventional NM...

Background: Chyangthapu-Phalaicha located in the northeastern Panchthar District, is a biodiversity hotspot Eastern Himalaya. The present study was conducted to document knowledge of ethnomedicinal uses and practices that exist area before associated socio-cultural on biological diversity lost. Methods: Ethnomedicinal data were collected through semi-structured questionnaires. importance medici...

Abstract Zanthoxylum species are credited with various uses in ethnomedicine due to their rich metabolite composition. In Kenya, these include management of cancer and microbial related ailments. However, there limited reports showing how the bioactivity Kenyan is linked phytochemical profiles. This study therefore aimed at examining chemical variation among five found Kenya ( Z. chalybeum, gil...

Background: The medicinal orchid species of the Himalaya are great importance due to their various properties. These orchids have been used for centuries by local communities in region benefits. Himalayan particularly unique because they adapted extreme environmental conditions high altitude and harsh weather. Unfortunately, habitat loss overharvesting commercial purposes, many now threatened w...

In this review we describe and discuss several approaches to selecting higher plants as candidates for drug development with the greatest possibility of success. We emphasize the role of information derived from various systems of traditional medicine (ethnomedicine) and its utility for drug discovery purposes. We have identified 122 compounds of defined structure, obtained from only 94 species...

INTRODUCTION Studies of the medical folklore of Northwestern Argentina are of great ethnomedicine value. The fruits of Geoffroea decorticans (Fabaceae) are used for both culinary and medical purpose (1). The aim of the present work was determined the total phenolic and flavonoid contents and antioxidant activities of extracts of chañar fruits. It was investigated the possible toxic effect on rats.

Ethnomedicine has gained a lot of recognition in post-independence Zimbabwe and yet little research on anti-fertility medicines has been done. Information on plants used as anti-fertility medicines was obtained by interviewing women, men, traditional healers and traditional midwives in urban Harare and surrounding rural areas of Mvurwi, Seke and Chiweshe. The use of 31 species belonging to 17 f...

BACKGROUND This work focuses on plant-based preparations that the Aguaruna Jivaro of Peru give to hunting dogs. Many plants are considered to improve dogs' sense of smell or stimulate them to hunt better, while others treat common illnesses that prevent dogs from hunting. This work places canine ethnoveterinary medicine within the larger context of Aguaruna ethnomedicine, by testing the followi...

objective: annona senegalenesis pers is a sprawling shrub belonging to the family annonaceae, and is mainly used in ethnomedicine. the use of decoction of a. senegalenesis is very prominent in the management of various conditions ranging from bacterial infection, worm infestation,  snake bites, pyrexia and febrile convulsion in folk medicine. methods: the investigation on anticonvulsant activit...