In recent years, diverse scholars have addressed the issue of the chemosensory perceptions associated with traditional medicines, nevertheless there is still a distinct lack of studies grounded in the social sciences and conducted from a cross-cultural, comparative perspective. In this urban ethnobotanical field study, 254 informants belonging to the Gujarati, Kashmiri and English ethnic groups...

Objective: Since ancient times, plants have been commonly used to cure human ailments by indigenous people throughout the world. Nervous diseases are rising all around the world. This paper provides important ethnobotanical information on plants that are used against neurological disorders and are available in medicinal markets of Bojnord, northeastern Iran. Materials and Methods: This survey, ...

The volatile oils of black pepper [Piper nigrum L. (Piperaceae)], clove [Syzygium aromaticum (L.) Merr. & Perry (Myrtaceae)], geranium [Pelargonium graveolens L'Herit (Geraniaceae)], nutmeg [Myristica fragrans Houtt. (Myristicaceae), oregano [Origanum vulgare ssp. hirtum (Link) Letsw. (Lamiaceae)] and thyme [Thymus vulgaris L. (Lamiaceae)] were assessed for antibacterial activity against 25 dif...

Background: Medicinal plants (MPs) are a valuable inheritance for humanity, especially in most rural communities that rely on them their primary healthcare needs. This study aims to document MPs used by Kuria Traditional Healers (KTH) managing Urinary Tract Infections (UTIs) Mara region, Tanzania. Methods: was conducted Tarime and Serengeti districts Region, Ethnobotanical information were coll...

Thymus vulgaris L. commonly known as thyme or garden belonging to family Lamiaceae is a pleasant smelling flowering perennial shrub, cultivating all over the world. Thyme has great importance due possibility of its use in various applications, food additives, medicines and cosmetic industry. leaves are highly aromatic therefore used fresh dried seasoning variety culinary applications including ...

The growing demand for high-quality food has induced a rapid expansion of the aquaculture sector. On other hand, this sector to overcome numerous challenges and problems triggered by adoption intensive farming systems, such as stress high susceptibility diseases. improper use chemicals antibiotics led development antibiotic resistance in fish, with consequent health risks consumers. Natural add...

Este trabalho objetivou analisar as produções científicas relacionadas à Etnobotânica focando comunidades praticantes de religiões matriz africana no Brasil. Foram consultados artigos científicos publicados período 2010 e 2021 nas bases dados Google Acadêmico, Scielo, Scopus Web of Science. Para buscas, foram utilizadas seguintes combinações palavras-chave: plantas medicinais, Candomblé, Umband...

Plants still form the bases of traditional medicine system and that plant-based systems continue to play an essential role in healthcare for over 80% world population. An ethnomedicinal survey was conducted document use medicinal plants treatment COVID-19 symptoms Northern-Senatorial district Kano. Information generated from 26- practitioners, 50 herb sellers 20-elderly people. The information ...

Background & Aim: Kazeroon, with an area of about 4060 km², is situated at 110 km in the west of Shiraz, Fars province, Iran. This area is important for plant biodiversity, due to the presence of some important habitats such as international Lake of Parishan in the southeast, woodlands of Quercus persica in the east and branches of Shahpoor river in the west of the region. Therefore, f...

We established sterile clones of a medicinal plant dragonhead Dracocephalum charkeviczii Prob. (Lamiaceae). used shoots the plants from natural habitat, notably leaf nodes with axillary bud, as explants, sterilized explants in 0.1 % Diocide for 4 minutes and cultivated them on agarized nutrient half-strength MS medium vitamins, 2 sucrose, 0.4 agar, 1 mg/l indolylbutyric acid (IBA), or 0.5 1.0 6...