We analyzed ethnobotanical data on Kansas plants to evaluate differences among families for medicinal uses by Native Americans. We compared three different statistical methods used in previous ethnobotanical studies for use in our Native Medicinal Plant Research Program, which seeks to determine which plant families are more likely to contain species with medicinal compounds. The three approach...

This article contains data on in vitro antimycobacterial activity and cytotoxicity of hydroethanolic crude extracts from five selected medicinal plant species traditionally used to treat tuberculosis in Ghanaian ethnomedicine, see "Medicinal plants used to treat TB in Ghana" [1]. The interpretation and discussion of these data and further extensive insights into drug discovery against tuberculo...

The tribal community known as Kaani dwelling in the Papanasam forests of Tamilnadu attribute a variety of medicinal properties to a shrub called Kuravankanamooli. It is practically employed as an universal remedy in their life. The name Kuravankandamooli and the medicinal virtues atrributed to the plant are found to be new to the records of medicinal plants of Tamilnadu. This contribution prese...

tribulus terrestris is a herbal remedy which is used for various purposes in folk medicine. it has been used as tonic, aphrodisiac, astringent, analgesic, stomachic, anti-hypertensive, diuretic and urinary anti-septic. it is about 30 to 70cm high; it grows as a summer annual, has pinnately compound leaves, yellow flowers and stellate shaped carpel fruits. since the past decades, some plants hav...

background & aim: medicinal plants can be a good replacement for common cancer treatment including chemotherapy, radiation therapy and surgery because they don’t have many side effects. the aim of this study was to investigate the effect of temperature on the free radical scavenging in the presence of medicinal plants. experimental: for determination of free radical scavenging activity was...

BACKGROUND This paper reflects the empirical findings of an ethnobotanical survey which was undertaken in Patriata (New Murree) of district Rawalpindi in Pakistan. The aims and objectives of the study were to document indigenous knowledge of plants particularly of medicinal, veterinary, fruit, vegetable, fodder, fuel etc. METHODS For this purpose, the whole area was surveyed for documenting f...

BACKGROUND The "horchata" is a herbal mixture infusion consumed in Southern Ecuador. It remains unknown how vendors group the plant species to sell them at traditional markets. This research documented the following: 1) a list of medicinal plant species sold for the drink; 2) the culturally important medicinal plant species; 3) the agreement among vendors regarding the medicinal plants species ...

abstract soil contamination by heavy metals is yet one of the most important environmental concerns. among heavy metals, nickel and cadmium have dangerous influences on human, animals and plants. the objective of this study was to derive a new model for simultaneous phytoextraction of ni and cd from contaminated soils. consequently, a macroscopic model was derived by combining yield reduction f...

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...