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...

BACKGROUND An ethnobotanical study of medicinal plants was conducted in Ada'a District, Eastern Shewa Zone of Oromia Regional State of Ethiopia. The objective of the study was to identify and document medicinal plants and the associated ethnobotanical/ethnomedicinal knowledge of the local people. METHODS Relevant ethnobotanical data focused on medicinal plants and traditional herbal medicines...

BACKGROUND Psoriasis is a frequent skin inflammatory disorder that inflicts millions of patients around the globe. To meet their healthcare needs, patients with psoriasis often seek treatment outside the allopathic paradigm. Use of medicinal plants has emerged as one of the most common and preferred modalities of complementary and alternative medicine (CAM). The aim of this study was to investi...

AIM This study aimed to document the traditional knowledge of medicinal plants and antimicrobial validation of Thespesia populnea used by Yanadi tribe of Chittoor district, Andhra Pradesh, India. MATERIALS AND METHODS The study was mainly focused on documentation of medicinal plants used by Yanadi tribe to treat different diseases with a standard questionnaire. These plants were cross-checked...

OBJECTIVE To record the medicinal plants of Uthapuram Village, Madurai district, Tamilnadu, South India for the first time and the usage of these medicinal plants to remediate the diseases among the peoples. METHODS Explorative field trips were made to the village for about twelve months from April 2012 to May 2013 to survey the medicinal plants and collect the information from the villagers....

In the developing countries of tropical regions, mycotic infections are common cause of skin diseases.The use of medicinal plants in the treatment of skin diseases including mycotic infections is an age-old practice in many parts of the world. The drugs used against dermatophytosis have several side effects, but limited efficacy. There is therefore a distinct need for discovery of new, safer an...

the ethnobotany of the medicinal plants of alamut region is important in understanding the cultures and traditions of alamut people. this study documents 16 medicinal plant species, most commonly used by the indigenous people of alamut region (ghazvin province), northwest, iran. the botanical name, family name, vernacular name, part used, and the application of the plants have been provided in ...

objective(s)                                                                                                                                                                               aim of the present study was to screen the antibacterial activities of some medicinal plants extracts traditionally used in azarbaijan area (iran). materials and methods thirty-six extracts obtained from differ...

iran has a long history in the use of medicinal plants and traditional medicine. local people in the villages, especially the elderly, have useful information about health benefits and how to use these plants. therefore, it seems that collecting and recording this information leads to the revival of this traditional knowledge. the current research is an ethnobotanical study on the medicinal pla...

background and objectives: attenuated total reflectance-inferared (atr-ir) spectra can be used as a non-invasive fingerprinting approach in quality control of herbal samples. methods: twenty versatile herbal samples were subjected to attenuated total reflectance-inferared (atr-ir) spectroscopy followed by different clustering methods in order to determine by which method more reasonable classif...