Traditional medicine is the synthesis of therapeutic experience of generations of practicing physicians of indigenous systems of medicine. Throughout the history of mankind, many infectious diseases have been treated with herbals. The traditional medicine is increasingly solicited through the tradipractitioners and herbalists in the treatment of infectious diseases. Among the remedies used, pla...

Masłosz Parka Vitellaria paradoxa jest rośliną, która należy do rodziny sączyńcowatych Sapotaceae i występuje w Afryce Subsaharyjskiej. Wykazuje wiele zastosowań, a najbardziej popularna ze względu na tłuszcz otrzymywany z owoców. Nazywasię go masłem shea wykorzystuje m.in. jako surowiec kosmetyczny. Dzięki obecności licznych substancji biologicznie czynnych masło ma szereg dobroczynnych właści...

Herbal medicine is still the mainstay of about 75 – 80% of the world’s population in the developing countries for primary health care. Madhuca longifolia (Mahua) Syn. Madhuca indica (Sapotaceae) commonly known as Butter nut tree is an economic plant growing throughout the subtropical region of the Indo – Pak subcontinent. Extensive studies show the presence of secondary metabolites like sapogen...

Pollen analysis on a sediment core from a mangrove area in southeastern Mexico was discussed and aspects of paleoecology, ecology and conservation were considered. The core spans the last 4000 years and evidences changes in a Rhizophora mangle dominated system. Between 3900 and 3500 cal yr BP, pollen data indicate higher levels of precipitation. Between 3600 and 3300 cal yr BP tropical forest n...

Classifications of the pantropical plant family Sapotaceae based solely on morphology have historically recognized between 125 and 53 genera. Phylogenetic analyses using molecular data repeatedly demonstrated that broad concepts two large genera belonging to subfamily Chrysophylloideae, Chrysophyllum Pouteria, are untenable their narrowed delimitations restricted them Neotropics. A recent phylo...