This atudy was designed to evaluate the antifungal and cytotoxic activities of the Nannorrhops ritchiana (Mazari Palm) 80% methanol extract (NR-M) and its four crude extracts i.e., petroleum ether (NR-A), dichloromethane (NR-B), ethyl acetate (NR-C) and butanol (NR-D). The antifungal activity was determined by agar tube dilution method against nine fungal strains; Aspergillus flavus, Trichophyt...

An ethnobotanical field study focusing on traditional wild food botanical taxa was carried out in Kaniguram, South Waziristan, Pakistan, among Ormur (or Burki or Baraki) peoples, which represent a diasporic minority group, as well the surrounding Pashtuns. Through sixty semi-structured interviews, fifty-two plants (taxa) were recorded, and they primarily used raw snacks cooked vegetables. Compa...

Objective: Medicinal plants are used for treatment of ailments throughout rural and urban areas of the world. Such use of plants varies from one region to another and is measured using quantitative techniques. The current research which was conducted from March to October 2015, is the first explorative study of medicinal plants used by inhabitants of lower Kurram, Kurram agency, Pakistan. Mater...

Background: Nannorrhops baluchestanica Khodash is a recently introduced shrubby species belonging to the family Arecaceae, distributed in Southeast Iran. Objectives: The antioxidant and antimicrobial potentials of this endemic plant were studied. Methods: seeds fruits N. collected from natural population Shark village, 2,2-diphenyl-1-picrylhydrazyl (DPPH) free radical scavenging activity their ...

Flood-proximate communities are the most affected from destructions caused by floods occurring almost every year in Pakistan. The people these areas, due to frequent natural calamities, usually have poor economic conditions. These mainly rely on conventional income-generating strategies i.e. agriculture, fishing, daily wages etc. But disasters, methods end up yielding least profit, thus differe...