Moringa oleifera is an interesting plant for its use in bioactive compounds. In this manuscript, we review studies concerning the cultivation and production of moringa along with genetic diversity among different accessions and populations. Different methods of propagation, establishment and cultivation are discussed. Moringa oleifera shows diversity in many characters and extensive morphologic...

An ethnobiological field study on food plants and medicinal foods traditionally consumed in three Arbëresh (ethnic Albanian) communities in northern Lucania (southern Italy) document approximately 120 botanical taxa used for these purposes. Non-domesticated food vegetables (liakra), mostly gathered during the spring season, play a central role as traditional functional food. Quantitative ethnob...

Asparagus racemosus is an herbaceous perennial plant. It is the most important rasayana herb in Ayurvedic medicine which grows in low forest areas throughout India. Their medicinal usages have been reported in indigenous systems of medicine, Indian and British Pharmacopoeias. In Ayurveda, A. racemosus has been used extensively as an adaptogen to increase the non-specific resistance of organisms...

According to WHO, about three-quarters of the world population rely upon traditional medicine (TM) mainly herbs for the healthcare. Apparently all primitive peoples used herbs-often in a sophisticated way. By the middle of the 19th century at least 80% of all medicines were derived from herbs. Then came the revolution inspired by the development of the pharmaceutical industry and synthetic drug...

According to WHO, about three-quarters of the world population rely upon traditional medicine (TM) mainly herbs for the healthcare. Apparently all primitive peoples used herbs-often in a sophisticated way. By the middle of the 19th century at least 80% of all medicines were derived from herbs. Then came the revolution inspired by the development of the pharmaceutical industry and synthetic drug...

this manuscript is the result of ethnobotany and ethnopharmacology survey on the hezar mountain in se of iran. traditional botanical medicine is the primary mode of healthcare for most of the population of this region. the plants were collected in and around hezar mountain from 2008-2010. the authors have conducted an interview of total 75 informants; the traditional uses of 92 species belongin...