Diversity, Distribution, Indigenous Uses and Conservation of the Medicinal Plants of Indian Himalayan Region Used in Cancer

Samant, S. S.; Vidyarthi, Shalini; Pant, Shreekar; Sharma, Sheetal; Marpa, Sunil

doi:10.1080/09766901.2011.11884732

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“…Due to over-harvesting and habitat degradation, nearly, 20 % reduction in its natural population was noticed in last decade [1]. As the result, the herb has become vulnerable [3] and also listed in near threatened category of the essential oil bearing plants [4].…”

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Effect of Pre-sowing Treatments on Seed Germination Behavior of Hedychium spicatum Buch.-Ham ex Smith

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Bhandari

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Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci., India, Sect. B Biol. Sci.

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Propagation through seeds is considered useful for maintaining of genetic diversity. Seed germination behavior of a threatened species, Hedychium spicatum in relation to different plant growth regulators (PGRs) was studied under mist chamber conditions. Duration of presowing of seeds in different concentrations of different PGRs was observed to have important role in improving seed germination and help in reducing mean germination time. Among various treatments, incubation of seeds in indole-acetic acid (100 lg ml -1 ) for 24 h showed highest germination of 95.83 ± 3.6 % with mean germination time of 84.00 ± 7.0 days. On the contrary non-treated seeds exhibited only 37.50-60.42 % germination. Imbibition by the seeds was fast in first 2 h and then it increased gradually up to 24 h thus confirming that 24 h is sufficient to imbibe the PGRs. PGRs are also found useful in reducing time for initiation of germination, time for maximum germination, mean germination time and germination rate. The result recommends indole-acetic acid (concentration of 100 lg ml -1 ) with 24 h of pre-sowing incubation for better germination.

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Effect of Pre-sowing Treatments on Seed Germination Behavior of Hedychium spicatum Buch.-Ham ex Smith

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Negi

Bhandari

et al. 2015

Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci., India, Sect. B Biol. Sci.

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“…Hara and co-workers have estimated there to be around 6000 species of higher plants in Nepal, including 303 species endemic to Nepal and 1957 species restricted to the Himalayan range [2,3,4]. The Indian Himalaya is home to more than 8000 species of vascular plants [5] of which 1748 are known for their medicinal properties [6]. …”

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Himalayan Aromatic Medicinal Plants: A Review of their Ethnopharmacology, Volatile Phytochemistry, and Biological Activities

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2016

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Aromatic plants have played key roles in the lives of tribal peoples living in the Himalaya by providing products for both food and medicine. This review presents a summary of aromatic medicinal plants from the Indian Himalaya, Nepal, and Bhutan, focusing on plant species for which volatile compositions have been described. The review summarizes 116 aromatic plant species distributed over 26 families.

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“…The preservation of indigenous knowledge has become an urgent need for the society. In the IHR, a number of studies have been carried out on the documentation of medicinal plants diversity (e.g., Jain 1991; Maikhuri et al 1998;Samant et al 1998;Chauhan 1999;Joshi et al 1999;Sood et al 2001;Dhar et al 2002;Samant & Pal 2003;Seth & Jaswal 2004;Rawat 2005;Rawat & Garg 2005;Kala 2006;Samant & Pant 2006;Uniyal et al 2006;Samant et al 2007Samant et al , 2011Rawat et al 2009;Singh et al 2009;Semwal et al 2010). In general, studies on medicinal plants in the Kullu district have been carried out on diversity, distribution pattern, and indigenous uses (Singh 2004;Boktapa & Sharma 2010;Rana & Samant 2011a, etc.…”

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Traditional and indigenous uses of medicinal plants by local residents in Himachal Pradesh, North Western Himalaya, India

Vidyarthi

Samant

Sharma

2013

International Journal of Biodiversity Science, Ecosystem Servic

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In the hilly areas of Indian Himalaya, the inhabitants largely depend on plants for curing various diseases. The indigenous knowledge and traditional practices of medicinal plants are vanishing fast. Therefore, we aimed to document indigenous uses of some important medicinal plants of Kullu district; analyze distribution pattern, nativity and endemism of these medicinal plants; and suggest conservation strategies. We recorded information on 75 species of medicinal plants. The recorded species represent trees (12 spp.), shrubs (15), herbs (47), and fungi (1). Of these, 29 medicinal plants were native, 1 endemic, 11 near-endemic, and 46 non-native. Of all species, various plant parts such as leaves (32 spp.), roots (29), tubers (2), seeds (8), fruits (10), flowers (8), fruiting body (1), bark (8), stem (3), and wood (2) were used in curing various diseases. We recommend further studies on habitat ecology of the species, mass multiplication of commercially viable species through conventional and in vitro methods, and their establishment in the in situ and ex situ conditions. Furthermore, it is important to develop farming techniques of commercially viable species and disseminate knowledge among stakeholders through education and awareness raising.

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Diversity, Distribution, Indigenous Uses and Conservation of the Medicinal Plants of Indian Himalayan Region Used in Cancer

Cited by 41 publications

References 6 publications

Effect of Pre-sowing Treatments on Seed Germination Behavior of Hedychium spicatum Buch.-Ham ex Smith

Effect of Pre-sowing Treatments on Seed Germination Behavior of Hedychium spicatum Buch.-Ham ex Smith

Himalayan Aromatic Medicinal Plants: A Review of their Ethnopharmacology, Volatile Phytochemistry, and Biological Activities

Traditional and indigenous uses of medicinal plants by local residents in Himachal Pradesh, North Western Himalaya, India

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