Ethnopharmacology, indigenous collection and preservation techniques of some frequently used medicinal plants of Utror and Gabral, district Swat, Pakistan

Hamayun, Muhammad; Afzal, Sobia; Khan, Mir Ajab

doi:10.4314/ajtcam.v3i2.31158

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“…This finding is up to some extent in accordance with earlier findings (Hamayun et al 2006; Khan et al 2012). Gender wise, men especially old ones had more traditional knowledge about medicinal plants and their uses than females (Lulekal et al 2013).…”

Section: Proportion Of Informants For Folk Medicinal Knowledgesupporting

confidence: 83%

Study of indigenous/traditional medicinal plant knowledge-An endeavour towards new drug discovery.

Lone¹,

Bhardwaj²,

Bahar³

2015

Afr. J. Trad. Compl. Alt. Med.

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The documentation and phytochemical screening of medicinal plants has been an important way over the years for the discovery of new drugs and pharmaceutical products. Bandipora, one of the northern districts of Kashmir, India, is rich in ethnic and biological diversity. Owing to increasing demand and subsequent pressure on medicinal plants, it is highly imperative to document their traditional uses, understand their distribution and diversity, and highlight their availability in their natural habitats. To this end, the present study was carried out to elicit a firsthand wealth of information on the traditional medicinal uses of plants practiced by the local populace of this remote district. Material and Methods: Frequent field trips and plant collections were made between March 2011 to October 2012 and the methods used to gather ethnomedicinal data included semi-structured interviews, focus group discussions and walk-in-the-woods with local knowledgeable elders, traditional practitioners (Bhoeris) and tribals (Gujjars and Bakkerwals). The collected data was analyzed with three quantitative tools viz. the informant consensus factor (F ic ), fidelity level (FL) and use value (UV). Results: A total of 131 plant species belonging to 120 genera and 59 different families were found to be used as remedies for curing various human and livestock ailments. Out of 131 species, angiosperms comprised the highest number (124 species) followed by pteridophytes (4 species) and gymnosperms (3 species). Two dominant families were Asteraceae (16 species) and Lamiaceae (9 species). The highest informant's consensus factor (F ic ) value was 0.95 for insect stings, followed by dermatological, hair ailments, anticancer/tumor (0.90 each), which indicated best agreement among informant knowledge on medicinal plant used to treat ailments in these categories while the lowest F ic value of liver disorders and fever (0.63 each) indicated less agreement among informant knowledge on medicinal plant used to treat ailments in these categories. The 100% FL was expressed by 6 plant species for dermatological disorders followed by 3, 1, 1, 1 and 1 for mouth ailments, cardiovascular, joint ailments, gastrointestinal and insect stings category respectively. Use value was high for Artemisia absinthium (0.70), Cannabis sativa and Saussurea costus (0.47 each), Calendula officinalis (0.45) and Taraxacum officinale (0.39). The lowest use value was calculated for Ranunculus arvensis (0.01), with only three people reported the utility. Conclusion: Since drug discovery from medicinal plants continues to provide new and important leads against various pharmacological targets, an effort to collect medicinal plants and their associated traditional knowledge could serve an important tool for the discovery new potent compounds because if the documented plants are subjected to thorough phytochemical and pharmacological investigations, new potent leads against various pharmacological targets could definitely be discovered as there is no doubt that botanic gems are...

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Section: Proportion Of Informants For Folk Medicinal Knowledgesupporting

confidence: 83%

Study of indigenous/traditional medicinal plant knowledge-An endeavour towards new drug discovery.

Lone¹,

Bhardwaj²,

Bahar³

2015

Afr. J. Trad. Compl. Alt. Med.

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“…In the absence of a credible programme for cultivation of medicinal plants, 85 % of the herbs are still collected from the wild (Hamayun et al 2006). The unplanned practice of collection is leading to rapid depletion of valuable raw material.…”

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confidence: 99%

“…The herb is in demand for the treatment of gout, rheumatism, palsy and amenorrhoea (Anonymous 1985). Locally the leaves help in curing headache, pimples, measles, stomach acidity, burns, boils, jaundice, hypertension and sore throat (Hamayun et al 2006) and as blood purifier. Singh et al (2006) have reported expectorant, antiinflammatory and anti-cancerous properties of A. bracteosa.…”

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confidence: 99%

Micropropagation of Ajuga bracteosa, a medicinal herb

Kaul

Das

Srivastava

2013

Physiol Mol Biol Plants

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For conservation and genetic transformation, a successful in vitro micropropagation protocol for Ajuga bracteosa, a medicinal herb has been established for the first time. MS medium supplemented with IAA (2 mg/L) and BA (5 mg/L) induced 100 % shoot regeneration with an average of 41.4 shoots of 8.4 cm per culture. Excised in vitro shoots when transferred to MS + IBA (0.5 mg/L) produced 20 roots/shoot of 20.2 cm average length in 100 % cultures. Of the three explants, leaf, petiole and root, leaf displayed quickest response followed by petiole while root was the slowest. Hardening of plantlets was achieved with 82 % survival. The hardened plants were maintained in pots with garden soil under controlled (Temp. 25±2°C) conditions. RAPD exhibited genetic fidelity with 100 % monomorphism in regenerants.

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“…I. heterantha locally known as ghoreja or kainthaye (in Pashtho), Jangli methi (in Urdu) and Himalayan Indigo (in English) extensively spread in Northern regions of Pakistan and possessing high medicinal importance in the indigenous system of medicine. It is a shrub of 30 to 60 cm tall and the leaves are imparipinnately compound, while the fruits are long cylindrical 1.5 cm with 10-12 seeds [4]. I. heterantha is used as herbal medicine as well as folk medicine to treat gastrointestinal disorder and abdominal pain [4].…”

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“…It is a shrub of 30 to 60 cm tall and the leaves are imparipinnately compound, while the fruits are long cylindrical 1.5 cm with 10-12 seeds [4]. I. heterantha is used as herbal medicine as well as folk medicine to treat gastrointestinal disorder and abdominal pain [4]. I. heterantha roots showed antioxidant, free radical scavenging activity and antidiabetic activity using Glucose uptake in yeast cells assay [5].…”

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Isolation and Biological Activity of β-Sitosterol and Stigmasterol from the Roots of Indigofera heterantha

Zeb¹,

Khan²,

Rahman³

et al. 2017

PPIJ

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In the ongoing phytochemical studies the roots of Medicinal plant known as Indigofera heterantha were investigated phytochemicaly in order to explore its medicinal potential. The ethyl acetate fraction was subjected to column chromatography which resulted in the isolation and purification of two new source compounds known as β-sitosterol (1) and Stigmasterol (2). The structures of these compounds were established by using Mass Spectrometry. The structures of these compounds were further authenticated by comparison with the literature data. The isolated pure compounds were screened for antidiabetic and membrane stabilizing activities. The antidiabetic activity of β-sitosterol (1) was measured on the basis of the glucose uptake in yeast cells. The results obtained revealed that β-sitosterol (1) exhibited significantly antidiabetic activity at all glucose concentrations with minimum increase 66.48% at 10µg/ml and maximum increase 74.46% at 80μg/ml glucose concentration. The Stigmasterol (2) showed good membrane stabilizing activity in HRBC, the minimum stabilization 62.74% at 10μg/ml and maximum stabilization 65.19% at 40μg/ml. These results showed that this plant is very important from medical point of view and it needs further phytochemical investigation to explore its hidden medicinal potential.

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Ethnopharmacology, indigenous collection and preservation techniques of some frequently used medicinal plants of Utror and Gabral, district Swat, Pakistan

Cited by 33 publications

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Study of indigenous/traditional medicinal plant knowledge-An endeavour towards new drug discovery.

Study of indigenous/traditional medicinal plant knowledge-An endeavour towards new drug discovery.

Micropropagation of Ajuga bracteosa, a medicinal herb

Isolation and Biological Activity of β-Sitosterol and Stigmasterol from the Roots of Indigofera heterantha

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