Ethnoveterinary remedies of diseases among milk yielding animals in Kathua, Jammu and Kashmir, India

Herbal medicine commonly used against non-communicable diseases in the tropical island of Mauritius

“…Plants used against cardiovascular diseases and anaemia scored low UV value. Nonetheless, plants with low UVs are not necessarily unimportant, but having low use values indicate that traditional knowledge about them is at risk of not being transmitted and that it may be gradually disappearing, or it may be attributed to the scarcity of plant species (Sharma et al, 2012). For instance, T. aestivum showed a low citation in the present study for its medicinal use against CVD although its beneficial effects have already been shown in previous studies Mujoriya, 2011).…”

“…Out of 30 plants reported (distributed over 22 families), Asteraceae, Fabaceae and Rutaceae were found to be the most represented families with the highest number of species (three species each) closely followed by Laminaceae (two species) and the remaining 18 families were represented by only one species each. The possible reason for some families of plants being used extensively can be explained by the fact that in the tropical regions there is a tendency for few families of flora to dominate the pharmacopoeia as suggested by Sharma et al (2012). In accordance with these results, Gurib-Fakim (2006) has also reported Asteraceae, Rutaceae and Laminaceae as being important families that have contributed molecules/drugs of importance.…”

Ethnoveterinary health management practices using medicinal plants in South Asia – a review

“…We have listed out 276 different South Asian plant species based on available ethnoveterinary surveys (Adnan et al 2014;Ahmed and Murtaza, 2015;Dilshad et al 2008;Nair and Punniamurthy, 2016;Farooq et al 2008;Ghotge et al 2002;Githiori et al 2004;Khan and Hanif 2006;Nair and Chanda, 2008;Parthiban et al 2016;Phondani et al 2010;Raziq et al 2010;Sharma et al 2012;Sharma and Manhas 2015;Ul Haq et al 2011;Upadhyay et al 2011;Verma 2014) among others ( Table 1). Most of the respondents were farmers, shepherds, housewives, and herbalists who were familiar with livestock problems and use of conventional recipes.…”

Observations on traditional usage of ethnomedicinal plants in humans and animals of Kangra and Chamba districts of Himachal Pradesh in North-Western Himalaya, India

“…The F ic was calculated as F ic = (N ur -N t )/ (N ur -1) where, N ur is the number of use reports for a particular use category and N t is the number of species used for a particular use category by all informants. F ic values are low if plants are chosen randomly or if there is no exchange of information about their use among informants, and approach one (1) if information is exchanged between informants (Gazzaneo et al, 2005;Sharma et al, 2012). Because many plant species may be used in the same use category, it is interesting to determine the most preferred species used in treatment of particular ailment (Musa et al, 2011), which can be done with the fidelity level (Fl%) (Friedman et al, 1986).…”