MEDDB: A medicinal plant database developed with the information gathered from tribal people in and around Madurai, Tamil Nadu

Mary, John Asnet; Priyadharshini, Karuppiah Chandran; Amal, Gurusamy Prabakaran; Ramya, Gunasekaran; Nithya, Radhakrishnan; Ambika, Morkondam Balasubramanian; Shenbagarathai, Rajaiah

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“…In forested regions such as in the tropics, local communities or indigenous peoples have a strong connection and play an essential role in forest management using the ethnobotanical knowledge and practice they always do (Mary et al 2012;Ningthoujam et al 2012;Balilla et al 2013;Thakar et al 2015;Alzina 2017;Andrade et al 2017). If there are changes to forest areas, it will affect the loss of traditional knowledge, and forest resources are no longer sustainable (Pieroni et al 2014).…”

Section: The Ethnobotany Of Medicinal Plants Used By Dayak Tribementioning

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Review: Traditional knowledge of the Dayak Tribes (Borneo) in the use of medicinal plants

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Abstract. Az-Zahra FR, Sari NLW, Saputry R, Nugroho GD, Sunarto, Pribadi T, Setyawan AD. 2021. Review: Traditional knowledge of the Dayak Tribe (Borneo) in the use of medicinal plants. Biodiversitas 22: 4633-4647. Dayak is the name for the native inhabitants of the island of Borneo. The Dayak Tribe uses natural and forest products in plants as traditional medicine for health treatment. This study aims to obtain information about the utilization of medicinal plants in the Dayak Tribe. The knowledge about traditional medicine by utilizing medicinal plants has been obtained from their ancestors since ancient times and inherited from generation to generation. The use of various medicinal plants used by the Dayak Tribe has differences in terms of the part of the plant taken, how to process it, and how to use it. This is because each Dayak Sub-tribe has its role model for using these medicinal plants. For example, the leaves are used in one area, and it could be that the plant roots are used in other areas. This paper reviews the use of medicinal plants to treat various diseases by 6 Dayak sub-tribes, namely: Desa Dayak Sub-tribe (member of Iban Dayak), Jangkang Dayak Sub-tribe (member of Klemantan Dayak), Bakumpai Dayak Sub-tribe (member of OtDanum-Ngaju Dayak), Kenyah Dayak Sub-tribe (member of Apokayan Dayak), Tagol Dayak Sub-tribe (member of Murut Dayak), and Siang Dayak Sub-tribe (member of Punan Dayak). The results from 6 Dayak Sub-tribes revealed 63 families of plants from which 133 species. The family most widely used for medicinal plants, namely Euphorbiaceae, consists of 9 species, and the leaf is the most commonly used part of the plants (47%). The traditional knowledge of the Dayak Tribe in utilizing plant resources will significantly help preserve biodiversity and domestication of medicinal plants. Suppose medicinal plants are exploited more than they should. In that case, it will undoubtedly have a significant impact on their availability in the forest area, and if it continues, it will cause the extinction of certain species. This implies the importance of preserving local wisdom in the Dayak Tribe so that the use of nature is done wisely and so that it remains sustainable. By knowing the benefits of medicinal plants, Dayak Tribe will want to conserve these medicinal plants to be used in the future.

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Review: Traditional knowledge of the Dayak Tribes (Borneo) in the use of medicinal plants

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“…The research of the ethnobotany database has been done by several researchers such as; Sambhaji B Thakar, et al [7], Honglin Zhuang, et al [8], Michael B Thomas, et al [9], Sanjoy S Ningthoujam SS, et al [10,11], Vinayak Upadhya, et al [12], John A Mary, et al [13]. In developed countries, the use of information technology related to the medicinal plants that they have from the first been used, the need for data access is free and open biodiversity in general as the website; ncbi.nlm.nih.gov, sristi.org, medicinalplants.in, pfaf.org, herbmed.org, nmpb-mpdb.nic.in, globinmed.com, loc.gov, innovipb.com, herbal.web.id, etc.…”

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Ethnobotany Database: Exploring Diversity Medicinal Plants of Dayak Tribe Borneo

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Johan

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This study aimed to collect data and information of the Ethnobotany Dayak Tribe, in particular, development of the database which can be used as a media explorer for exchange information society on Borneo's biodiversity and in an attempt preserving of culture local wisdom in traditional medicine so that not extinction. Ethnobotany database collected from various scientific literature, results of report ethnobotany from Related institutions, field study, journals available in the text form, and local wisdom culture of the Dayak tribe. database system development methodology using to the software engineering framework model, with representation standard data model for taxonomic information refer to International Code of Nomenclature for algae, fungi, and plants (Melbourne Code). To date, data has been collected as many as 233 species records from 45 ethnic Dayak, with datasets; plant species, family name, identification, taxonomy ID from NCBI, geographical occurrence, plant parts used, ethnobotany importance, morphological characteristics, local name, the efficacy of medicinal plants, chemical values, distribution, locations, data sources, references, and descriptions related to the medicinal plants.

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“…suitable climates for plantation or ontology techniques in designing a database for therapeutic information retrieval (Tungkwampian et al, 2015). The latter deals with the development of herbal plant database applications allowing users to ask questions on the details of specified medicinal plants (Mary et al, 2012;Chantraket et al, 2014;Mashayekhan et al, 2016;Biswas et al, 2017;Bultum et al, 2019). Relational database management system (RDBMS) is often employed for storing primarily descriptive and graphical data (Mary et al, 2012;Bultum et al, 2019); however, they lack spatial capability, e.g.…”

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“…The latter deals with the development of herbal plant database applications allowing users to ask questions on the details of specified medicinal plants (Mary et al, 2012;Chantraket et al, 2014;Mashayekhan et al, 2016;Biswas et al, 2017;Bultum et al, 2019). Relational database management system (RDBMS) is often employed for storing primarily descriptive and graphical data (Mary et al, 2012;Bultum et al, 2019); however, they lack spatial capability, e.g. Medherb (Mason, 2002), HerbMed (Wootton, 2002), HerbMedPro (Saxton and Owen, 2005) and InPACdb (Vetrivel et al, 2009).…”

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“…Medherb (Mason, 2002), HerbMed (Wootton, 2002), HerbMedPro (Saxton and Owen, 2005) and InPACdb (Vetrivel et al, 2009). Later developments of online software packages have proposed herbal plant information management web applications managing names of herbs, their medicinal properties and images overcoming previous limitation that only allowed authorized access to data management functions (Mary et al, 2012). Since these databases compile data from various sources, including research papers and books, their contribution was much more extensive.…”

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A geospatial database management system for the collection of medicinal plants

Puttinaovarat

Horkaew

2021

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Medicinal plants are increasingly used, both for medical applications and personal healthcare. However, existing herbal database systems for plant retrieval offer only basic information and do not support real-time analysis of the spatial aspects of plantations and distribution sites. Moreover, data records are usually static and not publicly available as they rely on costly proprietary software packages. To address these shortcomings, including limiting the time needed for collection and data processing, a novel medicinal plants geospatial database management system is proposed. The system allows localization of plant sites and data presentation on an interactive heat map displaying spatial information of plants selected by the user within a specific radius from the user’s location, including automatic presentation of an itinerary giving the optimal route between user location and plant destinations selected. The approach relies on dynamic and role-based data management, an interactive map that includes graphics and integrated geospatial analyses thanks to cross-platform, geographical a JavaScript library and Google API. Both spatial data and attributes are available in real time. The system would support effective collaboration, among herb farmers, government agencies, private investors, healthcare professionals and the general public with regard to various aspects of medicinal plants and their applications.

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MEDDB: A medicinal plant database developed with the information gathered from tribal people in and around Madurai, Tamil Nadu

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Review: Traditional knowledge of the Dayak Tribes (Borneo) in the use of medicinal plants

Ethnobotany Database: Exploring Diversity Medicinal Plants of Dayak Tribe Borneo

A geospatial database management system for the collection of medicinal plants

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