Study Of Ethnomedicinal Plants Used By The Local People Of Feni District, Bangladesh

Ethnobotanical investigation on traditional medicinal plants used by Santal tribal people of Nawabganj upazila of Dinajpur district, Bangladesh was documented. Frequent field trips were made during January to December 2018 to record ethnobotanical data by interviewing Santals of various age group, mostly ranging between 20-76 years, including the traditional healers. A total of 105 plant species under 97 genera belonging to 57 families were recorded which are used by the Santals for the treatment of 67 ailments. Out of these plant species 44% belonged to herbs, 28% trees, 18% shrubs, 10% climbers. In herbal formulations, leaves were found to be mostly used (29%) followed by roots (12%), fruits (12%), whole plant (10%), seeds (9%), barks (9%), stems (5%), flowers (4%), latex (2%), rhizomes (2%), petioles (2%), gums (2%), bulbs (1%), tubers (1%), pods (1%) and buds (1%). The Santal medicinal wealth have been presented with scientific name, family, Bangla name, Santal name, part(s) used, ailments to be treated and formulations. This study also provides data on diversity, distribution and habitats for conservation and prioritization of the medicinal plants.

Section: Resultssupporting

confidence: 92%

Ethnomedicinal uses of plants by Santal Tribal peoples at Nawabganj upazila of Dinajpur district, Bangladesh

Khatun¹,

Rahman²

2019

“…Compared with previous research (Ghani, 2003;Uddin et al, 2006Uddin et al, , 2012Uddin et al, , 2014Uddin et al, , 2015Uddin et al, , 2017Haque et al 2017;Sajib and Uddin, 2013;Uddin et al, 2013) Hylocereus undatus, Alternanthera paronychioides and Lactuca sativa seem to be newly reported medicinal plants for cardiovascular diseases treatment . Among the three plant species Lactuca sativa and Hylocereus undatus are not native to Bangladesh but local people used these plants for cardiovascular diseases.…”

Section: Resultsmentioning

confidence: 71%

“…Terminallia bellirica is used for the treatment of heart disease and also reported for stomachache, dysentery, appetizer, anemia, fever, bronchitis, constipation, asthma, vomiting, eye & menstrual disorder (Uddin et al, 2006(Uddin et al, , 2012(Uddin et al, , 2014(Uddin et al, , 2015(Uddin et al, and 2017. Tamarindus indica is used for reducing blood pressure which is also reported from others studies from Bangladesh (Uddin et al, 2015(Uddin et al, , 2017. Rauvolfia serpentina is used for controlling high blood pressure and also used for hypertension, mental disorder, stomach ache and gastric (Islam et al, 2014;Roy et al, 2008;Uddin et al, 2004).…”

Section: Resultsmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…Tamarindus indica is reported for controlling high blood pressure. This plant is also reported for the treatment of reducing pressure, diarrhea, dysentery, appetizer, constipation, impotence, abscess and jaundice (Khan et al, 2002;Uddin et al, 2012Uddin et al, , 2015Uddin et al, , 2017. Different parts of plant affect the LDL oxidation and macrophage inflammatory response and also nephrotoxic effects and also having antipsychotic potential helpful in preventing delaying clot formation and have immunostimulant activity (Narendra and Khurana, 2018).…”

Section: Resultsmentioning

confidence: 99%

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Ethnomedicinal plants for prevention of cardiovascular diseases in Bangladesh

Uddin¹,

Rifat²,

Mitu³

et al. 2019

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Cardiovascular diseases (CVD) are the major causes of death globally. The treatment of CVD by using modern medicines is very expensive. The present article mainly focuses the ethnomedicinal plants used by the local people for the prevention of cardiovascular diseases in Bangladesh. Information on the ethnomedicinal uses of plants was collected using semi-structured interviews with key informants during the year of2017 and 2018. Group discussion with local people was also conducted for the promotion of data collection. A total of 41 medicinal plant species was recorded for the prevention of cardiovascular diseases. These species belong to 30 families. The most frequently used medicinal plant species for the prevention of cardiovascular diseases were Terminalia arjuna (Roxb. ex DC.) Wight & Arn., Terminalia bellirica (Gaertn.) Roxb., Terminaliachebula Retz., Allium sativum L., Tamarindus indica L. and Alternanthera sessilis (L.) R. Br. ex Roem. Informant consensus factor (Fic) has been calculated to determine the agreement of local people in the use of medicinal plants for the CVD. Among the ailments categories high Fic value was found in case of antioxidant followed by heartache, high blood pressure and blood purifier. Comparing with previous research Hylocereus undatus (Haw.) Briton and Rose, Alternanthera paronychioides Klotzsch ex Koch and Lactuca sativa L. were seem to be newly reported medicinal plants for the prevention of cardiovascular diseases in Bangladesh. The plant species with high citation, Fic and Fl values can be subjected to phytochemical investigation to find new class of active compounds for the treatment of cardiovascular diseases. The findings of the present study are very preliminary. Further long term studies are needed to validate the ethnomedicinal plants used by the local people for the prevention of cardiovascular diseases in Bangladesh.

“…These six species are very popular and in some cases are sold in the market for diabetes management. Gynura (Gynura nepalensis) also called diabetic plant was reported as new record from Bangladesh (Uddin et al 2015). As Gynura proved to be an ethnomedicinal plant species for diabetes management, plantlets of this species is sold in the local market.…”

Section: Resultsmentioning

confidence: 99%

Ethnomedicinal study focusing on anti-diabetic plants used by the people living in and around Dhaka

Uddin

Mitu

Rifat

et al. 2019

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The present article mainly focused on the ethnomedicinal plants used by the community living in and around Dhaka to manage the diabetes. Ethnomedicinal data were collected using semi-structured interviews with key informants during June 2017 to July 2018 followed by field interviews, plant interviews, checklist interviews and group discussion techniques. A total of 92 ethnomedicinal plant species under 46 families have been documented. These species were used to treat 55 ailments through 200 formularies. Herbs are the most common medicinal plants in the study area followed by trees, shrubs and climbers. Leaf is mostly used for the preparation of herbal medicine. Among the total 92 ethnomedicinal plants, 11 species have been used for diabetes management by the community people. Disease category diabetes showed maximum factor informantconsensus value. Most cited ethnomedicinal plant species for the diabetes management are Gynura nepalensis DC., Coccinia grandis L. Voigt, Aloe vera (L.) Burm. f., Syzygium cumini (L.) Skeels, Swietenia mahagoni (L.) Jacq., Momordica dioica Roxb. ex. Willd., Catharanthus roseus (L.) G. Don, Streblus asper Lour., Bryophyllum pinnatum (Lamk.) Oken, Tamarindus indica L. and Scoparia dulcis L. The results in the present study for diabetes management were very preliminary and based on which sound conclusion was not possible. Further ethnopharmacological study is very essential on such species to validate their efficacy in the management of diabetes. Our findings also provide baseline data to establish a connection between the traditional users of medicinal plants and scientific communities, which can be substantial in novel drug discovery. Furthermore, ethnomedicinal data is of significant value for conservation managers and policy makers for sustainable management of ethnomedicinal plant species, which are under threat due to rapid urbanization.