Diversity and perception of medicinal plants used by the Costa Rican population

Anti-inflammatory activity of aqueous extracts of five Costa Rican medicinal plants in Sprague-Dawley rats.

The anti-inflammatory properties of Loasa speciosa and Loasa triphylla (Loasaceae), Urtica leptuphylla and Urera baccifera (Urticaceae), and Chaptalia nutans (Asteracene) were studied using the carregeenan induced rat paw edema model. Aqueous extracts of each plant were made according to the ethnobotanical use. The hippocratic assay was made with female rats; the dose used was 500 mg/kg i.p. an...

Collection and identification of medicinal plants used by the indigenous people of Mobarakeh (Isfahan), southwestern Iran

Background & Aim: Knowledge of the traditional application of plants is declining faster than the plants themselves; this study was conducted to record and store the local knowledge and cultural outcomes for using the medicinal plants in treating diseases in Mobarakeh region, Isfahan, Iran. Experimental: This study has done based on applying the desert survey, information of local people, and ...

Collection and identification of medicinal plants used by the indigenous people of Mobarakeh (Isfahan), southwestern Iran

Background & Aim: Knowledge of the traditional application of plants is declining faster than the plants themselves; this study was conducted to record and store the local knowledge and cultural outcomes for using the medicinal plants in treating diseases in Mobarakeh region, Isfahan, Iran. Experimental: This study has done based on applying the desert survey, information of local people, and ...

Phytochemical screening of Costa Rican plants: alkaloid analysis. IV.

Some Medicinal Plants Used by the Tribals of Koraput, Orissa

This paper deals with the ethnobotanical observations of the tribals of Koraput district of Orissa. About 49 species of plants and their mode of usage are mentioned.