AIM This study aimed to document the traditional knowledge of medicinal plants and antimicrobial validation of Thespesia populnea used by Yanadi tribe of Chittoor district, Andhra Pradesh, India. MATERIALS AND METHODS The study was mainly focused on documentation of medicinal plants used by Yanadi tribe to treat different diseases with a standard questionnaire. These plants were cross-checked...

Medicinal plants have been used in healthcare since time immemorial. Studies have been carried out globally to verify their efficacy and some of the findings have led to the production of plant-based medicines. The global market value of medicinal plant products exceeds $100 billion per annum. This paper discusses the role, contributions and usefulness of medicinal plants in tackling the diseas...

Herbal medicine is not only easy accessible at low prices for primary health care, but also can serve as valuable reservoir for pharmacological drug development [1]. Remarkably, a majority of the world’s population cannot afford the costs for western-style drugs. This is especially true for Third World countries. Hence, it does not come as a surprise that traditional medicines are far distribut...

BACKGROUND Although, medicinal plants have been important for women's health historically, the knowledge about such use during pregnancy in developing countries is limited. This is the first quantitative, ethnobotanical study on Malian women's use of and attitudes towards the use of medicinal plants during pregnancy. The aim of the study was to describe Malian women's use of medicinal plants du...

Medicinal and industrial properties of phytochemicals (e.g. glycyrrhizin) from the root of Glycyrrhiza uralensis (licorice plant) made it an attractive, multimillion-dollar trade item. Bioengineering is one of the solutions to overcome such high market demand and to protect plants from extinction. Unfortunately, limited genomic information on medicinal plants restricts their research and thus b...

ISSN 1430-95X 1 August 2004 Revision of the “WHO/IUCN/WWF Guidelines on the Conservation of Medicinal Plants” – Wolfgang Kathe & Alan Pierce . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54 WHO releases Guidelines on Good Agricultural and Collection Practices (GACP) for medicinal plants – Alan Pierce & Wolfgang Kathe . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 56 Sem...

the genus thymus l. belongs to the lamiaceae family, consist of about 215 species of herbaceous perennials and small shrubs in the world. they originated from mediterranean region. this genus is presented in iranian flora by 14 species, including: t. daenensis, t. carmanicus, t. fallax, t. persicus, t. trautvetteri, t. migricus, t. kotschyanus, t. pubesens, t. nummularius, t. transcaspicus, t. ...

background & aim: medicinal plants, since time immemorial, have been used in virtually all cultures as a source of medicine and ethnobotany has prevent to be a valuable method to find new herbal medicine and plant derived drugs. material & methods: this study determined medicinally important plants that are most frequently by the local inhabitants of sistan to treat human diseases. in ...

background: a number of medicinal plants have been used to treat various immunological diseases. nitric oxide (no) has an important regulatory role in the various types of inflammatory processes. objective: to investigate the no modulatory activity of the extracts of several medicinal plants native to iran including dracocephalum kotschyi, linum persicum, dionysia termeana, salvia mirzayanii, f...

background despite the vast use of herbal medicines in the world, little is known about their use in pregnancy and the attitudes of pregnant women regarding their safety during pregnancy. objectives the aim of this study was to evaluate the use and attitudes of pregnant women toward herbal medicine use in pregnancy in iran. materials and methods a questionnaire was completed by 400 women select...