BACKGROUND An ethnobotanical survey was conducted on the Caribbean island of Trinidad to identify medicinal plants commonly used in traditional medicine to treat a variety of medical conditions. METHODS A pilot survey was conducted to identify the top ten most common ailments where medicinal plants were used. The results of the foregoing study guided a wider national survey conducted between ...

Two novel migrated pimarane-type diterpenes named neoorthosiphols A (1) and B (2) were isolated from the water decoction of the leaves of Orthosiphon aristatus (Lamiaceae), which has been prescribed in Javanese traditional medicine (jamu) for the treatment of hypertension, etc. The absolute chemical structures have been elucidated on the basis of physicochemical properties. It has been found th...

OBJECTIVES In food industry, the inhibition of tyrosinase is very important, because this enzyme catalyzes the oxidation of phenolic compounds found in fruits and vegetables into quinones, which contribute in undesirable color and taste of fruits and vegetables. Teucrium polium L. var. gnaphalodes (Lamiaceae), a wild-growing flowering plant that has many applications in food preparations and tr...

Background & Aim: The traditional knowledge about medicinal plants is the basic step in many drug productions. Traditional medicine and herbal drug have absorbed attraction of many world authorities. Using medicinal plants has developed in many countries even those with a vast use of chemical drugs. Ethno-botanical studies result in documentation of many useful plants. In these studies the main...

CONTEXT Ocimum basilicum L. (Lamiaceae), popularly known as basil, is part of a group of medicinal plants widely used in cooking and known for its beneficial health properties, possessing significant antioxidant effects, antinociceptive, and others. OBJECTIVE The objective of this study is to determine the pharmacological effects produced on the bacterial strains Staphylococcus aureus and Pse...

Introducción y objetivos: Este trabajo estudia las prácticas de recolección plantas los pobladores locales la costa Patagónica Sur (Santa Cruz, Argentina). Se identifican percepciones organolépticas, categorías uso transmisión conocimientos entrevistados.M&M: La vegetación corresponde a Estepa Patagónica. metodología es cualitativa, diseño flexible, con entrevistas semiestructuradas observa...

BACKGROUND Plants have traditionally been used for treatment of human and livestock ailments in Ethiopia by different ethnic and social groups. However, this valuable source of knowledge is not adequately documented, which impedes their widespread use, evaluation and validation. Here, we recorded indigenous knowledge and standard practices for human and livestock disease control, of three ethni...

background & aim: kazeroon, with an area of about 4060 km², is situated at 110 km in the west of shiraz, fars province, iran. this area is important for plant biodiversity, due to the presence of some important habitats such as international lake of parishan in the southeast, woodlands of quercus persica in the east and branches of shahpoor river in the west of the region. therefore, for th...

Background & Aim: The traditional knowledge about medicinal plants is the basic step in many drug productions. Traditional medicine and herbal drug have absorbed attraction of many world authorities. Using medicinal plants has developed in many countries even those with a vast use of chemical drugs. Ethno-botanical studies result in documentation of many useful plants. In these studies the main...