Inter-ethnic botanical borrowing is usually deemed to be based on pragmatic efficiency. However, in the regional system we discovered between several indigenous groups from the Peruvian rainforest, the transfer of ethnomedicinal knowledge relies much more on relational factors than on any kind of strictly therapeutic efficacy. This is clearly substantiated by a detailed comparison between objec...

Background & Aim: Medicinal plants are one of the most valuable resources in Iran, having a scientific knowledge and proper use; they can play an important role in community health. Some of the significant aims of ethnobotany project are to indicate the most common medicinal species, finding out the exact application of the plant species from various population of the area, and...

Elephantopus scaber is an ethnomedicinal plant used by the Zhuang people in Southwest China to treat headaches, colds, diarrhea, hepatitis, and bronchitis. A new δ -truxinate derivative, ethyl, methyl 3,4,3',4'-tetrahydroxy- δ -truxinate (1), was isolated from the ethyl acetate extract of the entire plant, along with 4 known compounds. The antioxidant activity of these 5 compounds was determine...

An ethnomedicinal survey was carried out in Pedabayalu Mandalam, Alluri Sitaramaraju District, Andhra Pradesh, India. The information collected on the basis of personal interviews with traditional healers, tribal doctors and old women society. investigation revealed that 69 plant species belonging to 40 families 60 genera were commonly used treatment 37 ailments.

The flora of Talakona forest division has been studied for its ethnomedicinal wealth (Hemadri et al, Madhava Chetty et al). These studies have contributed immensely to the rural and forest economy. The present study revealed the medicinal use of 66 species of plants distributedin 40families. Many of the usages were unknown till date. About 65% of the medicinal applications of plants are for int...

chyuri (Diploknema butyracea (roxburgh) H. J. lam) is widely used in nepal for its medicinal properties and as a source of chyuri ghee (fat) extracted from the seeds. the main purpose of the present study was the gc-MS analysis of fatty acids in seed fat of chyuri after acidic methanolysis. Palmitic acid methyl ester (1), linoleic acid methyl ester (2), oleic acid methyl ester (3) and steric ac...