Paris polyphylla Smith (family: Melanthiaceae), a high-value medicinal herb endemic to the Himalayan region, has drawn much attention recently due its immense use in traditional healthcare system since ancient times. In present review, an extensive database on P. was systematically searched from databases such as Medline/PubMed, Scopus, Web of Science, and online service E-library.ru SCImago (h...

The genus Tinospora includes 34 species, in which several herbs were used as traditional medicines by indigenous groups throughout the tropical and subtropical parts of Asia, Africa, and Australia. The extensive literature survey revealed Tinospora species to be a group of important medicinal plants used for the ethnomedical treatment of colds, headaches, pharyngitis, fever, diarrhea, oral ulce...

The Ranunculaceae genus Anemone (order Ranunculales), comprising more than 150 species, mostly herbs, has long been used in folk medicine and worldwide ethnomedicine. Various medicinal compounds have been found in Anemone plants, especially triterpenoid saponins, some of which have shown anti-cancer activities. Some Anemone compounds and extracts display immunomodulatory, anti-inflammatory, ant...

sirs, Mitragyna speciosa Korth. (“kratom”, “biak”) is a Southeast Asian tree, the leaves of which provide several alkaloids of considerable interest and seemingly contradictory properties. In 1836, Low (Burkill, 19351 described the use of kratom by native Malayans as an opium substitute when opium itself was unavailable or unaffordable. Holmes (18951 identified kratom as M. speciosa and its use...

Abstract This paper aims to assess the area of ethnoecology within funding provided by São Paulo Research Foundation (FAPESP) projects and events in order discuss importance this for conservation sustainable use biodiversity opportunity advance knowledge, The presents a retrospective analysis 75 21 organized that received support from FAPESP last 60 years. For purpose, search was performed data...

Ethnopharmacological field studies are indispensable for identifying plants that can be selected for their pharmacological effects and chemical composition. Although the subjective interpretation of results by the researcher is crucial, quantitative data analysis is a useful tool to identify the most promising pharmacological plants. It has been stated that such semi-quantitative information in...

1 Biology Department, Federal Rural University of Pernambuco, Rua DomManoel de Medeiros, Recife, PE, Brazil 2 Laboratory of Comparative Neuroimmunology, Department of Neurobiology, David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA, Los Angeles, CA, USA 3 Campus Cuité, Centro de Educação e Saúde (CES), Unidade de Educação (UAE), Curso de Ciências Biológicas, Universidade Federal de Campina Grande (UFCG), ...