jaundice is the commonest ailments affecting the citizens of both developed and poor asians countries including iran. an ethnobotanical survey of plants used by the traditional healers for the treatment of jaundice was conducted in the mashhad city, northeastern iran. a total of 37 plants belonging to 32 genera and 26 families have been documented for their therapeutic use against jaundice. the...

BACKGROUND Worldwide, coastal communities' ethnomedicinal knowledge has been sporadically recorded and poorly understood. Based on the ethnomedicinal knowledge of the Seri people; a hunting-gathering and fishing society of Northwestern Mexico, this study assesses a) the biological richness of Seri ethnomedicinal knowledge, b) the fidelity level of Seri remedies, and c) the association between g...

BACKGROUND The Schools' Folklore Scheme (1937-1939) was implemented at a pivotal time in Irelands' political history. It resulted in a body of ethnological information that is unique in terms of when, why and how it was collected. This material consists of over 700,000 pages of information, including ethnomedicinal and ethnobotanical traditions, reflecting an oral identity that spans generation...

The ethnomedicinal values of plants form the basis of the herbal drug industry. India has contributed its knowledge of traditional system medicines (Ayurveda and Siddha) to develop herbal medicines with negligible side effects. The World Health Organization has also recognized the benefits of drugs developed from natural products. Abutilon indicum, Hibiscus sabdariffa, Sida acuta and Sida rhomb...

Background: Of the approximately 2,076 plant species occurring in Lesotho, about 355 are used for medicinal purposes. Many communities country, mainly rural areas with limited access to health facilities, rely on traditional medicine as primary healthcare. Several publications provide helpful information plants purposes Lesotho. These include documentation of plants, investigation their therape...

This study represents a systematic attempt to explore the knowledge of the native people about plants, which they use to cure diseases. And it is an attempt towards conserving the local knowledge of people to plants. This paper presents a list and uses of some medicinal plants distributed in the high altitude district Kishtwar in Jammu and Kashmir. The list was prepared during an ethno-botanica...

A survey of ethnomedicinal plants of Shahdol division has been carried out with co-operation of Kol tribal villagers. During study 31 ethnomedicinal plants have been identified for the treatment of various disease. Harbarium has been prepared which contains information pertaining to botanical name, local name. Plants used their dose and process of administration.

The uses of ethnomedicinal plants for human healthcare still remain the most widely used medication system in developing and least developed nation. This article reviews the research on use of ethnomedicinal plants as anticancer. The investigations focused primarily on dietary ethnomedicinal species reported with anticancer bioactive compounds distributed from 24 plant families. Population rise...