... populations throughout world Many species of plants, including those ofmedicinal value, are becoming threatened, endangered, rare, nearly extinct, or extinct because of misguided human activities (see ... morphology of the tissues that grow from the initial explant For example, an excess of auxin will often result in a proliferation of roots, while an excess of cytokinin may yield shoots A balance of ... Associated with Overcollection ofMedicinalPlants 373 and either concentrate or produce required growth-regulating substances including auxins and cytokinins Some explants, like the root tip, are...
... Vine Shrub Shrub Herb Vine Vine Tree Vine Herb Vine Vine Vine Vine Vine Herb Tree Vine Herb Epiphyte Epiphyte Vine Vine Vine Vine Tree Herb Herb Tree Vine Vine Vine Vine Herb >100 2±6 2±6 21±50 ... at least wind-protection and semi-shade), appropriate training, cultural acceptance, and ultimately, raising awareness of the need for sustainable harvesting ofmedicinal plant species in the wild ... Illustrated Flora of Vietnam Youth Publishing House, Hanoi (in Vietnamese) Plotkin, M., Famolare, L (Eds.), 1992 Sustainable Harvesting and Marketing of Rain Forest Products Island Press, Washington DC...
... experimentation and innovation [17] This may explain the use of many herbs in the traditional medicinal practice in Babungo Leaves ofplants have been reported to accumulate, inulins, tannins and other ... http://www.ethnobiomed.com/content/6/1/8 Page of Table 3: Non medicinal uses ofmedicinalplantsin Babungo (Continued) Ocimum gratissimum L Lamiaceae Fulungfu The plant serves as insect repellent Piliostigma thonningii (Schum.) ... Medicine 2005, 5:6 25 Cunningham AB, Mbenkum FT: Sustainability of harvesting of Prunus Africana bark: A Medicinal Plant in International Trade People and Plants working paper Paris: Unesco 1993...
... effective monitoring of the local community resources will be the fundamental ingredient ofin situ conservation ofmedicinalplantsin Mustang Over-harvested populations ofmedicinalplants from ... practitioners maintain a great depth of knowledge on the subject ofmedicinalplantsMedicinalplants still play a pivotal role in the primary healthcare of the local people in the study area ... pain near the side of heart Infections Infected wounds, skin wounds, wounds, infection, infection diseases Pain Headache, stomachache, rheumatism, body pain, leg pain, backbone pain, joint pain,...
... with increased ability to complete the physical performance tests and in carrying out ADL (Table 6) Informants were present in 1167 (97%) of the interviews Comparison of the physical health rating ... (Fig 1) In general, males performed better than females in all activities except in "preparation of own meals" This may be due to the tradition inSri Lankan society, where preparation of meals ... Ceylon Journal of Medical Science Physical health and functional ability of an elderly population inSriLanka 11 I Table Number and percentage of persons "feeling healthy" within each age/gender...
... Morphological Features of the Namesof Coffee Shops in English Versus Vietnamese a Morphological Features of the Namesof Coffee Shops in English • Clipping in the Namesof Coffee Shops According to Wikipedia, ... Frequency of Morphological Features of the names 38 of coffee shop in English Versus Vietnamese Summary of structural features of the namesof 61 coffee shop in English Versus Vietnamese CHAPTER INTRODUCTION ... Vietnamese - Describe the semantic features ofnamesof coffee shops in English and Vietnamese - Find out the similarities and differences in the linguistic features ofnamesof coffee shops in...
... glycoproteins and anthraquinones, which block the regeneration of thromboxanes and bradykinin, and also inhibit and break down bradykinin In rural areas, a mixture of A vera and engine oil (lubricant) ... encouraging sustainability and conservation of these plants The importance and efficacy of Aloe species as perceived by the smallholder farmers calls for the setting up of a formal way of informing ... the escalating costs of drugs and the focus on organic products in most developing countries In addition, with the development of resistance of pathogens to drugs, ethnoveterinary medicine might...
... research into Australian medicinalplants He lives in Cessnock with his wife, Pauline Pettitt The Constituents ofMedicinalPlants An introduction to the chemistry and therapeutics of herbal medicine ... demonstrated in flavonoids Nomilin in citrus induces glutathione-S-transferase (GST), which aids in detoxification of carcinogens Quercetin inhibits cytotoxic 36 • THE CONSTITUENTS OFMEDICINALPLANTS ... genistein—an isoflavone 38 • THE CONSTITUENTS OFMEDICINALPLANTS Clinical trials have supported the efficacy of isoflavones such as genistein, found in soymilk and other soy products, in prevention...
... variety ofmedicinalplants compared to younger generation The name and age of the informants have been given in Table Women of this community have very little knowledge ofmedicinalplants Similarly, ... Fitoterapia 2002, 73:281-287 Parinitha M, Srinivasa BH, Shivanna MB: Medicinal plant wealth of local communities in some villages in Shimoga Distinct of Karnataka, India Journal of Ethnopharmacology 2005, ... snake mainly in rainy season Materials and methods Methods of informants and data collection In order to document the utilization of indigenous medicinal plants, survey was carried out during the...
... Institute of Psychiatry, King’s College London, London, UK 2Sri Lanka Twin Registry, Institute of Research and Development, Battaramulla, SriLanka 3Section of Page of 10 Epidemiology, Institute of ... administered to both twins 31.0% of male twins and 25.5% of female twins reported living in the same household as one another These twins will necessarily share aspects of their ‘standard of ... determinant in previous (Western) twin studies of depression or fatigue, it is hard to definitively rule out [31-33] Thus the present findings might be representing effects specific to Sri Lanka, ...
... most of the therapies were making of decoctions (46.4%), pounding (14.2%), squeezing (10.7%), making infusions (8.9%), burning (7.1%) and grinding to powder (5.4%) Disease Category Number ofplants ... AU: Survey ofmedicinalplants used as antimalarials in the Amazon Journal of Ethnopharmacology 1992, 36:175-182 Coee FG, Anderson GJ: Screening ofmedicinalplants used by the Garifuna of eastern ... furialis then boiling and taking the decoction as an aphrodisiac Others included the treatment of skin rashes and joint pains and relieving of feet from burning sensations by applying the root or...
... disappearance of many species ofmedicinalplantsof economic value According to one of the local traditional practitioners, Okello Okiko, the use ofmedicinal plant species is becoming expensive since ... treatment of abdominal pain The most common method of preparation ofmedicinal plant species before being administered was found to be applied to most plant species This involved crushing and extracting ... the medicinal plant species to ensure effectiveness in treating a given ailment [17,18] This was also observed in Ngai Sub County, where the extent of knowledge ofmedicinal plant mixing determined...