scholarly journals Medicinal plants containing resveratrol. a mini review

2020 ◽  
Vol 3 (3) ◽  
pp. 53-59
Author(s):  
Jose L. Martinez ◽  
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Onder Yumrutas ◽  
Amner Muñoz-Acevedo ◽  
Luisauris Jaimes ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Medicinal Plants ◽  
Plant Species ◽  
Antioxidant Properties ◽  
Active Ingredients ◽  
The World

There are many different active ingredients in various plant species in various parts of the world. Resveratrol, one of these active ingredients, has attracted the attention of both drug producing companies and researchers, thanks to its powerful antioxidant properties. The aim of this study is to investigate the presence of plants containing resveratrol. This study was conducted not only to give a brief overview of the plants containing resveratrol, but also to enable researchers to find this information quickly. In this context, the diversity of plants rich in resveratrol has been examined.

scholarly journals Medicinal Plants for Prevention and Treatment of Coronavirus Disease

2021 ◽  
pp. 74-85
Author(s):  
Onder Otlu ◽  
Ceyhun Bereketoglu ◽  
Tugba Raika Kiran ◽  
Aysun Bay Karabulut
Keyword(s):  
Medicinal Plants ◽  
Virus Disease ◽  
White Blood Cells ◽  
Antioxidant Properties ◽  
Antiviral Agent ◽  
World Health ◽  
Chronic Infections ◽  
Corona Virus ◽  
The World ◽  
Health Organization

The 2019-nCoV (new Corona Virus) outbreak was announced by the World Health Organization (WHO), the International Emergency Public Health Organization, on January 30, 2020, and WHO reported the 2019-nCoV pathogen to SARSCoV-2 and Corona virus Disease 2019 on 12 February. (COVID2019). COVID-19 was officially recognized as a Pandemic by WHO on March 11, 2020. Plants have been used all over the world as traditional medicine for centuries to treat many chronic infections, including viral diseases. In recent years, scientists have been trying to verify the potential of functional compounds to protect human health and cure diseases with their research on functional and nutraceutical foods. Traditional medicinal plants have a long history supported by many researches such as maintaining a healthy life, toxins taken in daily life, fighting and preventing diseases, and longevity. Studies on the antiviral, antiinflammatory and antioxidant properties of ethnomedical plants and natural phytochemicals can be considered as a great potential drug source against various ailments as well as Covid-19 treatment. Based on this study, plant extracts increase immunity with the increase in the number of white blood cells and lymphocytes in viral infections such as Covid-19, which can lead to fatal consequences, regulating the production and release of proinflammatory cytokines, showing an anti-inflammatory effect with a decrease in the C-reactive protein and erythrocyte sedimentation rate, It appears to have a positive effect such as interfering with the development and potential antiviral agent activity. In this study, phytochemicals and effects associated with COVID-19 infection were reviewed.

scholarly journals Language extinction triggers the loss of unique medicinal knowledge

2021 ◽  
Vol 118 (24) ◽  
pp. e2103683118
Author(s):  
Rodrigo Cámara-Leret ◽  
Jordi Bascompte
Keyword(s):  
Medicinal Plants ◽  
Medicinal Plant ◽  
Indigenous Knowledge ◽  
Strong Coupling ◽  
Plant Species ◽  
Biodiversity Loss ◽  
Biocultural Diversity ◽  
Language Loss ◽  
The World

Over 30% of the 7,400 languages in the world will no longer be spoken by the end of the century. So far, however, our understanding of whether language extinction may result in the loss of linguistically unique knowledge remains limited. Here, we ask to what degree indigenous knowledge of medicinal plants is associated with individual languages and quantify how much indigenous knowledge may vanish as languages and plants go extinct. Focusing on three regions that have a high biocultural diversity, we show that over 75% of all 12,495 medicinal plant services are linguistically unique—i.e., only known to one language. Whereas most plant species associated with linguistically unique knowledge are not threatened, most languages that report linguistically unique knowledge are. Our finding of high uniqueness in indigenous knowledge and strong coupling with threatened languages suggests that language loss will be even more critical to the extinction of medicinal knowledge than biodiversity loss.

scholarly journals Heavy Metal Analysis of Locally Available Anticancer Medicinal Plants

2019 ◽  
Vol 16 (1) ◽  
pp. 105-111 ◽  
Author(s):  
Khushnoodur Rehman ◽  
Muhammad Hamayun ◽  
Sumera Afzal Khan ◽  
Amjad Iqbal ◽  
Anwar Hussain
Keyword(s):  
Heavy Metals ◽  
Medicinal Plants ◽  
Plant Species ◽  
Moringa Oleifera ◽  
Essential Elements ◽  
Melia Azedarach ◽  
Albizia Lebbeck ◽  
Active Ingredients ◽  
Withania Coagulans ◽  
Valeriana Jatamansi

Plant species are used in different forms either dry or fresh to extract the active ingredients that can be used for medicinal purposes. These active ingredients may or may not contain non-essential elements. One of the main non-essential elements includes heavy metals. The consumption of medicinal plants having larger amounts of heavy metals can affect the health of human beings. Currently, we have also assessed eight locally available medicinal plant species for endogenous heavy metals (i.e. cadmium, arsenic, mercury, lead and zinc). The results revealed that Saxifraga flagellaris, Moringa oleifera, and Fegonia cretica had no lead, whereas Melia azedarach had the highest concentration of lead. Similarly, Saxifraga flagellaris had lower concentration of arsenic, while Albizia lebbeck had zero and Melia azedarach had the highest accumulation of arsenic. Cadmium was absent in Saxifraga flagellaris, Withania coagulans, and Valeriana jatamansi. Moringa oleifera had lower and Melia azedarach had the greatest amounts of cadmium. Mercury concentration has been high in Melia azedarach (2.39±0.18 µg/g), followed by Hedera helix (0.26±0.02 µg/g), Saxifraga flagellaris (0.051±0.031 µg/g) and Albizia lebbeck (0.041±0.01 µg/g). The species, Fegonia cretica, Valeriana jatamansi, Withania coagulans, Moringa oleifera had no mercury. The highest zinc concentration was observed in Melia azedarach and the lowest concentration was found in Saxifraga flagellaris.

scholarly journals General overview of medicinal plants: A review

2017 ◽  
Vol 6 (6) ◽  
pp. 349-351
Author(s):  
Refaz Ahmad Dar ◽  
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Mohd Shahnawaz ◽  
Parvaiz Hassan Qazi ◽  
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...  
Keyword(s):  
Medicinal Plants ◽  
Secondary Metabolites ◽  
Plant Species ◽  
Essential Role ◽  
Microbial Growth ◽  
Traditional Medicines ◽  
Human Culture ◽  
General Overview ◽  
The World ◽  
Health Disorders

Medicinal plants have been playing an essential role in the development of human culture. As a source of medicine, Medicinal plants have always been at forefront virtually all cultures of civilizations. Medicinal plants are regarded as rich resources of traditional medicines and from these plants many of the modern medicines are produced. For thousands of years medicinal plants have been used to treat health disorders, to add flavor and conserve food and to prevent diseases epidemics. The secondary metabolites produced by the plants are usually responsible for the biological characteristics of plant species used throughout the world. The microbial growth in diverse situations is controlled by plant derived products. In this review we gave general overview of the medicinal plants.

Anti-Ulcer Activities of Medicinal Plants and Natural Products

2020 ◽  
pp. 114-127
Author(s):  
Madhu Rani ◽  
Rubina Chongtham ◽  
Ajeet Singh
Keyword(s):  
Natural Products ◽  
Peptic Ulcer ◽  
Medicinal Plants ◽  
Plant Species ◽  
Health Problem ◽  
Peptic Ulcers ◽  
Mucosal Defense ◽  
The World ◽  
Prevention And Treatment

The peptic ulcer is a widespread and common health problem around the world. The major causes include generation of free radicles, decrease in mucosal defense factor, or increase in mucosal injurious factors. Various plants and their products have been known to prevent or reduce peptic ulcers. Natural products from plants are a rich resource used for centuries to cure different ailments. The use of phyto-constituents as drugs has proved to be clinically effective and less toxic than existing drugs. An attempt has been made to review some plant species and their products as phytomedicines showing promising results in prevention and treatment of peptic ulcers.

scholarly journals Language extinction triggers the loss of unique medicinal knowledge

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Rodrigo Cámara-Leret ◽  
Jordi Bascompte
Keyword(s):  
North America ◽  
Medicinal Plants ◽  
Medicinal Plant ◽  
Indigenous Knowledge ◽  
Strong Coupling ◽  
Plant Species ◽  
Biodiversity Loss ◽  
Biocultural Diversity ◽  
Language Loss ◽  
The World

AbstractThere are nearly 7,400 languages in the world and over 30% of these will no longer be spoken by the end of the century1. So far, however, our understanding of whether language extinction may result in the loss of linguistically-unique knowledge remains limited. Here, we ask to what degree indigenous knowledge of medicinal plants is associated to individual languages and quantify how much indigenous knowledge may vanish as languages and plants go extinct. Focussing on three independent re-gions that have a high biocultural diversity —North America, northwest Amazonia, and New Guinea—we show that >75% of all 12,495 medicinal plant services are linguistically-unique, i.e., only known to one language. Whereas most plant species associated with linguistically-unique knowledge are not threatened, most languages that report linguistically-unique knowledge are. Our finding of high uniqueness in indigenous knowledge and strong coupling with threatened languages suggests that language loss will be even more critical to the extinction of medicinal knowledge than biodiversity loss.

Medicinal plants used for treatment of fever and headache in Uttarakhand state of India

2019 ◽  
Vol 26 (1) ◽  
pp. 39-44
Author(s):  
Chandra Prakash Kala ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Medicinal Plants ◽  
Plant Species ◽  
Human Beings ◽  
Plant Use ◽  
Common Diseases ◽  
The World

The fever and headache are the most common diseases in human beings, and still, they are the cause of a large number of human deaths around the world. Historically, these diseases have been treated by using plant species. The present study, therefore, attempts to document plant use for treatment of fever and headache in the Uttarakhand state of India.

scholarly journals Cross-cultural analysis of medicinal plant use practice in four (Gurage, Mareqo, Qebena and Silti) ethnic communities in south central Ethiopia

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Alemtshay Teka ◽  
Zemede Asfaw ◽  
Sebsebe Demissew ◽  
Patrick Van Damme
Keyword(s):  
Medicinal Plants ◽  
Medicinal Plant ◽  
Ethnic Groups ◽  
Plant Species ◽  
Similarity Index ◽  
Cultural Analysis ◽  
Medicinal Plant Species ◽  
Jaccard Similarity ◽  
South Central ◽  
The World

Abstract Background: Ethnic groups throughout the world have developed their own cultures expressed in the form of customs, taboos and traditional healthcare systems. Traditional medicine system is one of the widespread cultures known throughout the world which is very much tied to cultural practices of the community or ethnic group. Medicinal plant treasure found in Gurage and Silti Zones remained poorly characterized and understood. Therefore, this study was conducted in four ethnic groups (viz. Gurage, Qebena, Mareqo and Silti) which have lived in close proximity and contact for many centuries in the two Zones. In the present study unique and shared cultural elements in connection to traditional herbal medicine were examined through investigation of the diversity of medicinal plants. Moreover, attempts have been made to determine similarities among the society in the medicinal plants they have used in general and in medicinal plant species considered culturally most important.Methods: In a study that involved 320 randomly samples informants semi-structured interviews, focus group discussions, participant observation were used and qualitative and quantitative data were collected. Descriptive statistics, rank order priority (ROP), Jaccard similarity coefficient and clustering were used for data analysis. Results: A total of 244 medicinal plant species and a fungal species used to treat human and/or livestock ailments were documented. The number of plants (80 plants, 33 %) with ROP value greater than 50% is considerably smaller than that of plants with ROP < 50% (164, 67 %). Jaccard similarity index and clustering analysis for all cited plants, among the respective studied districts, indicated that grouping generally followed the existing ethnic origin. On the contrary, clustering based on culturally important medicinal plant species (80 plant species, score ROP ≥ 50%) showed the influence of proximity and geographical orientation rather than ethnic relation. Conclusions: Culturally most important plants (80 spp.) are widely used and best shared with nearby communities and this could imply current (new) knowledge being practiced in the community. This knowledge must be documented and better utilized in a modern way including modernized use of traditional medicinal plants.

scholarly journals Medicinal plant use practice in four ethnic communities (Gurage, Mareqo, Qebena and Silti), South Central Ethiopia

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Alemtshay Teka ◽  
Zemede Asfaw ◽  
Sebsebe Demissew ◽  
Patrick Van Damme
Keyword(s):  
Medicinal Plants ◽  
Medicinal Plant ◽  
Ethnic Groups ◽  
Plant Species ◽  
Rank Order ◽  
Similarity Index ◽  
Medicinal Plant Species ◽  
Jaccard Similarity ◽  
South Central ◽  
The World

Abstract Background: Ethnic groups throughout the world have developed their own cultures expressed in the form of customs, taboos and traditional healthcare systems. Traditional medicine system is one of the widespread cultures known throughout the world which is very much tied to cultural practices of the community or ethnic group. Medicinal plant treasure found in Gurage and Silti Zones remained poorly characterized and understood. Therefore, this study was conducted in four ethnic groups: three from Gurage zone (Gurage, Qebena and Mareqo) and one from Silti zone (Silti) which have lived in close proximity and contact for many centuries in the respective Zones. In the present study unique and shared cultural elements in connection to traditional herbal medicine were examined through investigation of the diversity of medicinal plants. Moreover, attempts have been made to determine similarities among the society in the medicinal plants they have used in general and in medicinal plant species considered culturally most important.Methods: In a study that involved 320 randomly sampled informants semi-structured interviews, focus group discussions, participant observation were used and qualitative and quantitative data were collected. Descriptive statistics, rank order priority (ROP), informant consensus factor, jaccard similarity coefficient and clustering were used for data analysis. Results: A total of 244 medicinal plant species and a fungal species used to treat human and/or livestock ailments were documented. The number of plants (80 plants, 33 %) with ROP value greater than 50% is considerably smaller than that of plants with ROP < 50% (164, 67 %). Jaccard similarity index and clustering analysis for all cited plants, among the respective studied districts, indicated that grouping generally followed the existing ethnic origin. On the contrary, clustering based on culturally important medicinal plant species (80 plant species, score ROP ≥ 50%) showed the influence of proximity and geographical orientation rather than ethnic relation. Conclusions: Culturally most important plants (80 spp.) are widely used and best shared with nearby communities and this could imply current (new) knowledge being practiced in the community. This knowledge must be documented and better utilized in a modern way including modernized use of traditional medicinal plants.

Screening and evaluation of Terminalia catappa and its compound application

2020 ◽  
Vol 10 (4) ◽  
pp. 89-92
Author(s):  
Sravani G ◽  
Linga Naik A ◽  
Kranthi A ◽  
Priyanka G
Keyword(s):  
Medicinal Plants ◽  
Conventional Therapy ◽  
Significant Aspect ◽  
Terminalia Catappa ◽  
Specific Disease ◽  
Common Item ◽  
Conventional Medication ◽  
The World ◽  
Enormous Number

Plant determined medications remains an important source, particularly in creating countries, to look at genuine sicknesses roughly 62-80% of the total populace although everything depends on conventional medication for the therapy of specific disease. Indeed, plants produce a various scope of bioactive atoms creation them an ironic wellspring of an alternate kind of drugs. There are hardly any reports and utilization of plants in conventional mending by either ancestral individuals or indigenous network. Rejuvenating plants are the wellspring of extraordinary monetary estimation of everywhere on over the world. Nature has the best word on us a rich plant riches, and an enormous number of assorted kinds of plants develop in various pieces of the nation. Homegrown medication is as yet a pillar of around 75 to 85% the entire populace and the significant aspect of the conventional therapy the utilization of the plant extricate and the dynamic constituents. Among the 7000 types of rejuvenating plants perceived everywhere on over the world in excess of 9000, valuable medicinal plants are found in India. Unfortunately, just not many of them are utilized for their therapeutic worth. Around 1500 plants systematically utilize the conventional arrangement of Indian medication. Notwithstanding, the ethanopharmacologist, microbiologist, botanist and common item physicist world over today, is continually still looking for therapeutic adequacy of the plants on the phytochemicals. Along these lines, the quest for the new phytochemical is the foremost significant important to research the primer phytochemical examination to Terminalia catappa and Syzygium jumbolanam.

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