Chapter 15. The Future of Medicinal Plants

2016 ◽  
pp. 218-239
Keyword(s):  
Medicinal Plants ◽  
The Future

NAMING OF BASOTHO MEDICINAL PLANTS: SEMANTIC CONNECTION TO THEIR REMEDIES

2015 ◽  
Vol 25 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
R Possa ◽  
P Khotso
Keyword(s):  
Medicinal Plants ◽  
Medicinal Plant ◽  
Indigenous Knowledge ◽  
Future Generation ◽  
Speech Community ◽  
Traditional Medicines ◽  
Traditional Medicinal Plants ◽  
The Future ◽  
Economic Sphere ◽  
Medical Plants

The indigenous knowledge of the Basotho makes it simple for this speech community to name their traditional medicinal plants in such a way that they are meaningful; this could also be viewed as an empowerment technique, especially in the economic sphere. Their medicinal plants names seem to be idiomatic and to express certain philosophies of the Basotho society. Creativity is observable in this kind of naming, and many names allude to the kind of remedy that is associated with the medicinal plant. It is therefore the interest of this paper to consider the names of medical plants among the Basotho whose names allude to the remedy they provide. The names of Sesotho medicinal plants and the reasoning of the Basotho in general behind the name and the use of each medicinal plant will be discussed in this article. This paper will further preserve and promote the use of Basotho traditional medicines for the future generation.

A status report with critical analysis of research trends in exploring medicinal plants as antiviral: Let us dig into the history to predict the future

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Souvik Mukherjee ◽  
Kavi Bhushan Singh Chouhan ◽  
Roshni Tandey ◽  
Neelima Yadav ◽  
Mahaveer Dhobi ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Medicinal Plants ◽  
Critical Analysis ◽  
Research Trends ◽  
Status Report ◽  
The Future

Are medicinal plants the future of Loa loa treatment?

2018 ◽  
Vol 12 (23) ◽  
pp. 133
Author(s):  
MengomeLine Edwige ◽  
Mewono Ludovic ◽  
Aboughe-Angone Sophie
Keyword(s):  
Medicinal Plants ◽  
Loa Loa ◽  
The Future

scholarly journals Diabetes and Metabolism Disorders Medicinal Plants: A Glance at the Past and a Look to the Future 2018

2018 ◽  
Vol 2018 ◽  
pp. 1-3 ◽  
Author(s):  
Hilal Zaid ◽  
Akhilesh K. Tamrakar ◽  
Mohammed S. Razzaque ◽  
Thomas Efferth
Keyword(s):  
Medicinal Plants ◽  
The Past ◽  
The Future

scholarly journals Cytogenetic evaluation of α, β-amirina obtained in resin of Protium heptaphylum (Aubl.) Marchand in polychromatics erythrocytes of mice swiss.

2021 ◽  
Vol 9 (4) ◽  
pp. 10-21
Author(s):  
Lucas Rodrigues do Rego ◽  
Everton Pantoja Vale ◽  
Danilo Dheyvison Nascimento Pureza ◽  
Moacir de Azevedo Bentes Monteiro Neto ◽  
Fernando Antônio de Medeiros ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Bone Marrow ◽  
Medicinal Plants ◽  
Peripheral Blood ◽  
Micronucleus Test ◽  
Amazon Rainforest ◽  
Swiss Mice ◽  
Caudal Vein ◽  
The Future ◽  
Low Toxicity ◽  
Cytogenetic Profile

The Amazon Rainforest has a great variety of medicinal plants, among them we can highlight the “Almecegueira” or “Breu Branco” (Protium heptaphylum) in Portuguese, the producer of a greenish-white resin that hardens when it touches the air, known by its gastroprotective and anti-inflammatory effects. These effects are attributed to a triterpene mixture of α and β amirine, predominant in the resin. The purpose of the study is to obtain a cytogenetic profile to the α, β-amirine mixture obtained in the resin of P. heptaphylum. For this, the micronucleus test was used in peripheral blood and bone marrow; administering solution in Swiss mice with the dosages of 1mg/Kg, 3mg/Kg, and 10mg/Kg, diluted in 5% DMSO, the effects were observed in 24h and 48h after the treatment. For the test in peripheral blood the mice’s caudal vein was punctured, while for the bone marrow test, the femurs of the animals were obtained from which bone marrow samples were taken. It was found that in peripheral blood, the administration of the compounds did not cause genotoxicity in 24h and 48h, in contrast, antigenotoxicity was, for concentrations 1; 3 and 10mg/kg, respectively 10%; 12%; 67% in 24h and 9%; 15%; 73% in 48h.  In the bone marrow, no genotoxicity was observed, as for antigenotoxicity was observed that for concentrations 1; 3 e 10mg/kg the percentage of reduction was respectively: 11%, 15%, and 30% in 24h and 13% 16% 33% in 48h. It is concluded that the studied compound can be an alternative for treatments in the future since it presents low toxicity and high antigenotoxic potential.

scholarly journals Predictions of potential geographical distribution and quality ofSchisandra sphenantheraunder climate change

PeerJ ◽  
2016 ◽  
Vol 4 ◽  
pp. e2554 ◽  
Author(s):  
Yanlong Guo ◽  
Haiyan Wei ◽  
Chunyan Lu ◽  
Bei Gao ◽  
Wei Gu
Keyword(s):  
Climate Change ◽  
Medicinal Plants ◽  
Fuzzy Theory ◽  
Plant Distribution ◽  
Suitable Habitat ◽  
Climate Change Scenarios ◽  
Distribution Models ◽  
Entropy Model ◽  
Intergovernmental Panel ◽  
The Future

Climate change will significantly affect plant distribution as well as the quality of medicinal plants. Although numerous studies have analyzed the effect of climate change on future habitats of plants through species distribution models (SDMs), few of them have incorporated the change of effective content of medicinal plants.Schisandra sphenantheraRehd. et Wils. is an endangered traditional Chinese medical plant which is mainly located in the Qinling Mountains. Combining fuzzy theory and a maximum entropy model, we obtained current spatial distribution of quality assessment forS. spenanthera. Moreover, the future quality and distribution ofS. spenantherawere also projected for the periods 2020s, 2050s and 2080s under three different climate change scenarios (SRES-A1B, SRES-A2 and SRES-B1 emission scenarios) described in the Special Report on Emissions Scenarios (SRES) of IPCC (Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change). The results showed that the moderately suitable habitat ofS. sphenantheraunder all climate change scenarios remained relatively stable in the study area. The highly suitable habitat ofS. sphenantherawould gradually decrease in the future and a higher decline rate of the highly suitable habitat area would occur under climate change scenarios SRES-A1B and SRES-A2. The result suggested that in the study area, there would be no more highly suitable habitat areas forS. sphenantherawhen the annual mean temperature exceeds 20 °C or its annual precipitation exceeds 1,200 mm. Our results will be influential in the future ecological conservation and management ofS. sphenantheraand can be taken as a reference for habitat suitability assessment research for other medicinal plants.

Status of Indian medicinal plants in the International Union for Conservation of Nature and the future of Ayurvedic drugs: Shouldn’t think about Ayurvedic fundamentals?

2019 ◽  
Vol 17 (4) ◽  
pp. 238-243 ◽  
Author(s):  
Deepak Kumar Semwal ◽  
Ashutosh Chauhan ◽  
Ankit Kumar ◽  
Sonali Aswal ◽  
Ruchi Badoni Semwal ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Medicinal Plants ◽  
International Union ◽  
Ayurvedic Drugs ◽  
The Future ◽  
Indian Medicinal Plants
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