Ethnobotanical investigation on wild medicinal plants in the Monti Sicani Regional Park (Sicily, Italy)

Tuttolomondo, Teresa; Licata, Mario; Leto, Claudio; Savo, Valentina; Bonsangue, Giuseppe; Gargano, Maria Letizia; Venturella, Giuseppe; Bella, Salvatore La

doi:10.1016/j.jep.2014.02.032

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“…The cultural importance index (CI) ranks the species according to their value to the community [50,51]. When measured by their CI value, Tamarindus indica (tamarind) was the most important legume in the Karen communities.…”

Section: Cultural Importance Index (Ci) and Fidelity Level (Fl)mentioning

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Traditional Uses of Leguminosae among the Karen in Thailand

Sutjaritjai

Wangpakapattanawong

Balslev

et al. 2019

Plants

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Leguminosae (legumes) are one of the largest plant families. They are widely used for a variety of purposes by people around the world and include many important cultivated economic food crops. On local scales, legumes are commonly used by various ethnic groups. However, the data are incomplete and scattered, not least in Thailand. We found that species of legumes were important in Karen communities, so we decided to investigate in detail the traditional knowledge of legumes on a local scale among Karen people in northern Thailand. We interviewed six herbalists and eighty-four nonherbalist informants in three Karen villages in Chiang Mai province about their use of legumes, and about the local names for the species, using semistructured interviews. A total of 83 legumes species (in 45 genera) had 4443 use reports. Five of the 83 legume species had not been reported previously as used in Thailand. Most Karen use reports (43%) of legumes were for food, medicine (36%), and materials (8%), but in term of species more legumes (68 species) were used for medicine than for food (53 species). The legume genera with most used species were Crotalaria and Flemingia each with six species. The most important species are Tamarindus indica (CI = 3.38), Senegalia rugata (CI = 2.39), Glycine max (CI = 1.27) respectively.

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Section: Cultural Importance Index (Ci) and Fidelity Level (Fl)mentioning

confidence: 99%

Traditional Uses of Leguminosae among the Karen in Thailand

Sutjaritjai

Wangpakapattanawong

Balslev

et al. 2019

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“…Bermudagrass presents very interesting medicinal properties. The extracts and decoctions of rhizomes from this species exhibit several anti-inflammatory, diuretic and antiemetic activities (Rai et al, 2010;Tuttolomondo et al, 2014). Besides to these effects, Singh et al (2007) reported that the aqueous extracts of the species possess high antidiabetic activity, while (Soraya et al, 2015) found that the extracts from rhizomes possess angiogenic activity due to their increasing effects on the expression of VEGF (vascular endothelial growth factor).…”

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Halophytic herbs of the Mediterranean basin: An alternative approach to health

Petropoulos

Karkanis

Martins

et al. 2018

Food and Chemical Toxicology

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Wild native species are usually grown under severe and stressful conditions, while a special category includes halophytic species that are tolerant to high salinity levels. Native halophytes are valuable sources of bioactive molecules whose content is higher in saline than normal conditions, since the adaptation to salinity mechanisms involve apart from changes in physiological functions the biosynthesis of protectant molecules. These compounds include secondary metabolites with several beneficial health effects which have been known since ancient times and used for medicinal purposes. Recent trends in pharmaceutical industry suggest the use of natural compounds as alternative to synthetic ones, with native herbs being strong candidates for this purpose due to their increased and variable content in health promoting compounds. In this review, an introductory section about the importance of native herbs and halophyte species for traditional and modern medicine will be presented. A list of the most important halophytes of the Mediterranean basin will follow, with special focus on their chemical composition and their reported by clinical and ethnopharmacological studies health effects. The review concludes by suggesting future requirements and perspectives for further exploitation of these valuable species within the context of sustainability and climate change.

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“…Studies in other countries have also reported the high usage of the above-mentioned plant parts [74,79,80]. This high preference for leaves in herbal medicine preparation could be due to abundance and/or the ease with which they can be collected [81,82]. However, seeds (7%), fruits (5%), whole plant (3%), flowers (3%), and others (2%) such as rhizome, cob, and cloves are used to a lesser extent.…”

Section: Plant Parts Used In Medicinal Remedies Preparation In the Stmentioning

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Exploring Alternative Use of Medicinal Plants for Sustainable Weed Management

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This paper presents the first application of ethnobotanical studies to screen for allelopathic species among medicinal plants for sustainable weed management. This study assesses the possible relationship between ethnobotanical indices and allelopathy of medicinal plants. Ethnobotanical data were collected in 2016 by using semi-structured interviews with 140 informants in the Ejisu-Juaben Municipality, Ghana. Data were analysed using statistical tool and ethnobotanical indices including use value (UV), Fidelity Level (FL), Relative Frequency of Citation (RFC). The Sandwich and Dish pack methods were respectively used to evaluate allelopathy through leachates and volatiles of collected samples. Ninety-five species belonging to 43 families are reported in this study, with leaves (52%) cited the most utilised plant part. Cleistopholis patens (UV = 0.54; FL = 90.7%; RFC = 0.37) and Ocimum gratissimum (UV = 0.37; FL = 38.4%; RFC = 0.35) were among the most cited species. Thirty-two species showed inhibition (≥49.3%) by leachates, while twenty-four species were found with potential volatile inhibitory compounds against lettuce radicle growth. There was a significant positive correlation (Pearson) between the UV and RFC of medicinal plants and allelopathy by leaf leachates (r = 0.639 **; p = 0.01 and r = 0.653 **; p = 0.01 respectively). This systematic documentation of medicinal plants in Ejisu-Juaben Municipality shows medicinal plants with ethnomedicinal values and potential allelopathy that can be utilised in sustainable weed control.

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Ethnobotanical investigation on wild medicinal plants in the Monti Sicani Regional Park (Sicily, Italy)

Cited by 88 publications

References 121 publications

Traditional Uses of Leguminosae among the Karen in Thailand

Traditional Uses of Leguminosae among the Karen in Thailand

Halophytic herbs of the Mediterranean basin: An alternative approach to health

Exploring Alternative Use of Medicinal Plants for Sustainable Weed Management

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