Ethnobotanical Studies on Plant Resources of Sheikh Maltoon, District Mardan, Pakistan

Khan, Musharaf; Musharaf, Shahana

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“…were for fencing, and 8 spp. were used for making agricultural tools (Khan and Musharaf 2014). In addition 122 species were investigated from Tehsil Charbagh, Swat District, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa from its ethnobotanical study to show relation of plants with the local people of research area.…”

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Diversity and assessment of economic plants of Tehsil Takht Bhai, district Mardan, Pakistan

Parveen¹,

Ullah²

2023

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Background: Plants play a vital role in the maintenance and economic development of an area. The current research work focuses on the investigation of economic tree species of Tehsil, Takht Bhai, and District Mardan.Methods: For data collection different localities of Tehsil Takht Bhai were visited during 2021-2022. The plants were dried and identified with the help of Flora of Pakistan. Representative plant parts were mounted on herbarium sheets and submitted to herbarium of Center of Plant Biodiversity, University of Peshawar. The data for fuel wood was collected through standard procedures of ex-situ (artifact) and in-situ (inventory) methods. Wood depots, sawmills and farmers were visited, and information was collected from fruit markets, furniture industry, timber markets, and construction material owners through a questionnaire on the spot by interview method. The calorific value of fuel wood species was determined by Bomb Calorimeter.Results: The plants were evaluated for their conservation status in which 7 spp. were exotic, 5 spp. were indigenous, 9 spp. were not evaluated, 2 spp. were of least concern and Acacia nilotica (L.) Willd. ex Delile was critically endangered. A total of 360000 mounds of fuel wood was sold out in summer season resulted into a revenue of PKR 241.2 million (m). The highest sale of 90000 mounds was recorded in case of Populus euramericana (Dode) Guinier, which generated 63 m of revenue. In winter season 438000 mounds of fuel wood was sold out that generated revenue of PKR 340.2 m. The highest sale of 105000 mounds was recorded in case of P. euramericana, which generated PKR 94.50 m of revenue. Maximum per annum revenue of PKR 157.50 m was generated from selling of P. euramericana. On priority basis, 50 % of the local people used Acacia modesta Wall. as fuel wood and 55 % of people used Dalbergia sissoo Roxb. ex DC. for furniture. The maximum income generated from fuel wood on basis of consumption priority was PKR 35.1 m and for furniture was PKR 33.66 m for these species respectively. It was also noted that P. euramericana was used for formation of pallets, which generates revenue of PKR 720 m per annum from 10 sites. Other economic uses include fodder (8 spp.), fruits (2 spp.), furniture (10 spp.), timber (10 spp.), constructional material (11 spp.), bed legs (7 spp.), chip boards (3 spp.), match industry (2 spp.), sport items (2 spp.), toothpicks (2 spp.), ice-cream sticks and pallets (1 sp.) each. The calorific value showed that A. modesta had highest value i.e., 5500 kcal/kg while Ailanthus altissima (Mill.) Swingle had lowest value i.e., 4400 kcal/kg. P. euramericana and Eucalyptus camaldulensis Dehn. were adopted by the locals as farm and agro forestry species. Conclusion:From the current research, it was concluded that the inhabitants of the area rely heavily on plants for fuel wood as well as other economic purposes and also gain high revenue generation so sustainable use of plants should be made in order to support the socio-economic status of the local inhabitants.

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Diversity and assessment of economic plants of Tehsil Takht Bhai, district Mardan, Pakistan

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2023

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“…History of natural products is as old as human civilizations and so is the Indigenous knowledge, which is handed down to the people from their ancestors through verbal communication; people have been living in close association with plants since time immemorial [ 1 ]. The purpose of standardizing traditional remedies is, obviously, to ensure therapeutic efficacy of medicinal plants; whereas the value of ethno-medicinal information in modern pharmacology lies in the development of new drugs.…”

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“…Some modern drugs have been deducted from folklore and traditional medicines [ 2 ]. The origin of the word “Ethnobotany” is accredited to US ethnobotanist “John Harshberger” who described and explained the relationship between people and plants they use in a culture in 1895 [ 1 , 3 ]. In Sub-continent, Rig Veda (4500–1600 BC) compiled first record of ethno-medicine [ 4 ].…”

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Indigenous medicinal plants of Pakistan used to treat skin diseases: a review

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Ethno-pharmacological relevancePlants are providing reliable therapy since time immemorial. Pakistan has a great diversity in medicinal flora and people use these ethno-medicines to deal with many skin problems. This review explores the fundamental knowledge on various dermatological properties of medicinal plants of Pakistan and is aimed to provide a baseline for the discovery of new plants having activities against skin issues.Material and methodA total of 244 published articles were studied using different research engines like PubMed, Google, Google-scholar and science direct.ResultsReview of literature revealed ethno-pharmacological use of 545 plant species, belonging to 118 families and 355 genera, to combat various skin ailments. Out of these, ten most commonly used plant species belonging to ten different families are documented in this review. It was also found out that ehno-medicines are prepared using various parts of the plants including leaves (28.32%), whole plant and roots 13.17% and 10.97% respectively, in the form of powder (23.5%) and paste (22.75%). A total of 13 endangered plant species and ten commercially important plants were recorded.ConclusionMedicinal plants of Pakistan have therapeutic effects against several skin problems; however most of medicinal plants are still not evaluated scientifically to support their ethno-pharmacological claim on skin. Dermatological pathogens are recommended to study. Further, the conservational programs should be established for endangered species.

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Evaluation of clinical trials for natural products used in diabetes

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Background relevance: A plethora of literature is available regarding the clinical trials for natural products however; no information is available for critical assessments of the quality of these clinical trials. Aim of study: This is a first time report to critically evaluate the efficacy, safety and large scale applications of up-to-date clinical trials for diabetes, based on the three scales of Jadad, Delphi, and Cochrane. Methodology: An in-depth and extensive literature review was performed using various databases, journals, and books. The keywords searched included, “clinical trials,” “clinical trial in diabetes,” “diabetes,” “natural products in diabetes,” “ethnopharmacological relevance of natural products in diabetes,” etc. Results: Based on eligibility criteria, 16 plants with 74 clinical trials were found and evaluated. Major drawbacks observed were; “non-randomization and blindness of the studies,” “non-blindness of patients/healthcare/outcome assessors,” “lack of patient compliance and co-intervention reports,” “missing information regarding drop-out/withdrawal procedures,” and “inappropriate baseline characteristics.” Principal component analysis and Pearson correlation revealed four components with %variability; PC1: 23.12, PC2: 15.83, PC3: 13.11, and PC4: 11.38 ( P ≤ .000). According to descriptive statistics, “non-blinding of outcome assessors” was the major drawback (82%) whereas, “not mentioning the timing of outcome assessment” was observed lowest (6.8%). An in-house quality grading (scale 0–24) classified these clinical trials as; poor (67.6%), acceptable (19.9%), and good quality trials (13.5%). Conclusion: Proper measures in terms of more strict regulations with pharmacovigilance of plants are utmost needed in order to achieve quality compliance of clinical trials.

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Ethnobotanical Studies on Plant Resources of Sheikh Maltoon, District Mardan, Pakistan

Cited by 4 publications

References 6 publications

Diversity and assessment of economic plants of Tehsil Takht Bhai, district Mardan, Pakistan

Diversity and assessment of economic plants of Tehsil Takht Bhai, district Mardan, Pakistan

Indigenous medicinal plants of Pakistan used to treat skin diseases: a review

Evaluation of clinical trials for natural products used in diabetes

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