Ethnobotanical study of medicinal plants utilised by Hani ethnicity in Naban River Watershed National Nature Reserve, Yunnan, China

Animals used for medicinal and magico-religious purposes in western Granada Province, Andalusia (Spain)

“…However, its most common use is for alleviating respiratory problems and colds, usually as a sweetener in plant preparations used for these problems. This use is quite common (not always with the honey of this bee species) in such diverse countries as Sudan (El-Kamali, 2000), Burkina Faso (Meda et al, 2004), Brazil (Oliveira et al, 2010) and China (Ghorbani et al, 2011). It is also considered to be a general body fortifier.…”

Globalised forest-products: commodification of the matsutake mushroom in Tibetan villages, Yunnan, Southwest China

“…Extensive research on rubber cultivation and forest biodiversity conservation in Xishuangbanna has investigated the social and ecological unsustainability of rubber cultivation (which is primarily monoculture), climate change, forest resource use, and potential payment for ecosystem services (Xu 2006;Li et al 2007;Hu et al 2008;Sturgeon 2013;Yi et al 2014;Zomer et al 2014;Mertens et al 2015). There is some research on NTFP harvesting in Xishuangbanna (Xu et al 2004;Xu 2007;Fu et al 2009;Ghorbani et al 2011), but no research has been published on wild mushroom harvesting in this area.…”

Evaluation of Anti-inflammatory and Antioxidant Properties of Crude Extract and Forskolin from Solena amplexicaulis Leaf

“…Based on use value, information consensus factor and fidelity level, Venkatachalapathi et al [11] reported that it is one among the five most important species in the treatment of inflammation and wound healing in Nilgiris of Western Ghats being prescribed by the Irula tribal community. In addition to this, it is known from the literature that the tubers are astringent, appetizer, carminative, cardiotonic, digestive, diuretic, expectorant, invigorating, purgative, stimulant, sour and thermogenic [12] .Our early laboratory data also recorded several therapeutic properties as antimicrobial [13] and antioxidant activities [14] and phytochemical constituents [15,16] for this species. Terpenoids, the characteristic feature of the family, Cucurbitaceae [17,18] are attributed to various pharmacological claims including antiinflammatory, anticancer, antimalarial, antiviral and antibacterial activities [19] .…”