Ethnobotany of the Himalayas—Kashmir, India

Riyaz, Muzafar; Ignacimuthu, Savarimuthu; Shah, Rauf Ahmad; Sivasankaran, K.; Pandikumar, P.

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“…The literature, such as scientific journals, book and monographs of ethnomedicinal studies, pertaining to the Himalayas (Kashmir Himalaya, Jammu Division, Cold-Desert Ladakh Himalaya, Uttarakhand and Himachal Himalaya) were used for this study. All collected plant samples, along with photographs, were botanically identified using “Alpine Flora of the Kashmir Himalaya” [ 88 ], “Flora of Jammu and Kashmir” [ 89 ] and “Ethnobotany of the Himalayas—Kashmir, India” [ 90 ]. For a discussion on the bioprospection of medicinal plants in the current scenario with respect to major chemical constituents, as well as biological and pharmaceutical applications, few renowned plant taxa-specific review works were reviewed and presented, wherever applicable.…”

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Ethnobotany of the Himalayas: Safeguarding Medical Practices and Traditional Uses of Kashmir Regions

Bhat

Singh

Surmal

et al. 2021

Biology

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The present study was carried out to enlist the medicinal plants used by the local inhabitants of developing countries such as India, and the district of Kupwara of the Kashmir Himalaya has been targeted. Our research is one of the first study focusing on the statistical evaluation of the cross-cultural analysis between three different communities i.e., Dard, Kashmiri and Gujjar, of the study area. Sampling was carried out in eight villages in 2017 to 2020, and data were collected from 102 informants based on walking transects, to collect plant specimens, and semi-structured interviews. The medical usages of all collected taxa were grouped into 15 disease categories and 81 biomedical ailments. In this study, we documented around 107 plant taxa belonging to 52 families from the local inhabitants of the Kashmir Himalaya, which regulate the livelihood of the people and support cultural ecosystem services. Asteraceae, Rosaceae, Lamiaceae, Malvaceae, Ranunculaceae, Poaceae, Solanaceae, Polygonaceae, Plantaginaceae and Brassicaceae are the top most dominant families. Herbaceous groups of plants were more common than trees and shrubs, and 71.96% of herb taxa were employed as medicine. Liliaceae, Caprifoliaceae and Portulacaceae (FUV = 0.24 each) have the highest family use value (FUV). The most prominent family was Asteraceae (seven genera, nine taxa), followed by Rosaceae and Lamiaceae (six genera, six taxa each). Persicaria Mill., Rheum L., Aconitum L. and Artemisia L. were prominent genera. Valeriana jatamansi Jones ex Roxb. (47UR), Fritillaria cirrhosa D. Don (45UR), Arisaema jacquemontii Blume (37UR), Asparagus racemosus Willd. (36UR) and Rumex acetosa L. (35UR) were the most important plant taxa with reference to use-reports. The ethnomedicinal applications of Aesculus indica Wall. ex Cambess., Solanum pseudocapsicum L., Ranunculus hirtellus Royle and Cormus domestica (L.) Spach plant taxa are reported here for the first time from the Himalayan Kashmiri people. We recommend further research on ethnopharmacological application of these newly recorded ethnobotanical plants. The medical usage of the plant was limited to different parts of the plant. In terms of the usage percentage, whole plant (26.17%), leaves (24.30%) and roots (19.63%) were found to have the highest utilization. The powder form (40.19%) was the most frequently employed method of drug/medicine preparation, followed by the utilization of extracted juice and/or other extracts (22.43%). The ICF values range from 0.85 to 1.00. Their use to remedy parasitic problems (PAR) and insect bites (IB) (ICF = 1.0 each) had the maximum consensus mentioned by the informants, although the number of taxa employed under this category was very limited. The different plant taxa used for the treatment of the gastrointestinal problems (GAS) was the most prominent disease category (262 URs, 16.19%, 25 taxa, ICF = 0.90). About 65% of the plant taxa studied is indigenous to the Asia or Himalayan regions, and around 35% is found to be exotic in nature. A strong positive correlation was found between age, gender, educational qualification and medicinal plant knowledge. No significant association was between people of different communities interviewed in terms of medical knowledge of the plants, p = 0.347 (>0.05) and χ2 = 2.120. No significant difference was found between the number of species documented concerning gender as p = 0.347 (>0.05) and χ2 =0.885. This study provides the comprehensive status of ethnomedicinal knowledge among three different communities of the study area. This study provided an impetus in discovering the baseline primary data for molecules which would help in drug discovery and management of various diseases, apart from conserving the genepool of plants in the investigated area.

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Ethnobotany of the Himalayas: Safeguarding Medical Practices and Traditional Uses of Kashmir Regions

Bhat

Singh

Surmal

et al. 2021

Biology

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“…Pesticides are substances derived from chemicals or other compounds used to kill and control pests and diseases in plants [1]. The use of pesticides that do not meet the criteria can have adverse effects, such as acute or chronic poisoning, environmental pollution, and the occurrence of pests resistant to pesticides [2].…”

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Identification of Insecticide Residues in Inceptisols at The Central of Horticultural Production, Banuhampu Agam West Sumatra

Herviyanti,

Maulana,

Rezki

et al. 2024

IOP Conf. Ser.: Earth Environ. Sci.

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The high persistence of insecticides in soil and their toxicity to farmers and agricultural land are serious problems with insecticide application. This study was to identify and characterize insecticide residues on Inceptisol in the center of horticultural production, Banuhampu Agam West Sumatra. The determination of soil samples was carried out by purposive random sampling with a quantitative survey method. Sample testing using randomized completely block design (RCBD) with four slope levels and three points of sampling : 0-8%; 8-15%; 15-25%, and 25-45% in fields at a depth of 0-20 cm and forests (25-45% slope) as control. Insecticide residues on Inceptisol in the central of horticultural production, Banuhampu Agam West Sumatra, identified as many as 5 types, namely: Cypermethrin [C22H19Cl2NO3]; Permethrin [C21H20Cl2O3]; Profenofos [C11H15BrClO3PS]; Phenthoate [C12H17O4PS2], and Diazinon [C12H21N2O3PS]. Cypermethrin was the most highly contaminated insecticide residue found in soil at 0.1 mg kg−1 and is a pyrethroid insecticide. The effect of slope level was not significant on the identification of the number of active ingredients and total insecticide residue concentration. However, the highest number of active ingredients on 0-8% and 25-45% slope each amounted to 3 units, while the highest total concentration of insecticide residues on 0-8% slope amounted to 0.499 mg kg−1.

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First record of Myrmeleon trivialis (Gerstaecker, 1885) (Neuroptera: Myrmeleontidae) from the J&K UT (Kashmir Valley, India)

Riyaz¹,

Reshi

2021

Egyptian Academic Journal of Biological Sciences. A, Entomology

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Ethnobotany of the Himalayas—Kashmir, India

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Ethnobotany of the Himalayas: Safeguarding Medical Practices and Traditional Uses of Kashmir Regions

Ethnobotany of the Himalayas: Safeguarding Medical Practices and Traditional Uses of Kashmir Regions

Identification of Insecticide Residues in Inceptisols at The Central of Horticultural Production, Banuhampu Agam West Sumatra

First record of Myrmeleon trivialis (Gerstaecker, 1885) (Neuroptera: Myrmeleontidae) from the J&K UT (Kashmir Valley, India)

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