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Preparation and Health Benefits of Rice Beverages From Ethnomedicinal Plants: Case Study in North-East of India
Published in Megh R. Goyal, Arijit Nath, Rasul Hafiz Ansar Suleria, Plant-Based Functional Foods and Phytochemicals, 2021
Vedant Vikrom Borah, Mahua Gupta Choudhury, Probin Phanjom
Ethnobotany is the study of plants and their traditional practices and customs focusing on availability, use, and medicinal properties of local plants [2, 21]. The different tribes have their own unique cultural heritage and are also rich with variety of plant habitats. Without modern facilities in these regions, the tribal communities are compelled to depend on natural resources for their primary healthcare and also for preparing different kinds of economically viable plant-based products [18].
An Introduction to the Ethnopharmacology of Wild Plants
Published in Mahendra Rai, Shandesh Bhattarai, Chistiane M. Feitosa, Ethnopharmacology of Wild Plants, 2021
Shandesh Bhattarai, Christiane Mendes Feitosa, Mahendra Rai
Ethnopharmacology was initiated in the 16th century in Latin America (Kuhn and Wang 2008). Ethnopharmacology of wild plants is connected to medicinal plant use and ethnobotany which is the scientific study of medicinal plants of any ethnic group and the use of plant compounds (Thomas and Carolyn 1996, Heinrich and Jäger 2015, www.wikipedia.org). The ethnopharmacological research observed a revival in the 1980s. Despite new awareness of the importance of intellectual property among the ethnic groups, numerous researchers started to engage in fieldwork throughout the 1990s and the beginning of the 21st century (Clapp and Crook 2002, Kim 2005, Gertsch 2009). Ethnobotany and ethnopharmacology are the starters of sustainable development and share the benefits derived from natural resources. Ethnobotanists perform research on uses and concepts of plants in cultures and societies and ethnopharmacologists research the medicinal uses of plants and their properties (Cox and Ballick 1994, Solis 2014).
Some Plants Used as Phytomedicine by Tribal Healers of Chittagong Hill Tracts, Bangladesh
Published in Mahendra Rai, Shandesh Bhattarai, Chistiane M. Feitosa, Wild Plants, 2020
Khoshnur Jannat, Rownak Jahan, Taufiq Rahman, Shahadat Hossan, Nasrin Akter Shova, Maidul Islam, Mohammed Rahmatullah
Ethnobotany implies the study of interactions between plants and people, the study comprising of gathering and documentation of the traditional knowledge and culture of the people in their use of plants for food, clothing, and medicine. Food and medicine are closely related, so much so that Hippocrates said “let food be thy medicine and let medicine be thy food” (Smith 2004). It is a fact that a lot of plants consumed by early humans and even modern humans have dietary, preventive, and therapeutic values. For instance, garlic has food value as a spice, the cloves are cardioprotective, and eating garlic can reduce cholesterol in hypercholesterolemic subjects (Das et al. 2016). A more selective term in ethnobotany is ethnomedicine—understood by most scientists as traditional medicine based on plants and animals, practiced by various ethnic groups, and whose traditional medicine(s) differs from allopathic medicine. Ethnomedicine is increasingly gaining importance in recent years; plants have always formed a source of new drugs, and it is being more and more appreciated that instead of synthetic chemistry, plants can be rich sources of more drugs in the future.
Increased activity in the right prefrontal cortex measured using near-infrared spectroscopy during a flower arrangement task
Published in International Journal of Psychiatry in Clinical Practice, 2018
Yuka Morita, Fumio Ebara, Yoshimitsu Morita, Etsuo Horikawa
The multi-faceted relationships between plants and humans have played integral roles in the development of civilisation, affecting the shape and understanding of anthropology, ethnobotany, geography, art, environmental sciences and social sciences, including psychology and sociology. The psychological, physiological and social responses of people to plants have been used for decades as rehabilitative and therapeutic tools in individuals and communities; yet, horticultural therapy research has only become a widespread topic in the scientific community over the last 10–15 years. Horticultural therapy can be performed at home, in public or private gardens, in green spaces or in plant cultivation structures attached to hospitals, rehabilitation clinics and hospices. Thus, this therapeutic modality has great flexibility and can be used as a preventive or adjuvant therapy in patients (Ferrini, 2003).
In Vitro Evaluation of Antioxidant and Anticancer Activity of Lemongrass (Cymbopogon citratus (D.C.) Stapf)
Published in Nutrition and Cancer, 2022
Daiane Pan, Larissa Machado, Claudia Giuliano Bica, Alencar Kolinski Machado, Jovani Antônio Steffani, Francine Carla Cadoná
Studies on pharmaceutical ethnobotany in Arrabida Natural Park (Portugal) were conducted by Novais et al. (15). This investigation reported that lemongrass infusion is used, in Portuguese traditional medicine, against digestive system problems. Also, other biological properties of lemongrass were reported, for example, this plant has been used as a fragrance and flavoring agent and in traditional medicine as an antispasmodic, hypotensive, anticonvulsant, analgesic, antiemetic, antitussive, antirheumatic, antiseptic and to treat nervous and gastrointestinal disorders as well as fevers (16).
Traditional medicines and their common uses in central region of Syria: Hama and Homs – an ethnomedicinal survey
Published in Pharmaceutical Biology, 2021
Chadi Khatib, Abdulhakim Nattouf, Mohamad Isam Hasan Agha
Ethno-botany is the scientific study of the relationships between people and plants. It was first coined in 1896 by the US botanist John Harshberger; however, the history of ethnobotany began long before that (Campbell et al. 2002; Amjad et al. 2015). It plays an important role in understanding the dynamic relationships between biological diversity and social and cultural systems (Husain et al. 2008; Amjad et al. 2013, 2015). Plants are essential for human beings as they provide food, and medicines (Alam et al. 2011; Ahmad et al. 2012).