• Natural Product Sciences
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• 제27권4호
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• pp.217-227
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• 2021

This study is a record of ethnomedicinal knowledge in Begumganj province focussed on medicinal plants and their local uses for primary health care. The aim was to document and preserve the ethnomedicinal knowledge used by traditional healers of Begumganj upazila, Bangladesh, to treat human diseases and evaluate the relative efficacy of the medicinal plants. The uses of medicinal plants were documented as an ethnomedicinal data sheet using direct observation, field interview, plant interview and group interview techniques from December 2012 to January 2014 in the study area. Data were collected from 98 traditional healers through a questionnaire survey and analyzed through informant consensus factor and fidelity level. This study revealed comprehensive relationship among various diseases and families, forms and parts of plants and modes of preparation. Overall, 75 plant species under 71 genera of 47 families were documented, which are used to treat 41 diseases. Data analysis revealed that 41.33%, 14.67%, 36% and 8% of the medicinal plant species were herbs, shrubs, trees, and climbers, respectively. Leaves were the most used parts, followed by stem, root, fruit, bark, latex and rhizome. The most frequently treated diseases were dysentery, rheumatism and skin diseases. This is the first ethnobotanical survey, which recorded the importance of medicinal plants in Begumganj upazila, Bangladesh. This study can contribute to preserving the indigenous knowledge on the traditional use of medicinal plants in this region and new drug development with attracting future generations towards traditional healing practice.

• 대한약침학회지
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• 제25권3호
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• pp.149-185
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• 2022

Objectives: The Barak Valley is well known for its rich diversity of medicinal plants. Ethnomedicinal practices are prominent among Barak Valley's major and minor ethnic groups. This systemic review focuses on traditionally used medicinal plants found in the Barak Valley as reported in different ethnobotanical surveys. Methods: We searched various databases, including PubMed, Web of Science, and Google Scholar, to find ethnomedicinal surveys conducted in the Barak Valley. The search was performed using different terms, including ethnomedicinal survey, folk medicine, indigenous knowledge, and Barak Valley. Potential articles were identified following the exclusion and inclusion criteria. Results: A total of eight ethnobotanical surveys were included in this study. We identified a total of 216 plant species belonging to 167 genera and 87 families, which are widely used by the ethnic communities who live in the rural areas of Barak Valley for the treatment of various diseases and ailments. Conclusion: Folk medicine is the result of decades of accumulated knowledge and practices by people who live in rural communities based on their needs and provides an important source of information to assist the search for new pharmaceuticals. Therefore, available information on traditional medicinal plants needs to be explored scientifically to find effective and alternative treatments for different diseases.

• 대한약침학회지
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• 제23권3호
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• pp.91-123
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• 2020

The application of antique medical instructions, practices, skills and knowledge has been considered as the most affordable treatment in many developing countries. The use of these preparations and prescriptions over generations has made a useful and valuable guide for drug discovery in modern medicine. Medical herbs have been of a high importance for this purpose. The genus Dorema, of Apiaceae family (Umbelliferae) has a wide use in ethnobotany and traditional medicine around the world. It has been used as a treatment for CNS disease, convulsion, upper respiratory tract problems, gastrointestinal disorder and high blood sugar. Furthermore, phytochemical investigations have reported Dorema species to contain a wide range of constituents including terpenes, coumarins and phenolic compounds. The current review summarizes comprehensive information regarding botany, phytochemistry and pharmacological aspects of Dorema spp.

• 한국자원식물학회지
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• 제30권2호
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• pp.240-264
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• 2017

한국산 초롱꽃과 식물의 전통지식을 확인하고, 이들의 화학성분, 약리효과에 관한 자료와의 비교 분석을 통해 종합적인 고찰을 수행하였다. 그 결과, 민속식물은 총 18분류군으로 식용, 약용, 관상용 등으로 이용되고 있으며, 이 중 약용으로는 도라지, 잔대, 더덕 등 총 12분류군이 확인되었다. 약용 전통지식은 감기, 천식, 산후조리 등 49개의 질병 및 질환을 치료하기 위해 이용된 것으로 조사되었다. 지금까지 한국산 초롱꽃과 잔대속, 더덕속, 도라지속, 초롱꽃속, 영아자속에서 총 211개의 화학성분이 선행 연구자들에 의해 밝혀졌으며, 이들은 triterpenes 109종류, sterols 8종류, polyacetylens 4종류, alkaloids 21종류, flavonoids 14종류, phenolic acids 14종류, phenolic glycosides 11종류, phenylpropanoids 8종류, 그 밖의 성분으로 organic acid 계열 등 22종류이다. 약리효과로는 면역활성, 항염증, 항천식 및 점액분비촉진, 항알레르기, 항산화, 에스트로겐 활성, 항당뇨, 간 보호, 신경 보호, 항종양, 항진통, 순환계, 항비만 등에 효과가 있는 것으로 조사되었다. 조사된 전통지식과 화학성분, 약리효과에 대한 자료를 종합해 본 결과, 한국산 초롱꽃과 식물을 호흡기 계통, 임신 출산 산후조리, 생식 배설 계통, 순환 계통, 근골격계 계통 등의 질병 및 질환에 사용된 전통지식은 해당 식물체 조추출물 및 화학성분을 이용한 약리 실험을 통해 그 효과가 입증되었다고 판단된다.