A review of the medicinal potentials of plants of the genus Vernonia (Asteraceae)

NJ Toyang, R Verpoorte - Journal of ethnopharmacology, 2013 - Elsevier
ETHNOPHARMACOLOGICAL RELEVANCE: The Vernonia genus has about one thousand
species and members of the genus are widely used as food and medicine. The aim of this …

Reframing the food–biodiversity challenge

J Fischer, DJ Abson, A Bergsten, NF Collier… - Trends in Ecology & …, 2017 - cell.com
Given the serious limitations of production-oriented frameworks, we offer here a new
conceptual framework for how to analyze the nexus of food security and biodiversity …

Quantitative ethnobotany of medicinal plants used by indigenous communities in the Bandarban District of Bangladesh

MO Faruque, SB Uddin, JW Barlow, S Hu… - Frontiers in …, 2018 - frontiersin.org
This study documents information on significant ethnomedicinal plants, which was collected
from the traditional healers of three indigenous communities of Bangladesh. The …

Ethnobotanical study and biodiversity of medicinal plants used in the Tarfaya Province, Morocco

E Idm'hand, F Msanda, K Cherifi - Acta Ecologica Sinica, 2020 - Elsevier
Background This study was carried out among the inhabitants of the province of Tarfaya
(Moroccan Center South), in order to make an inventory of the medicinal plants used in …

Ethnobotany of medicinal plants in the Thar Desert (Sindh) of Pakistan

G Yaseen, M Ahmad, S Sultana, AS Alharrasi… - Journal of …, 2015 - Elsevier
Ethnopharmacological relevance The traditional use of medicinal plants in health-care
practices among the rural communities provides the basis for natural drug discovery …

Screening of a hundred plant extracts as tyrosinase and elastase inhibitors, two enzymatic targets of cosmetic interest

I Chiocchio, M Mandrone, C Sanna, A Maxia… - Industrial crops and …, 2018 - Elsevier
In search for natural products of cosmetic interest, a hundred plant extracts were in vitro
tested against elastase and tyrosinase. The inhibitors of these enzymes find application as …

An ethnobotanical study of indigenous knowledge on medicinal plants used by the village peoples of Thoppampatti, Dindigul district, Tamilnadu, India

B Sivasankari, M Anandharaj… - Journal of …, 2014 - Elsevier
Ethnopharmacological relevance This study provides significant ethnopharmacological
information, both qualitative and quantitative on medicinal plants in the Thoppampatti …

Ethnobotanical, pharmacological, phytochemical, and clinical investigations on Moroccan medicinal plants traditionally used for the management of renal dysfunctions

B Noureddine, E Mostafa, SC Mandal - Journal of Ethnopharmacology, 2022 - Elsevier
Ethnopharmacological relevance Renal disease is a significant public health concern that
affects people all over the world. The main limitations of conventional therapy are the …

Ethnomedicinal survey of medicinal plants of Chinglai valley, Buner district, Pakistan

HA Jan, S Wali, L Ahmad, S Jan, N Ahmad… - European Journal of …, 2017 - Elsevier
Introduction Indigenous communities of the Chinglai valley, Buner district in Northwest
Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan, mainly depend on ethnomedicinal plants, and the study was …

An ethnobotanical study of medicinal plants used by tribal and native people of Madhupur forest area, Bangladesh

MK Islam, S Saha, I Mahmud, K Mohamad… - Journal of …, 2014 - Elsevier
Ethnopharmacological relevance Madhupur forest area, Tangail is one of early human
settlements in Bangladesh. Having abode in the vicinity of the forest, a strong ethnobotanical …