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Two new records of Riccia L. (Ricciaceae) for the Eastern Himalaya Bryogeographical Region of India

Journal of Asia-Pacific Biodiversity, 2019
The Eastern Himalaya Bryogeographical Region is recognized as one of the richest areas for bryoflora in India. It comprises the eight North Eastern States (Arunachal Pradesh, Assam, Manipur, Meghalaya, Mizoram, Nagaland, Sikkim, and Tripura), Darjeeling,
Naorem Premita Devi, S.D. Yumkham, P.K. Singh   +2 more
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A Novel Way for Propagation of Huperzia squarrosa (G. Forst.) Trev.

Notulae Scientia Biologicae, 2012
Huperzia squarrosa (G. Forst.) Trev. is an endangered epiphytic fern ally with economical, traditional and horticultural interest. It posses various alkaloids like huperzine, huperzinine, lycoporine and carina-tumine which are responsible for its ...
Sanatombi Devi YUMKHAM, Potsangbam Kumar SINGH   +1 more
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Wound-healing, antibacterial, and antinociceptive properties of Salvia rosmarinus Spenn. leaves, along with in silico analysis

Journal of Biological Research
This research aimed to characterize the key components of the essential oil extracted from Salvia rosmarinus Spenn. (formerly Rosmarinus officinalis L.,) through hydrodistillation and to explore its in vivo wound healing, antinociceptive, and ...
Zineb Lakache, Mourad Ounissi, Hinda Hacib, Hamza Aliboudhar, Mohcene Sadallah, Affaf Laassami, Hassina Tounsi, Abdelkrim Kameli   +7 more
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Ethnobotany

, 2022
Ethnobotany is a life science which studies the interaction between human beings and flora in particular and broadly deals with the investigations, observations, and identifications of botanical diversity used for the prevention and treatment of human and livestock ailments. The current chapter reviews the history and development of ethnobotany and the
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Untangling the biological efficacy and chemical composition of different solvent extractives from Brownlowia elata Roxb. leaves

Food Chemistry Advances
Traditionally, Brownlowia elata Roxb. is employed to treat syphilis and diarrhea; henceforth bioactive potential of this remains unexplored. Its effectiveness in treating helminthic and bacterial-mediated diarrhea alongside antioxidant and cytotoxic ...
Md. Helal Uddin Chowdhury, Shaikh Bokhtear Uddin, Mohammad Omar Faruque   +2 more
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Ethnobotany in a coastal environmental protected area: shifts in plant use in two communities in southern Brazil

Journal of Ethnobiology and Ethnomedicine, 2018
Background We investigated local knowledge of plants in terms of plant use shifts and losses, in two coastal communities within a protected area in southern Brazil.
Rafaela H. Ludwinsky, Natalia Hanazaki
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Analysis of plant science higher education reveals mixed provision which falls short of delivering national priorities

JSFA reports, Volume 5, Issue 3, Page 78-90, March 2025.
Abstract Background Many reports from the UK government and other organisations highlight a need for a plant aware workforce, and some enumerate specific areas of plant science where there is a skills shortage. We have undertaken a systematic analysis of the content of degree programmes that advertise as teaching plant biology to determine if the UK ...
Sarah Trinder, Thomas Heaven, Matteo Luberti, Sophie Read, Adam Scanlon, Chris Gauntner, Alec Forsyth, Alison C. Foster   +7 more
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Resilience and adaptability of traditional healthcare systems: a case study of communities in two regions of Brazil

Ecology and Society, 2019
The traditional healthcare systems (THS) of communities in two different regions of Brazil were investigated through the lens of social-ecological resilience, assuming that the resilience of THS and of the communities influence each other.
Sofia Zank, Luciana Gomes de. Araujo, Natalia Hanazaki   +2 more
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Evaluation of Various Solvent Extracts of Tetrastigma leucostaphylum (Dennst.) Alston Leaves, a Bangladeshi Traditional Medicine Used for the Treatment of Diarrhea

Molecules, 2020
Tetrastigma leucostaphylum (TL) is an important ethnic medicine of Bangladesh used to treat diarrhea and dysentery. Hence, current study has been designed to characterize the antidiarrheal (in vivo) and cytotoxic (in vitro) effects of T.
Sajib Rudra, Afroza Tahamina, Nazim Uddin Emon, Md. Adnan, Mohammad Shakil, Md. Helal Uddin Chowdhury, James W. Barlow, Mona S. Alwahibi, Mohamed Soliman Elshikh, Mohammad Omar Faruque, Shaikh Bokhtear Uddin   +10 more
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Harmonising digitised herbarium data to enhance biodiversity knowledge: Major steps towards an updated checklist for the flora of Greenland

PLANTS, PEOPLE, PLANET, EarlyView.
Herbaria worldwide hold centuries of plant data that are key to understanding and protecting biodiversity; however, even with increased digital access, differences in plant naming systems make it difficult to compare records. We developed a semi‐automated workflow that standardises species names and organises herbaria records from multiple institutions
Brandon Samuel Whitley, Jakob Abermann, Inger Greve Alsos, Elisabeth M. Biersma, Viktor Gårdman, Toke Thomas Høye, Laura Jones, Nora Meriem Khelidj, Zhao Li, Gianalberto Losapio, Thomas Pape, Katrine Raundrup, Paula Schmitz, Tiago Silva, Helena Wirta, Tomas Roslin, Natalie Iwanycki Ahlstrand, Natasha de Vere   +17 more
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