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Chemical composition, antidiabetic, anti-inflammatory, antioxidant and toxicityactivities, of the essential oil of Fortunella margarita peels

Journal of Biological Research, 2022
The purpose of this study was to identify the principal components of the essential oil extracted from Fortunella margarita peels via hydrodistillation and to evaluate in vitro its anti-diabetic, anti-inflammatory, antioxidant, and toxicity properties ...
Zineb Lakache, Hinda Hacib, Hamza Aliboudhar, Mohamed Toumi, Mohamed Mahdid, Nassima Lamrani, Hassina Tounssi, Abdelkrim Kameli   +7 more
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Wound healing and analgesic effects of Brocchia cinerea essential oil in experimental animals

Journal of Biological Research, 2023
This study aimed to identify the main components of the essential oil extracted from Brocchia cinerea (Delile) Vis. via hydrodistillation and investigate its in vivo wound healing and analgesic properties.
Zineb Lakache, Hamza Aliboudhar, Mohcene Sadallah, Hinda Hacib, Meryem Fekiri, Amina Ihssane Zergat, Hassina Tounsi, Abdelkrim Kameli   +7 more
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Unity in diversity—food plants and fungi of Sakartvelo (Republic of Georgia), Caucasus

Journal of Ethnobiology and Ethnomedicine, 2021
Background The Republic of Georgia is part of the Caucasus biodiversity hotspot, and human agricultural plant use dates back at least 6000 years. Over the last years, lots of ethnobotanical research on the area has been published.
Rainer W. Bussmann, Narel Y. Paniagua Zambrana, Inayat Ur Rahman, Zaal Kikvidze, Shalva Sikharulidze, David Kikodze, David Tchelidze, Manana Khutsishvili, Ketevan Batsatsashvili   +8 more
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The “City Healing” Development through Ethnobotany Urban Farming with a Sustainable Planet, People, and Profit Approach

Kufa Journal for Agricultural Sciences, 2023
Limited land, environmental contamination, the loss of agricultural culture, and the inability to use ethnobotany all contribute to the health problems city dwellers face.
Suswadi, NORBERTUS CITRA IRAWAN
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Dietary contribution of wild edible plants to women's diets in the buffer zone around the Lama forest, Benin : an underutilized potential [PDF]

, 2014
Rural populations in developing countries face food insecurity and malnutrition despite being surrounded by extraordinary biodiversity. The international community increasingly recognizes the role of agro-biodiversity and Wild Edible Plants (WEPs) in ...
Assogbadjo, Achille Ephrem, Boedecker, Julia, Lachat, Carl, Termote, Céline, Van Damme, Patrick   +4 more
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“If there’s no dill, the taste isn’t right!” A comparison of food plant knowledge between Polish and German descendants in the context of an imagined culinary community in Brazil

Journal of Ethnic Foods, 2021
Food is a cultural marker investigated by several fields of knowledge. The ecological approach to food plants used in human societies can give us insights into food biodiversity and its connection to cultural identity.
Rafaela H. Ludwinsky, Amanda E. Cavalhieri, Monika Kujawska, Nivaldo Peroni, Natalia Hanazaki   +4 more
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Roads traveled and roads ahead: the consolidation of Mexican ethnobotany in the new millennium. An essay

Botan‪ical Sciences, 2022
This work examines the development of ethnobotany, focusing on Mexico in this millennium. How has the discipline grown? What is the relative importance of Spanish? Are there inflection points? How did some select areas develop, and why? Numerical growth
Heike Vibrans, Alejandro Casas
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Deciphering the antimicrobial, antibiofilm and membrane stabilizing synergism of Mikania scandens (L.) Willd. leaves and stems substantiation through in vitro and in silico studies

Biotechnology Reports, 2023
Considering the traditional application of Mikania scandens (L.) Willd. against wounds and itching. Leaves (MSL) and stems (MSS) were sequentially extracted using solvents petroleum-ether, carbon-tetrachloride, chloroform, ethyl-acetate and ethanol. Disk-
Nadia Islam Tumpa, Md. Helal Uddin Chowdhury, Ankhy Alamgir Asma   +2 more
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Xanthium strumarium - a potential cheap resource of plant substances for medicinal use [PDF]

, 2019
Xanthium strumarium L. (Asteraceae) is an annual herb which reproduces solely by seed. So far its centre of origin was considered Central or South America. Recent archeological research revealed that the burs of X.
Ionkova I., Kozuharova E., Spadaro V.
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Neuropharmacological and antiproliferative activity of Tetrastigma leucostaphyllum (Dennst.) Alston: Evidence from in-vivo, in-vitro and in-silico approaches

Saudi Pharmaceutical Journal, 2023
As the incidence of neurodegeneration and cancer fatalities remains high, researchers are focusing their efforts on discovering and developing effective medications, especially plant-based drugs, against these diseases.
Sajib Rudra, Mohammad Omar Faruque, Afroza Tahamina, Nazim Uddin Emon, Ibrahim Khalil Al Haidar, Shaikh Bokhtear Uddin   +5 more
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