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How to approach a study in ethnopharmacology? Providing an example of the different research stages for newcomers to the field today

Pharmacology Research & Perspectives, 2023
Ethnopharmacology seeks to investigate humankind's use of natural materials, such as plants, fungi, microorganisms, animals, and minerals, for medicinal purposes.
Fabien Schultz, Leif‐Alexander Garbe
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Hypoglycemic Effect of Two Mexican Medicinal Plants

Plants, 2021
Type 2 diabetes is a worldwide prevalent disease that is due to a progressive loss of adequate β-cell insulin secretion, frequently against a background of insulin resistance. In Mexican traditional medicine, the therapeutic use of hypoglycemic plants to
Adolfo Andrade-Cetto, Fernanda Espinoza-Hernández, Gerardo Mata-Torres, Sonia Escandón-Rivera   +3 more
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A study on food-medicine continuum among the non-institutionally trained siddha practitioners of Tiruvallur district, Tamil Nadu, India

Journal of Ethnobiology and Ethnomedicine, 2018
Background Medicinal properties of the food species are one of the poorly documented and important areas of ethnopharmacology. The present survey quantitatively documented the medicinal foods prescribed by the non-institutionally trained siddha ...
S. Esakkimuthu, S. Sylvester Darvin, S. Mutheeswaran, M. Gabriel Paulraj, P. Pandikumar, S. Ignacimuthu, N. A. Al-Dhabi   +6 more
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Ethnopharmacology

Current Trends in Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Chemistry, 2023
This editorial article provides a comprehensive overview of the medicinal use of plants in traditional medicinal practices with a focus on ethnopharmacology. The article begins with an introduction about the importance of researching traditional medicines and the challenges of researching these medicines.
Amit Gajanan Nerkar, Rushikesh P. Nagarkar   +1 more
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Protective Effect of Opuntia dillenii (Ker Gawl.) Haw. Seed Oil on Gentamicin-Induced Nephrotoxicity: A Biochemical and Histological Analysis

The Scientific World Journal, 2021
Opuntia dillenii is a medicinal plant with frequent usage in folk medicine to treat many illnesses. The present study aims to investigate the protective effect of Opuntia dillenii seed oil against gentamicin-induced nephrotoxicity in rats.
Mohamed Bouhrim, Noureddine Bencheikh, Hamada Imtara, Nour Elhouda Daoudi, Hamza Mechchate, Hayat Ouassou, Loubna Kharchoufa, Mostafa Elachouri, Hassane Mekhfi, Abderrahim Ziyyat, Abdelkhaleq Legssyer, Mohammed Aziz, Mohamed Bnouham   +12 more
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Enhanced healing of oral chemical burn by inhibiting inflammatory factors with an oral administration of shengFu oil

Frontiers in Pharmacology, 2022
ShengFu oil is a compounded Chinese medicinal prescription, and provides antibacterial, anti-inflammatory, and analgesic effects, favoring burn wound repair.
Xin Yin, Jing Hong, He-Bin Tang, Min Liu, Yu-Sang Li   +4 more
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The ethnopharmacological literature: An analysis of the scientific landscape [PDF]

Journal of Ethnopharmacology, 2020
The research into bioactive natural products originating from medicinal plants, fungi and other organisms has a long history, accumulating abundant and diverse publications. However no quantitative literature analysis has been conducted so far.Here we analyze the bibliometric data of ethnopharmacology literature and relate the semantic content to the ...
Kan Yeung, AW, Heinrich, M, Kijjoa, A, Tzvetkov, NT, Atanasov, AG   +4 more
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Gradual deterioration of fatty liver disease to liver cancer via inhibition of AMPK signaling pathways involved in energy-dependent disorders, cellular aging, and chronic inflammation

Frontiers in Oncology, 2023
IntroductionHepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) is the most prevalent primary liver cancer kind. According to recent research, a fatty liver increases the risk of hepatocellular cancer. Nevertheless, the AMPK signaling pathway is crucial.
Sha-Sha Meng, Hong-Wei Gu, Ting Zhang, Yu-Sang Li, He-Bin Tang   +4 more
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Separation and Identification of Furocoumarin in Fruits of Heracleum candicans DC. by HPTLC

Journal of Chemistry, 2013
Heracleum candicans Wall. ex DC. (Apiaceae) is widely used in Indian system of medicines as an aphrodisiac, nerve tonic and also in the treatment of skin diseases with reports of being rich in furocoumarins which are extensively used in pharmaceutical ...
A. K. S. Rawat, A. P. Singh, D. P. Singh, M. M. Pandey, R. Govindarajan, Sharad Srivastava   +5 more
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Deoxyarbutin displays antitumour activity against melanoma in vitro and in vivo through a p38-mediated mitochondria associated apoptotic pathway

Scientific Reports, 2017
Deoxyarbutin (DeoxyArbutin, dA), a natural compound widely used in skin lighting, displayed selectively cytotoxicity in vitro. In the study, we found that dA significantly inhibited viability/proliferation of B16F10 melanoma cells, induced tumour cell ...
Limei Ma, Yao Xu, Zeliang Wei, Guang Xin, Zhihua Xing, Hai Niu, Wen Huang   +6 more
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