Showing papers in "Journal of Ethnopharmacology in 1984"

TL;DR: The levels of DMT and beta-carbolines found in the ayahuasca samples examined in the present study were an order of magnitude greater than the levels reported in a previous study, which indicated that their effects in combination are additive, rather than synergistic or antagonistic.

TL;DR: It became clear that the plants used were with some exceptions mainly found in the vicinity of the habitat of the healer or the herbalist, and it would therefore be useless to compile a more general pharmacopoeia for the African traditional healing as many of the useful plants in one area cannot be found in another.

TL;DR: The antibacterial properties of the essential oil have been studied and the third component, myrcene, did not show observable antibacterial activity on its own, but provided enhanced activities when mixed with either of the two main components identified.

TL;DR: The highest oral hypoglycaemic activity and the maximum improvement of the oral glucose tolerance were associated with the extract of Momordica charantia while the least but significant effects were shown by Salacia reticulata.

TL;DR: The taxonomy, phytochemistry, ethnobotany, and pharmacology of the genus Tabernaemontana L. (Apocynaceae) is reviewed and the biogenesis and classification of the indole alkaloidal species is set out and some problems in the determination of their stereochemistry are discussed.

TL;DR: To evaluate traditional medicine, which is an important part of the health-care system in Tanzania, three different regions, Coast, Morogoro and Kilimanjaro were surveyed for the herbs used by traditional healers.

TL;DR: A multidisciplinary historical overview of the use, abuse and sociology of this important plant is presented and special emphasis is given to European early knowledge of, and evolution of attitudes towards kat use.

TL;DR: Ethno-medico-botanical investigations of seven primitive tribals living in the densely forested high-lands of western ghats in Kerala were carried out, finding that one of the tribes, Cholanaikken, is the most primitive tribe known in the Indian subcontinent.

TL;DR: Four shamans were questioned about the nature and identity of these magic plants, what are the dietary prescriptions to be followed, how the transmission of shamanic power takes place, the nature of their helping spirits, and the function of the magic melodies or icaros given to them by the plant teachers.

TL;DR: Comprehensive multivariate analyses showed that there is a very close relationship between the leaf incision, existence of sennosides or rhein and purgative activity.

TL;DR: During an ethnomedicobotanical survey of Jaunsar-Bawar, a hilly tribal inhabited area in Uttar Pradesh, India, it was observed that about 100 plants are being used by the localJaunsari tribe for the treatment of various ailments.

TL;DR: An ethnobotanical survey was conducted in Israel on native plants which are known as medicinal plants by different ethnic groups practicing traditional medicine, and 43 species are reported, based on quotations and frequency of utilization.

TL;DR: The "folk-medicine" indication of Myrtus extract as potentially useful in the treatment of diabetes mellitus is confirmed as it significantly reduced the hyperglycaemia after streptozotocin.

TL;DR: The use of drugs goes back to time immemorial, ever since primitive man resorted to the world around him to derive remedies which could alleviate pain and cure illnesses and its contribution to therapy is briefly discussed.

TL;DR: Phytochemical investigation of the genus Buddleja has been somewhat neglected but a picture is emerging of the type of constituents which are present in reasonable quantities, namely iridoid and flavonoid glycosides.

TL;DR: It is indicated that reliance on traditional medicine is rapidly declining in favour of Western medicine, due to urbanisation, increased acceptance of Western values and a lack of availability of traditional practitioners in sufficient numbers.

TL;DR: A number of plants traditionally used in Mexico against diabetes, some of them since prehispanic times, are studied, and several of them showed a marked hypoglycemic effect.

TL;DR: Anti-inflammatory activity in leaves of Harsingar supports its use in various inflammatory conditions by the followers of the Ayurvedic system of medicine.

TL;DR: The present paper is based on field work with Don Emilio Andrade Gómez, a 65-year-old shaman who lives in the vicinity of Iquitos, northeastern Peru, and some of the basic ideas of his cosmovision are presented.

TL;DR: It is suggested that phytochemical screening of these species might result in the identification of new and useful biodynamic compounds.

TL;DR: The ethnobotanical aspects were neglected until the present studies were undertaken, and many unknown or little known uses of 69 species of plants belonging to 63 genera of 37 families have been recorded.

TL;DR: The role of Western medicine in Totonac life is analyzed in this article, where the authors report on their herbal remedies and briefly discuss their traditional medicine and the role of western medicine in their life.

TL;DR: The activity of a number of tryptamine derivatives as monoamine oxidase inhibitors (MAOI) was investigated using an in vitro enzyme assay and the results were compared to the activity of samples of orally-ingested Myristicaceous pastes.

TL;DR: Both in experiments on intact rats and on isolated rabbit heart, the Harpagophytum procumbens extract demonstrated a protective action with regard to arrhythmias induced by aconitine, and particularly to those provoked by calcium chloride and epinephrine--chloroform.

TL;DR: Thirty two alkaloid compounds were isolated from the stem bark of Rauvolfia caffra and 28 were identified and the biosynthetic and ethnopharmacological significance of the alkaloids is discussed.

TL;DR: The cultivated Erythroxylum varieties E. coca, E. novogranatense and E. truxillense contain 18 alkaloids, identified so far, belonging to the tropanes, pyrrolidines and pyridines, with cocaine as the main alkaloid.

TL;DR: It is suggested that the protoanemonin contained in these plants may have, through several different mechanisms, positively influenced the healing process physiologically and not just psychologically, and may have potential in certain treatments in modern medicine.

TL;DR: The pharmacology of serjanosides, active principles isolated from the fish-poison plant Serjania lethalis St. Hil, was investigated by comparing their actions in fishes and mammals with those of rotenone and certain saponins.

TL;DR: The phytosterols and triterpenes of the non-saponifiable lipid fraction of 67 local plants, many of which are Micmac and Malecite medicinal plants, were determined by comparing their relative retention times with those of known compounds on three different gas liquid chromatography columns.