Showing papers in "Journal of Ethnopharmacology in 2011"

TL;DR: In this paper, the potential of propolis for the development of new drugs, by comparing data from the literature that suggest candidate areas for the establishment of drugs against tumors, infections, allergy, diabetes, ulcers and with immunomodulatory action.

TL;DR: The ethnopharmacology, the biological activities, toxicology and phytochemistry of Lonicera japonica, a widely used traditional Chinese medicine, are reviewed to lead to the development of new drugs and therapeutics for various diseases.

TL;DR: Investigation studies in animals have provided strong evidence of anti-inflammatory effects of Ilex paraguariensis, notably protecting cigarette-induced lung inflammation acting on macrophage migration and inactivating matrix-metalloproteinase.

TL;DR: Wang et al. as discussed by the authors reviewed the ethnopharmacology, the biological activities and the correlated chemical compounds of Epimedium species, which is a genus of about 52 species in the family Berberidaceae, which also known as Rowdy Lamb Herb, Xianlinpi, Barrenwort, Bishop's Hat, Fairy Wings, Horny Goat Weed and Yangheye or Yin Yang Huo.

TL;DR: It is clear that Sea buckthorn is an important plant because of its immense medicinal and therapeutic potential, however, several knowledge gaps identified in this paper would give impetus to new academic and R&D activities especially for the development of Sea buckstorn based herbal medicine and nutraceuticals.

TL;DR: The present review summarizes information concerning the morphology, ecology, ethnopharmacology, phytochemistry, biological activities, clinical applications and toxicological reports of P. amarus to provide sufficient baseline information for future works and commercial exploitation.

TL;DR: In this article, an English and Chinese literatures on traditional applications, phytochemistry, pharmacological activities, toxicology, quality control and potential interactions with conventional drugs of both species have been included in the present review.

TL;DR: Traditional healers who are practicing herbal medicine among the Kani tribals in Tirunelveli hills of Western Ghats, India are identified and quantitatively document their indigenous knowledge on the utilization of medicinal plants particularly most common ethnomedicinal plants.

TL;DR: A review of Mexican medicinal flora in terms of ethnobotanical, pharmacology, and chemistry of natural products related to anticancer activity indicates that it is time to increase the number of experimental studies and to conduct clinical trials with those Mexican plants and its active compounds selected by in vitro and in vivo activities.

TL;DR: A review on medicinal plants used to treat malaria in Nigeria, and antimalarial testing of extracts and purified compounds from plants can be found in this article, which shows intense activity against malaria parasites in vitro and in experimentally infected mice.

TL;DR: The present review summarizes the information concerning the traditional uses, phytochemistry and biological activities of asafoetida, an oleo-gum-resin obtained from the roots of different Ferula assa-foetida.

TL;DR: In this paper, a study aimed to identify wild plants collected for medical purposes by the local people of Maden County, located in the Eastern Anatolia Region of Turkey, and to establish the uses and local names of these plants.

TL;DR: This review summarizes the up-to-date and comprehensive information concerning the botany, traditional use, phytochemistry and pharmacology of I. verum together with the toxicology, and discusses the possible trend and scope for future research.

TL;DR: This work tries to visualize how field based studies in ethnobiology and especially medical ethnobotany and ethnopharmacology run the risk of repeating information and knowledge and illustrates the importance of differentiating and acknowledging the origin, transmission and rationale of plant use made by humans.

TL;DR: The use of medicinal plants by traditional healers to treat human diseases in a rural area located in the East-Centre Region of Burkina Faso (Baskoure Area) has been studied from an ethnobotanical point of view.

TL;DR: The aim of this review is to provide a comprehensive overview on the botanical, phytochemical and pharmacological aspects from the genus Sideritis, with the objective of establishing scientific basis that explains its ethnopharmacological use.

TL;DR: In this paper, the antibiofilm and antibacterial activities of 45 aqueous extracts from 24 Caatinga plant species were investigated by using scanning electron microscopy (SEM) to generate comparative images of extract-treated and untreated biofilms.

TL;DR: In this paper, the use of wild growing medicinal plants by local people living in high mountain region of Montenegro and conduct local botanical and ecological surveys was studied and assessed possibilities for commercial exploitation for local economic development.

TL;DR: F. religiosa emerged as a good source of traditional medicine for the treatment of asthma, diabetes, diarrhea, epilepsy, gastric problems, inflammatory disorders, infectious disorders and sexual disorders, and there is a need of phytochemical standardization and bioactivity-guided identification of bioactive metabolites.

TL;DR: Confirming its popular use, consumption of fermented, traditional rooibos significantly improved the lipid profile as well as redox status, both relevant to heart disease, in adults at risk for developing cardiovascular disease.

TL;DR: In this paper, a study was done to establish medicinal plants used in the treatment of various diseases by the people in the Northern sector of Kibale National Park in western Uganda.

TL;DR: In this article, a study sought to gather information from aboriginal Bedouins in North Badia region of Jordan about used medicinal herbs besides their folk uses and calculated the informant consensus factor (Fic) and use value (UV) have been calculated to those herbs and the managed illnesses.

TL;DR: In this paper, the pharmaceutical importance of plant resources in Nhema communal area, particularly the significance of medicinal plants in primary healthcare, was documented, and nine traditional healers were identified using the Participatory Rapid Appraisal (PRA) approach.

TL;DR: In this paper, Baicalein, the active constituent derived from Scutellaria baicalensis Georgi, has been shown to significantly restore the effectiveness of β-lactam antibiotics and tetracycline against MRSA.

TL;DR: The overall results of the present study provide supportive data on the use of some Cameroonian plants for cancer treatment and indicate that the anti-angiogenic properties of the most active extracts were able to inhibit angiogenesis by more than 50% in quail embryo.

TL;DR: In this paper, the antimelanogenesis effect of Sargassum polycystum extracts by cell-free mushroom tyrosinase assay followed by cell viability assay, cellular tyrosinsase assay and melanin content assay using B16F10 murine melanoma cells was investigated.

TL;DR: In this article, a 4-week, multicenter, randomized, double-blind, active-control trial was conducted to assess the efficacy and safety of three doses of bitter melon compared with metformin.

TL;DR: In this article, the authors evaluated the potential toxicity of 341 plant species using a brine-shrimp assay and found that 24% of the species in water extract and 76% of those in alcoholic extract showed elevated toxicity levels to brine shrimp.

TL;DR: These results demonstrated that PO seeds possessed notable hypoglycaemic, hypolipidaemic and insulin resistance reducer effects; possibly due to its contents of polyunsaturated fatty acids, flavonoids, and polysaccharides.

TL;DR: In this paper, the authors reviewed the current research on Pinus pinaster extract in terms of extraction methods, its pharmacological, toxicological and nutraceutical effects and clinical studies.