An Intricate Investigation of Ethnobotanical Practices Concerning the Utilization of Medicinal Flora for Addressing Reproductive Health Disorders within the Dubri Wildlife Sanctuary Located in the Sidhi District of Madhya Pradesh, India | Chapter 2 | Recent Trends in the Study of Botanical Research Volume - 1

 The ethnobotanical investigations pertaining to a specific geographical area involve an intricate and laborious process. In this context, a research paper has meticulously documented the indigenous wisdom concerning the utilization of medicinal plants for addressing various reproductive health disorders and ailments. The locale under study is the Dubri Wild Life Sanctuary situated in the Sidhi District of Madhya Pradesh, India. The conducted survey employed a meticulous approach that encompassed direct and probing inquiries directed towards traditional healthcare practitioners, community leaders, and individuals with educational backgrounds. The crux of the study centers around a comprehensive analysis of 22 distinct plant species, each attributed to the management of 11 discrete reproductive disorders. These ailments encompass a range of conditions including leucorrhea, excessive uterine bleeding, infertility in both males and females, nocturnal emissions, involuntary seminal emissions, pregnancy-induced vomiting, gonorrhea, complications during childbirth, augmentation of lactation, irregular menstrual cycles, and female contraception. The identified medicinal plants are expounded upon through their botanical and indigenous nomenclature, affiliated botanical families, specific plant parts that are utilized, the time-honored techniques employed in the preparation of therapeutic remedies, recommended dosages, and the manner in which these formulations are administered to human subjects.

Author(s) Details:

Mohammad Salim,
S.G.S. Govt. Autonomous P.G. College, Sidhi (M.P.), A.P.S. University, Rewa, India.

Pradeep Kumar Dwivedi,
S.G.S. Govt. Autonomous P.G. College, Sidhi (M.P.), A.P.S. University, Rewa, India.

Mohammad Shahid Masroor,
People’s College of Dental Sciences & Research Centre, People’s University, Bhopal (M.P.), India.

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King Alferd’s Mushroom (Daldinia concentrica) - An Investigation on its Cutaneous Wound Healing Activity from the Indigenous Knowledge of Tribes of Sirumalai Hills, Tamilnadu, India | Chapter 5 | Current Overview on Pharmaceutical Science Vol. 6

 The current study is an attempt to conduct an ethnomycological grow quickly survey among the paliyar tribals of five conclusions in the Sirumalai hills. Daldinia concentrica, a grow quickly used by tribals for wound restorative, was tested in vivo in a informer model. Wild mushroom likely to grow on areas accompanying high dampness and rainfall.  The survey revealed that 92% of the accused consume sprout as food and four mushrooms are secondhand in ethnomedicine in the study area that is to say, Daldinia concentrica, Calvatia gigantean, Termitomyces microcarpus and Podaxis pistillaris. Daldinia concentrica for wound healing, is the first ethnomycological report, so the further study on Daldinia  found that the mushroom sample resides of alkaloid 0.97±0.07mg/kg, flavanoid 2.97±0.12mg/kg, phenol 0.32±0.01mg/kg, tannin 0.17±0.02mg/kg, terpenoid 0.07±0.01mg/kg and saponin 0.09±0.02mg/kg; and it’s in vivo wound healing activity was raise to be superior around 75 – 87% distinguished to that of the commercial balm neosporin. The activity maybe attributed to the cooperative effect of phytochemicals found in bureaucracy. Our findings clear up the traditional use of mushrooms in a assortment of treatments.

Author(s) Details:

Sumathy Raj,
School of Biotechnology, Dr. G.R. Damodaran College of Science, Coimbatore, Tamil Nadu, India.

Rajeshwaran Thangaraj,
Department of Biology, The Gandhigram Rural Institute – Deemed University, Gandhigram, Dindigul, Tamilnadu, India.

Kumuthakalavalli Renganathan,
Department of Biology, The Gandhigram Rural Institute – Deemed University, Gandhigram, Dindigul, Tamilnadu, India.

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