Leaf Architecture of Some Species of Clerodendrum Linnaeus Found in Assam, India
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Review of Pharmacological Properties, Phytochemistry and Medicinal Uses of Volkameria Glabra
264 Journal of Pharmacy and Nutrition Sciences, 2020, 10, 264-273 Review of Pharmacological Properties, Phytochemistry and Medicinal uses of Volkameria glabra Alfred Maroyi* Department of Botany, University of Fort Hare, Private Bag X1314, Alice 5700, South Africa Abstract: Volkameria glabra (E. Mey.) Mabb. & Y.W. Yuan is a deciduous shrub or a small tree widely used as traditional medicine throughout its distributional range in tropical Africa. This study is aimed at providing a critical review of pharmacological properties, phytochemistry, and medicinal uses of V. glabra. Documented information on pharmacological properties, phytochemistry and medicinal uses of V. glabra was collected from several online sources such as Scopus, Google Scholar, PubMed and Science Direct, and pre-electronic sources such as book chapters, books, journal articles and scientific publications obtained from the university library. This study revealed that the bark, leaf and root infusion and/or decoction of V. glabra are mainly used as immune booster, protective charm, anthelmintic and ethnoveterinary medicine, and traditional medicine for convulsions, fractured bones, fever, wounds, gastro-intestinal problems, snake bite and respiratory diseases. Phytochemical compounds identified from the species include aliphatic glycosides, anthraquinones, cardiac glycosides, flavonoids, iridoid, phenols, saponins, steroids, tannins and triterpenoids. The V. glabra and compounds isolated from the species exhibited acaricidal, anthelmintic, antibacterial, antifungal, antimycobacterial, -
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THE SPECIES Clerodendrum myricoides (Rotheca myricoides) Verbenaceae Indigenous STANDARDlTRADE NAME: Butterfly bush. COMMON NAMES: Boran: Mara sisa; Kamba: Kiteangwai, Muvweia; Kikuyu: Munjugu; Kipsigis: Chesamisiet, Obetiot; Luhya (Bukusu): Kumusilangokho; Luhya: Shisilangokho; Luo: Kurgweno, Okwergweno, Okwero, Okworo, Oseke, Sangla; Maasai: Olmakutukut; Marakwet: Chebobet, Chesagon; Samburu: Makutukuti; Tugen: Gobetie. DESCRIPTION: A small shrub up to 3.5 m, much branched from the base and often with some branches scrambling through other plants. The leaves and stem have a distinctive smell when crushed. LEA VES: Opposite or in whods, simple, ovate, margin toothed or, rarely, entire, up to 12 cm long but usually smaller, without hairs and almost stalkless. FLOWERS: Blue or purple, sweetly scented, conspicuous, irregular, 2 petals shaped like butterfly wings. FRUIT: Small rounded berry, black when ripe. ECOLOGY: Found from Sudan and Ethiopia south to Zimba bwe. A common shrub in forest edges, bushland, moun tain scrub, wooded grassland and in secondary vegeta tion, 1,500-2,400 m. Common in rocky places. Agroclimatic Zone Ill. Flowers may occur any time of the year. USES: Arrows, medicine (leaves, stem, roots), bee forage, ornamental, ceremonial. PROPAGATION: Propagation is easy. Cuttings and seedlings can be used, as well as root cuttings or root suckers produced from exposed or injured roots. REMARKS: There are close to two dozen Clerodendrum species in Kenya. C. myricoides is the commonest. Other common species are C. johnstonii (Kamba: Muteangwai; Kikuyu: Muringo; Luhya; Lusala; Marakwet: Jersegao; Meru: Kiankware), which can be a shrub or liana that climbs with the remains of leaf petioles. Flowers are white and the usually galled fruits orange to black. -
Medicinal Practices of Sacred Natural Sites: a Socio-Religious Approach for Successful Implementation of Primary
Medicinal practices of sacred natural sites: a socio-religious approach for successful implementation of primary healthcare services Rajasri Ray and Avik Ray Review Correspondence Abstract Rajasri Ray*, Avik Ray Centre for studies in Ethnobiology, Biodiversity and Background: Sacred groves are model systems that Sustainability (CEiBa), Malda - 732103, West have the potential to contribute to rural healthcare Bengal, India owing to their medicinal floral diversity and strong social acceptance. *Corresponding Author: Rajasri Ray; [email protected] Methods: We examined this idea employing ethnomedicinal plants and their application Ethnobotany Research & Applications documented from sacred groves across India. A total 20:34 (2020) of 65 published documents were shortlisted for the Key words: AYUSH; Ethnomedicine; Medicinal plant; preparation of database and statistical analysis. Sacred grove; Spatial fidelity; Tropical diseases Standard ethnobotanical indices and mapping were used to capture the current trend. Background Results: A total of 1247 species from 152 families Human-nature interaction has been long entwined in has been documented for use against eighteen the history of humanity. Apart from deriving natural categories of diseases common in tropical and sub- resources, humans have a deep rooted tradition of tropical landscapes. Though the reported species venerating nature which is extensively observed are clustered around a few widely distributed across continents (Verschuuren 2010). The tradition families, 71% of them are uniquely represented from has attracted attention of researchers and policy- any single biogeographic region. The use of multiple makers for its impact on local ecological and socio- species in treating an ailment, high use value of the economic dynamics. Ethnomedicine that emanated popular plants, and cross-community similarity in from this tradition, deals health issues with nature- disease treatment reflects rich community wisdom to derived resources. -
Check List of Wild Angiosperms of Bhagwan Mahavir (Molem
Check List 9(2): 186–207, 2013 © 2013 Check List and Authors Chec List ISSN 1809-127X (available at www.checklist.org.br) Journal of species lists and distribution Check List of Wild Angiosperms of Bhagwan Mahavir PECIES S OF Mandar Nilkanth Datar 1* and P. Lakshminarasimhan 2 ISTS L (Molem) National Park, Goa, India *1 CorrespondingAgharkar Research author Institute, E-mail: G. [email protected] G. Agarkar Road, Pune - 411 004. Maharashtra, India. 2 Central National Herbarium, Botanical Survey of India, P. O. Botanic Garden, Howrah - 711 103. West Bengal, India. Abstract: Bhagwan Mahavir (Molem) National Park, the only National park in Goa, was evaluated for it’s diversity of Angiosperms. A total number of 721 wild species belonging to 119 families were documented from this protected area of which 126 are endemics. A checklist of these species is provided here. Introduction in the National Park are Laterite and Deccan trap Basalt Protected areas are most important in many ways for (Naik, 1995). Soil in most places of the National Park area conservation of biodiversity. Worldwide there are 102,102 is laterite of high and low level type formed by natural Protected Areas covering 18.8 million km2 metamorphosis and degradation of undulation rocks. network of 660 Protected Areas including 99 National Minerals like bauxite, iron and manganese are obtained Parks, 514 Wildlife Sanctuaries, 43 Conservation. India Reserves has a from these soils. The general climate of the area is tropical and 4 Community Reserves covering a total of 158,373 km2 with high percentage of humidity throughout the year. -
( 12 ) United States Patent
US010293012B2 (12 ) United States Patent ( 10 ) Patent No. : US 10 , 293 ,012 B2 Langland et al. (45 ) Date of Patent: May 21, 2019 ( 54 ) METHODS OF USING EXTRACTS OF OTHER PUBLICATIONS MELISSA OFFICINALIS AGAINST FILOVIRUSES Chattopadhyay, et al. , Evidence - Based Validation of Herbal Medi cine , Ch . 8 : 175 . ( Year : 2015 ) . * Arndt, W . et al ., “ In Vitro Characterization of a Nineteenth - Century ( 71 ) Applicants : Jeffrey Langland , Chandler, AZ (US ) ; Therapy for Smallpox ” , PLoS One, Mar. 2012 , 7 ( 3 ) , article ID Bertram Jacobs, Tempe , AZ (US ) ; e23610 , 9 pages . Karen Denzler , Phoenix , AZ (US ) Astani , A . et al. , “ Melissa officinalis Extract Inhibits Attachment of Herpes Simplex Virus in vitro ” , Chemotherapy, 2012 (published (72 ) Inventors : Jeffrey Langland , Chandler , AZ (US ) ; online Feb . 2012 ) , 58 , pp . 70 - 77 . Chattopadhyay, D . et al ., “ Ethnomedicines and ethnomedicinal Bertram Jacobs, Tempe , AZ (US ) ; phytophores against herpesviruses” , Biotechnology Annual Review , Karen Denzler , Phoenix , AZ (US ) 2008 (available online Jul. 2008 ) , 14 , pp . 297 - 348 . Cheng, C . et al. , “ Recent Advances in the Discovery of Novel ( 73 ) Assignee : Arizona Board of Regents on behalf Anti -Herpetic Agents from Chinese Herbal Medicines ” , Current of Arizona State University , Scotsdale , Organic Chemistry, 2010 , 14 ( 16 ), pp . 1714 - 1726 . AZ (US ) Downing, A . , “ Inter and intra - specific differences in medicinal plant use for the treatment of type II diabetes symptoms by the Cree Elders of Eeyou Istchee ( QC ) ” , University of Montreal , Papyrus ( * ) Notice : Subject to any disclaimer , the term of this Institutional Repository , Master ' s Thesis , 2010 , 117 pages . patent is extended or adjusted under 35 Harris , C . et al ., " Characterizing the cytoprotective activity of U . -
A Comparative Pharmacognostical Study of Certain Clerodendrum Species (Family Lamiaceae) Cultivated in Egypt
A Comparative Pharmacognostical Study of Certain Clerodendrum Species (Family Lamiaceae) Cultivated in Egypt A Thesis Submitted By Asmaa Mohamed Ahmed Khalil For the Degree of Master in Pharmaceutical Sciences (Pharmacognosy) Under the Supervision of Prof. Dr. Prof. Dr. Soheir Mohamed El Zalabani Hesham Ibrahim El-Askary Professor of Pharmacognosy Professor of Pharmacognosy Faculty of Pharmacy Faculty of Pharmacy Cairo University Cairo University Assistant Prof. Dr. Omar Mohamed Sabry Assistant Professor of Pharmacognosy Faculty of Pharmacy Cairo University Pharmacognosy Department Faculty of Pharmacy Cairo University A.R.E. 2019 Abstract A Comparative Pharmacognostical Study of Certain Clerodendrum Species (Family Lamiaceae) Cultivated in Egypt Clerodendrum inerme L. Gaertn. and Clerodendrum splendens G. Don, two members of the cosmopolitan family Lamiaceae, are successfully acclimatized in Egypt. The current study aimed to evaluate the local plants as potential candidates for implementation in pharmaceutical industries, which necessitates an intensive investigation of safety and bioactivity of the cited species. To ensure quality and purity of the raw material, criteria for characterization of and/or discrimination between the two species were established via botanical profiling, proximate analysis, phytochemical screening and UPLC analysis. The leaves were subjected to comparative biological and chemical study to select the most suitable from the medicinal and economic standpoints. In this respect, the antioxidant cyotoxic and antimicrobial potentials of the defatted ethanol (70%) extracts of the tested samples were assessed in-vitro. Meanwhile, the chemical composition of the leaves was examined through qualitative and quantitative comparative analyses of the phenolic components. In this respect, The leaves of C. inerme were selected for more intensive both phytochemical and biological investigation. -
Diversity and Useful Products in Some Verbenaceous Member of Melghat and Amravati Regions, Maharashtra, India
BIODIVERSITAS ISSN: 1412-033X (printed edition) Volume 12, Number 3, July 2011 ISSN: 2085-4722 (electronic) Pages: 146-163 DOI: 10.13057/biodiv/d120305 Diversity and useful products in some Verbenaceous member of Melghat and Amravati regions, Maharashtra, India SHUBHANGI NAGORAO INGOLE♥ Department of Botany, Bai, R.D.I.K. and N.K.D. College, Badnera, Amravati 444701, Maharashtra, India, Tel./Fax. +917212663865, +919823259331, ♥email: shubhangiingole@rediffmail. Manuscript received: 2 July 2011. Revision accepted: 31 July 2011. ABSTRACT Ingole SN. 2011. Diversity and useful products in some Verbenaceous member of Melghat and Amravati regions, Maharashtra, India. Biodiversitas 12: 146-163. Verbenaceae is a large family of very diverse habit. The present study deals with detailed characteristics, distribution and economically important products of some verbenaceous members of Melghat and Amravati regions. During the survey twenty members belonging to fourteen genera of Verbenaceae were collected. Some members occur abundantly either in wild or cultivated state like Lantana camara L. var. aculeata Mold., Lantana flava Medik., L. nivea Vent., Glandularia bipinnatifida (Schauer) Nutt., Duranta erecta L., Vitex negundo L., Volkameria inermis L., Clerodendrum phlomidis L. f., Clerodendrum splendens G. Don, Nyctanthes arbor-tristis L. etc. while Petrea volubilis L., Gmelina arborea Roxb., G. philippensis Cham., Stachytarpheta jamaicensis (L.) Vahl., S. mutabilis (Jacq.) Vahl., Rotheca serrata (L.) Steane & Mabb., Holmskioldia sanguinea Retz. are not much common and occur in limited locations. Phyla nodiflora (L.) Greene, a creeping much-branched herb is found typically in wet places. Tectona grandis L. f. occurs very variable in size according to its habitat and is common dominant tree in forest of Melghat and also planted in plains. -
Livestock Husbandry: MITI NI MALI in KENYA
02/11/2011 Livestock Husbandry: MITI NI MALI IN KENYA Illustrations; Joseph Kariuki Technical content; Anne Powys, Leslie Duckworth Published by Mediae Trust, P.O. Box 25308 , Nairobi , Kenya 24pp Miti ni mali is the name of a project which hopes to collect the existing knowledge of plants that can be used to improve the health of peoples and their livestock. This collected knowledge will be recorded and returned to communities in the hope that young people will appreciate and preserve this valuable resource. IMPORTANT WARNING D:/cd3wddvd/NoExe/Master/dvd001/…/meister10.htm This booklet is intended as 1/29 02/11/2011 Livestock Husbandry: This booklet is intended as an educational insight to the importance of the plants. IT IS NOT A MEDICAL HANDBOOK! Many of the plants described in this booklet are very poisonous. Neither the publishers or the authors can be held responsible for claims arising from the inappropriate use of plants. For treatment please refer to your local healer. MITI NI MALI IN KENYA Contents: Click on one of the plant images below or click on arrow for the next page D:/cd3wddvd/NoExe/Master/dvd001/…/meister10.htm 2/29 02/11/2011 Livestock Husbandry: MELIACAE - MAHOGANY FAMILY COMEMELINACEAE Azadirachta indica Commelina benghalensis Neem, Mkilifi, Mwarubaini (Kiswahili) Enkateeryiai (Maa) MYRSINACEAE - RAPANEA FAMILY LABIATAE - MINT/ BASIL FAMILY Myrsine africana Ocimum americanum Segetet (Mkogodo), Mugaita (Kikuyu), Beehive plant, Urgo (Boran), D:/cd3wddvd/NoExe/Master/dvd001/…/meister10.htm 3/29 02/11/2011 Livestock Husbandry: Osegeteti (Kipsigis), Ol-segeteti (Maa), Vumbani (Kiswahili), Il Ekaiyi (Turkana) korompole (Mkogodo) OLEACEAE - OLIVE FAMILY VERBENACEAE - TEAK FAMILY Olea europaea ssp. -
Flora of North America
Flora of North America Volume 25, Number 1 Newsletter January – June 2011 PRESIDENT’S REPORT Flora of North America Association: Deadlines Are Dead Serious Luc Brouillet, FNAA president roducing any volume of the Flora of North America more precise idea of the progress of the flora because very Pseries requires dedication from a large number of large genera tend to arrive late. As stated above, these are individuals over a long period of time. But, production the volumes nearing completion. What is the overall state cannot start before manuscripts are received. This state- of volume production for the remaining ten volumes? ment underscores the crucial role played by authors in The percentage of manuscripts received (and in the FNA project. Authors have many commitments and regional review) varies from 1 to 37%, for an overall often will put off writing their treatments, precisely average of 16.5%. This is both impressive and a call to because of the apparently remote deadlines (or through greater efforts. Indeed, if we want to finish the Flora a disbelief in deadlines). Yet deadlines are dead serious within a reasonable timeframe (and we must), manuscript to FNA: editors, reviewers, technical editors, and artists flow from authors must increase, and those authors who all depend on manuscript delivery. have not yet started to work on their treatments must The FNA project is more than half way to completion. do so now. No more procrastination: deadlines are real, If we exclude the three volumes (6, 9, and 28) currently in for us at the project as much as for you authors. -
Further Disintegration and Redefinition of Clerodendrum (Lamiaceae): Implications for the Understanding of the Evolution of an Intriguing Breeding Strategy
TAXON 59 (1) • February 2010: 125–133 Yuan & al. • Phylogeny of Clerodendrum and allied genera Further disintegration and redefinition of Clerodendrum (Lamiaceae): Implications for the understanding of the evolution of an intriguing breeding strategy Yao-Wu Yuan,1,2 David J. Mabberley,3,4 Dorothy A. Steane5 & Richard G. Olmstead1 1 Department of Biology, University of Washington, Box 355325, Seattle, Washington 98195-5325, U.S.A. 2 Current address: 4504 Miller Plant Sciences Building, Department of Plant Biology, University of Georgia, Athens, Georgia 30602, U.S.A. 3 University of Washington Botanic Gardens, College of Forest Resources, Box 354115, Seattle, Washington 98195-4115, U.S.A. 4 Current address: Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, Richmond, Surrey TW9 3AB, U.K. 5 School of Plant Science, University of Tasmania, Private Bag 55, Hobart, Tasmania 7001, Australia Author for correspondence: Yao-Wu Yuan, [email protected] Abstract The genus Clerodendrum s.l. is polyphyletic. Although recent studies have resulted in C. subg. Cyclonema and C. sect. Konocalyx being removed to the resurrected genus Rotheca, and the unispecific genus Huxleya being sunk into Clerodendrum, it has been unclear whether Clerodendrum as currently circumscribed is monophyletic, particularly in relation to the American genera Aegiphila, Amasonia, and Tetraclea. This phylogenetic study employs four relatively fast-evolving chloroplast DNA re- gions, trnT-L, trnL-F, trnD-T, and trnS-fM, to clarify the generic boundaries of Clerodendrum and its relationship to allied genera. The results corroborate previous studies that there are three well-supported clades in the currently recognized Clerodendrum: an Asian clade, an African clade, and a Pantropical Coastal clade. -
Computer-Aided Chemotaxonomy and Bioprospecting Study of Diterpenes of the Lamiaceae Family
molecules Article Computer-Aided Chemotaxonomy and Bioprospecting Study of Diterpenes of the Lamiaceae Family Andreza Barbosa Silva Cavalcanti, Renata Priscila Costa Barros, Vicente Carlos de Oliveira Costa, Marcelo Sobral da Silva, Josean Fechine Tavares , Luciana Scotti and Marcus Tullius Scotti * Post-Graduate Program in Natural Synthetic Bioactive Products, Federal University of Paraiba, João Pessoa 58051-900, Paraíba, Brazil; [email protected] (A.B.S.C.); [email protected] (R.P.C.B.); [email protected] (V.C.d.O.C.); [email protected] (M.S.d.S.); [email protected] (J.F.T.); [email protected] (L.S.) * Correspondence: [email protected]; Tel.: +55-83-998690415 Received: 4 October 2019; Accepted: 27 October 2019; Published: 30 October 2019 Abstract: Lamiaceae is one of the largest families of angiosperms and is classified into 12 subfamilies that are composed of 295 genera and 7775 species. It presents a variety of secondary metabolites such as diterpenes that are commonly found in their species, and some of them are known to be chemotaxonomic markers. The aim of this work was to construct a database of diterpenes and to use it to perform a chemotaxonomic analysis among the subfamilies of Lamiaceae, using molecular descriptors and self-organizing maps (SOMs). The 4115 different diterpenes corresponding to 6386 botanical occurrences, which are distributed in eight subfamilies, 66 genera, 639 different species and 4880 geographical locations, were added to SistematX. Molecular descriptors of diterpenes and their respective botanical occurrences were used to generate the SOMs. In all obtained maps, a match rate higher than 80% was observed, demonstrating a separation of the Lamiaceae subfamilies, corroborating with the morphological and molecular data proposed by Li et al. -
SABONET Report No 18
ii Quick Guide This book is divided into two sections: the first part provides descriptions of some common trees and shrubs of Botswana, and the second is the complete checklist. The scientific names of the families, genera, and species are arranged alphabetically. Vernacular names are also arranged alphabetically, starting with Setswana and followed by English. Setswana names are separated by a semi-colon from English names. A glossary at the end of the book defines botanical terms used in the text. Species that are listed in the Red Data List for Botswana are indicated by an ® preceding the name. The letters N, SW, and SE indicate the distribution of the species within Botswana according to the Flora zambesiaca geographical regions. Flora zambesiaca regions used in the checklist. Administrative District FZ geographical region Central District SE & N Chobe District N Ghanzi District SW Kgalagadi District SW Kgatleng District SE Kweneng District SW & SE Ngamiland District N North East District N South East District SE Southern District SW & SE N CHOBE DISTRICT NGAMILAND DISTRICT ZIMBABWE NAMIBIA NORTH EAST DISTRICT CENTRAL DISTRICT GHANZI DISTRICT KWENENG DISTRICT KGATLENG KGALAGADI DISTRICT DISTRICT SOUTHERN SOUTH EAST DISTRICT DISTRICT SOUTH AFRICA 0 Kilometres 400 i ii Trees of Botswana: names and distribution Moffat P. Setshogo & Fanie Venter iii Recommended citation format SETSHOGO, M.P. & VENTER, F. 2003. Trees of Botswana: names and distribution. Southern African Botanical Diversity Network Report No. 18. Pretoria. Produced by University of Botswana Herbarium Private Bag UB00704 Gaborone Tel: (267) 355 2602 Fax: (267) 318 5097 E-mail: [email protected] Published by Southern African Botanical Diversity Network (SABONET), c/o National Botanical Institute, Private Bag X101, 0001 Pretoria and University of Botswana Herbarium, Private Bag UB00704, Gaborone.