Buchanania Obovata) Compared to Other Anacardiaceae Fruit and Nuts
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Method to Estimate Dry-Kiln Schedules and Species Groupings: Tropical and Temperate Hardwoods
United States Department of Agriculture Method to Estimate Forest Service Forest Dry-Kiln Schedules Products Laboratory Research and Species Groupings Paper FPL–RP–548 Tropical and Temperate Hardwoods William T. Simpson Abstract Contents Dry-kiln schedules have been developed for many wood Page species. However, one problem is that many, especially tropical species, have no recommended schedule. Another Introduction................................................................1 problem in drying tropical species is the lack of a way to Estimation of Kiln Schedules.........................................1 group them when it is impractical to fill a kiln with a single Background .............................................................1 species. This report investigates the possibility of estimating kiln schedules and grouping species for drying using basic Related Research...................................................1 specific gravity as the primary variable for prediction and grouping. In this study, kiln schedules were estimated by Current Kiln Schedules ..........................................1 establishing least squares relationships between schedule Method of Schedule Estimation...................................2 parameters and basic specific gravity. These relationships were then applied to estimate schedules for 3,237 species Estimation of Initial Conditions ..............................2 from Africa, Asia and Oceana, and Latin America. Nine drying groups were established, based on intervals of specific Estimation -
Herbal Cosmetics for Skin and Hair Care
Article Herbal Cosmetics for Skin and Hair care V P Kapoor National Botanical Research Institute, Lucknow – 226 001, Uttar Pradesh, India Abstract Allopathic system alone is proving insufficient and there is need to The cosmetics are the utility products used extensively throughout the world for supplement it with herbal drugs. The most maintaining and improving general appearance of face and other parts of body e.g. mouth, hand appropriate way is to utilize modern as finger, eye, hair, etc. It includes creams, powders, face pack, lotions, moisturizers, shampoo, hair well as traditional system to look after oil, conditioners, nail polish, etc. Smooth, shinning, healthy skin and hair certainly count for a beautiful woman or handsome man. Numerous chemical toxins, microorganisms, chemicals, the health of the people. Much awareness infections present in atmosphere cause damage to skin. Cosmetics alone are not sufficient to take is created amongst the consumers for care of skin and body parts, it require association of active ingredients to check the damage and health and better quality lives, which led ageing of the skin. Herbal cosmetics are now emerged as the appropriate solution to the current towards more use of herbal drugs, herbal problem. Personal care industry is currently more concentrated on herbal cosmetics as now-a-days cosmetics, neutraceuticals and natural it is a fast growing segment with a vast scope of manifold expansion in coming years. Herbal cosmetics are the preparations, which represent cosmetics associated with active bio-ingredients, dyes. The new markets are being driven neutraceuticals or pharmaceuticals. The use of bioactive phytochemicals from a variety of botanicals by fundamental shifts in demand for have dual function, (i) they serve as cosmetics for the care of body and its parts and (ii) the herbal-based products and renewed botanical ingredients present therein influence biological functions of skin and provide nutrients concern about the synthetic-based necessary for the healthy skin or hair. -
Ethnomedicinal Plants Used in the Healthcare Systems of Tribes of Dantewada, Chhattisgarh India
American Journal of Plant Sciences, 2014, 5, 1632-1643 Published Online May 2014 in SciRes. http://www.scirp.org/journal/ajps http://dx.doi.org/10.4236/ajps.2014.511177 Ethnomedicinal Plants Used in the Healthcare Systems of Tribes of Dantewada, Chhattisgarh India Pankaj K. Sahu1, Vanee Masih1, Sharmistha Gupta2, Devki L. Sen3, Anushree Tiwari1 1Department of Botany, Dr. C. V. Raman University Kota, Bilaspur, India 2West Bengal State Council of Science & Technology, Kolkata, India 3Department of Botany, Government Science College, Raipur, India Email: [email protected] Received 26 March 2014; revised 25 April 2014; accepted 6 May 2014 Copyright © 2014 by authors and Scientific Research Publishing Inc. This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution International License (CC BY). http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ Abstract The tribal people depend on forests for their livelihood and most of the rural people still depend on traditional medicine as a primary healthcare source. The paper highlights the rich plant re- sources and the vast wealth of ethnobotanical information available with the various tribes of the region. In this paper, some new and less known ethno medicinal uses of 104 plants of tribes of Dantewada, Dakshin Bastar C.G. in different ailments have been reported. The main objective of present work is to give the information and documentation of medicinal plant used by tribal of the study sites. The ethnomedicinal information was gathered from interviews with living elders be- longing to Madiya, Muriya, Gond and Bhatra tribes of the study area. The present work on ethno- medicinal plants, used in the healthcare systems of tribes in 15 villages, was carried out from Geedam block of Dantewada, Dakshin Bastar C.G. -
World Journal of Pharmaceutical Sciences Buchanania Lanzan: A
World Journal of Pharmaceutical Sciences ISSN (Print): 2321-3310; ISSN (Online): 2321-3086 Published by Atom and Cell Publishers © All Rights Reserved Available online at: http://www.wjpsonline.com/ Review Article Buchanania Lanzan: a species of enormous potentials Mahtab Zakira Siddiqui1*, Arnab Roy Chowdhury1, Niranjan Prasad1 and Moni Thomas2 1Processing and Product Development Division, Indian Institute of Natural Resins & Gums, Namkum, Ranchi – 834 010 (Jharkhand), India 2Directorate of Research Services, Jawaharlal Nehru Krishi Vishwa Vidyalaya, Jabalpur – 482 004 (M.P.), India Received: 17-02-2014 / Revised: 24-02-2014 / Accepted: 25-03-2014 ABSTRACT Buchanania lanzan Spreng, commonly known as char, achar and chironji, belongs to family Anacardiaceae. It was first described by Francis Hamilton in 1798. The tree is natural wild growth in the tropical deciduous forests of Northern, Western and Central India, mostly in the States of Chhattisgarh, Jharkhand, Madhya Pradesh and in Varanasi and Mirzapur districts of Uttar Pradesh. Besides India, the plant is also found in other tropical Asian countries, Australia and Pacific islands. Tree can be identified by dark grey crocodile bark with red blaze and is a good species for afforestation in bare hill slopes. Traditional indigenous knowledge reveals the immense value of almost all parts of the plant i.e. roots, leaves, fruits, seeds and gum for various medicinal uses. Buchanania lanzan, being a vulnerable medicinal plant, is included in the Red Data Book published by International Union for Conservation of Nature and Natural Resources (IUCN). This species has high socio- economic value providing livelihood to tribal population of the area and has high potential as commercial horticulture species. -
Ministry of Education and Training Vietnam Academy
MINISTRY OF EDUCATION VIETNAM ACADEMY OF AND TRAINING SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY GRADUATE UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY ----------------------------- Nguyen Xuan Quyen STUDY ON TAXONOMY OF CASHEW FAMILY (ANACARDIACEAE R. Br.) IN VIETNAM Major: Botany Code: 9.42.01.11 SUMMARY OF BIOLOGY DOCTORAL THESIS Hanoi, 2021 The thesis is completed at: GRADUATE UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY, VIETNAM ACADEMY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY Supervisors: 1. Tran Thi Phuong Anh Ph.D. 2. Nguyen The Cuong Ph.D. Examination board Commenter 1: Commenter 2: Commenter 3: This doctoral thesis will be defended at the GUST-level Board of Examiner at Graduate University of Science and Technology, Vietnam Academy of Science and Technology at ......... on ........./......... /……. This doctoral thesis can be found at: - National Library of Vietnam - Library of Gradute Univesity of Science and Technology INTRODUCTION 1. Rationale for the study Vietnam is located in the tropical monsoon climate, geographic location with complex terrain and many different ecological regions, so the flora is very diverse and rich. From the late 18th century up to now, there have been many studies on plant taxonomy in our country, including new research results that have contributed to the necessary scientific basis for a number of related fields such as: conservation of biodiversity, ecology, agriculture, forestry, medicine, ... and management such as planning, building economic development, ... In the world, there are many completed and systematic work on plant taxonomy, which are the National Floras. That is the most up-to-date document on the specimen and latest information, using the modern methods of plants classification in each country, ... In Vietnam, 21 volumes The Flora of Vietnam have been published (2000- 2017), which included 3639 species, 665 genera belonging to 57 families of plant. -
The Avifauna of Two Woodlands in Southeast Tanzania
Scopus 25: 2336, December 2005 The avifauna of two woodlands in southeast Tanzania Anders P. Tøttrup, Flemming P. Jensen and Kim D. Christensen In Tanzania Brachystegia or miombo woodland occupies about two-thirds of the country including the central plateau to the north and the south eastern plateau (Lind & Morrison 1974). Along the coast more luxuriant woodlands are found in what White (1983) terms the Zanzibar-Inhambane regional mosaic floristic region. This highly complex vegetation comprises unique types of forest, thicket, woodland, bushland and grassland, interspersed with areas presently under cultivation and fallow (Hawthorne 1993). The coastal woodlands are usually deciduous or semi-deciduous but contain some evergreen species and often merge with coastal thickets, scrub forest and coastal forest (Hawthorne 1993, Vollesen 1994). The avifauna of miombo woodlands has been described for Zambia (e.g. Benson & Irwin 1966) and Zimbabwe (e.g. Vernon 1968, 1984, 1985), while little has been published on the birds of the coastal woodlands. An exception is Stjernstedt (1970) who reported on the birds in lush and dense Brachystegia microphylla vegetation in a sea of miombo in southeast Tanzania. Here we report our observations of birds in two woodlands in coastal southeast Tanzania, one of which harboured miombo trees. We present information on the number of species encountered during the fieldwork, and compare the avifauna of the two sites. We discuss possible causes for the differences observed and provide new information on habitat preferences for some of the species we recorded at these sites. Study sites Field work was carried out in two coastal woodlands in the Lindi Region, southeast Tanzania in September and October 2001. -
BIODIVERSITY CONSERVATION on the TIWI ISLANDS, NORTHERN TERRITORY: Part 1. Environments and Plants
BIODIVERSITY CONSERVATION ON THE TIWI ISLANDS, NORTHERN TERRITORY: Part 1. Environments and plants Report prepared by John Woinarski, Kym Brennan, Ian Cowie, Raelee Kerrigan and Craig Hempel. Darwin, August 2003 Cover photo: Tall forests dominated by Darwin stringybark Eucalyptus tetrodonta, Darwin woollybutt E. miniata and Melville Island Bloodwood Corymbia nesophila are the principal landscape element across the Tiwi islands (photo: Craig Hempel). i SUMMARY The Tiwi Islands comprise two of Australia’s largest offshore islands - Bathurst (with an area of 1693 km 2) and Melville (5788 km 2) Islands. These are Aboriginal lands lying about 20 km to the north of Darwin, Northern Territory. The islands are of generally low relief with relatively simple geological patterning. They have the highest rainfall in the Northern Territory (to about 2000 mm annual average rainfall in the far north-west of Melville and north of Bathurst). The human population of about 2000 people lives mainly in the three towns of Nguiu, Milakapati and Pirlangimpi. Tall forests dominated by Eucalyptus miniata, E. tetrodonta, and Corymbia nesophila cover about 75% of the island area. These include the best developed eucalypt forests in the Northern Territory. The Tiwi Islands also include nearly 1300 rainforest patches, with floristic composition in many of these patches distinct from that of the Northern Territory mainland. Although the total extent of rainforest on the Tiwi Islands is small (around 160 km 2 ), at an NT level this makes up an unusually high proportion of the landscape and comprises between 6 and 15% of the total NT rainforest extent. The Tiwi Islands also include nearly 200 km 2 of “treeless plains”, a vegetation type largely restricted to these islands. -
Buchanania Obovata: Functionality and Phytochemical Profiling of the Australian Native Green Plum
foods Article Buchanania obovata: Functionality and Phytochemical Profiling of the Australian Native Green Plum Selina A. Fyfe 1,2 ID , Gabriele Netzel 2, Michael E. Netzel 2 and Yasmina Sultanbawa 2,* ID 1 School of Agriculture and Food Sciences, The University of Queensland, St Lucia, Brisbane, QLD 4072 Australia; [email protected] 2 Queensland Alliance for Agriculture and Food Innovation (QAAFI), The University of Queensland, Health and Food Sciences Precinct, 39 Kessels Rd Coopers Plain;, PO Box 156, Archerfield, QLD 4108, Australia; [email protected] (G.N.); [email protected] (M.E.N.) * Correspondence: [email protected]; Tel.: +61-7-3443-2471 Received: 13 April 2018; Accepted: 26 April 2018; Published: 4 May 2018 Abstract: The green plum is the fruit of Buchanania obovata Engl. and is an Australian Indigenous bush food. Very little study has been done on the green plum, so this is an initial screening study of the functional properties and phytochemical profile found in the flesh and seed. The flesh was shown to have antimicrobial properties effective against gram negative (Escherichia coli 9001—NCTC) and gram positive (Staphylococcus aureus 6571—NCTC) bacteria. Scanning electron microscopy analysis shows that the antimicrobial activity causes cell wall disintegration and cytoplasmic leakage in both bacteria. Antioxidant 2,2-diphenyl-1-picrylhydrazyl (DPPH) testing shows the flesh has high radical scavenging activity (106.3 ± 28.6 µM Trolox equivalant/g Dry Weight in methanol). The flesh and seed contain a range of polyphenols including gallic acid, ellagic acid, p-coumaric acid, kaempferol, quercetin and trans-ferulic acid that may be responsible for this activity. -
Enrichment Plantings As a Means of Enhanced Bush Food and Bush Medicine Plant Production in Remote Arid Regions – a Review and Status Repor | L.S
Enrichment plantings as a means of enhanced bush food and bush medicine plant production in remote arid regions – a review and status repor | L.S. Lee & Kim Courtenay 64 Enrichment plantings as a means of enhanced bush food and bush medicine plant production in remote arid regions – a review and status report L.S. Lee Kim Courtenay CRC for Remote Economic Participation & Kimberley Training Institute Southern Cross University [email protected] [email protected] Keywords: enrichment planting; savannah enrichment; bush food; bush medicine; Terminalia ferdinandiana; Solanum centrale Abstract Attempts to establish horticultural businesses in remote Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander communities have seldom experienced sustained success. Various reasons have been proposed – inadequate technical and business expertise, insufficient planning and consultation, limited local demand for products and long distances to external markets, harsh seasonal conditions adverse to farming, limited irrigation water availability, competing community interests, and the laborious nature of the work under arduous conditions. This paper proposes a further reason and explores a new approach as an alternative to horticulture. Enrichment planting is a strategy involving the establishment of plants for food, medicine or other uses, in a landscape that is otherwise natural and largely undisturbed. The establishment of enrichment plantings of bush food and medicinal plants in bushland settings complements wild harvest, and yet as an alternative to the agricultural farming approach, it accommodates the important social and cultural interactions of value to Aboriginal people in collecting bush food and traditional medicines, while also generating a source of income. Through a review of the limited published information available and documentation of the current status in Australia, the use of enrichment planting is examined in the global context and its application to bush food and traditional medicine production for remote Aboriginal communities is explored. -
Traditional Knowledge and Cultural Importance of Diospyros Mespiliformis in Northern Benin
Gnonlonfin et. al. Proceedings of 6th NSCB Biodiversity Conference; Uniuyo 2018 (200 – 207 pp) Traditional knowledge and cultural importance of Diospyros mespiliformis in Northern Benin GNONLONFIN L.1*, OUINSAVI C1, GOUWAKINNOU G.2, FANDOHAN B.3, HOUETCHEGNON T. O.1 1 University of Parakou, Republic of Benin, Doctoral School of Agronomic and Water Sciences Laboratory of Ecology and Forest Research (LERF) 2 Laboratory of ecology, botanic and plant Biology (LEB) 3 Université nationale d’agriculture, École des sciences et techniques, de conservation et de transformation des produits agricoles, BP 114, Sakété, Bénin Corresponding Author: [email protected], +22997113964 Abstract: African ebony tree (Diospyros mespiliformis) an important indigenous fruit tree has been little documented. The present study was carried out to assess local knowledge, use value and cultural importance of the species. From 9 ethnic groups, 2130 people were interviewed in the study area using semi-structured questionnaires. Principal Component Analysis was applied to analyze the use value and the cultural importance of D. mespiliformis for the different ethnic groups. All interviewees in the study area knew at least one use of D. mespiliformis. The various uses identified were food, fruits and leaves are edible by human (100 %), medicinal (93%), handicraft (21%), firewood (46%), commercial and sale (34%), fodder, leaves are eaten by animals (31%), other (22%). The various parts involved in these types of uses were: fruits [shell (22%) and pulp (62%)], bark (27%), leaves (9%), roots (3%) and stem (10%). The ethnic group consensus values for D. mespiliformis parts showed that the barks and leaves are used the most. -
Large Tree Mortality in Kruger National Park
Tough times for large trees: Relative impacts of elephant and fire on large trees in Kruger National Park Graeme Shannon1, Maria Thaker1 Abi Tamim Vanak1, Bruce Page1, Rina Grant2, Rob Slotow1 1University of KwaZulu-Natal, 2Scientific Services, SANParks Shannon G., Thaker M, et al. 2011. Ecosystems 14: 1372-1381 Large trees in savanna ecosystems • Key role in ecosystem functioning – Keystone components – Nutrient pumps – Habitat heterogeneity – Increase biodiversity Damage to large trees: Role of elephant • Foliage utilisation • Breaking of large branches • Debarking • Pushing over Damage to large trees: Role of fire • Removal of lower crown biomass • Damage to tissues • Topkill Effect of elephant and fire: are they additive? • Elephant damage to trees makes them more susceptible to fire • Opening up of canopy increases fuel load – Higher intensity fires Understanding the patterns of damage • Determine impact of elephant, fire (main ecological drivers) and disease on large trees over a 30-month period subsequent to initial description • Particular focus on the independent and combined effects of previous impact on subsequent levels of impact and mortality Surveys of large trees • Transects: 2.5 years apart (Apr 2006, Nov 2008) • 22 Transects (67 km total) • Southern Kruger • N = 2522 trees (> 5 m height) 1st survey of large trees • location of individual trees (≥ 5 m height) • species, dimensions • use/impact by elephant (proportion tree volume removed) • fire damage (proportion tree volume removed) • disease (presence of wood borer, -
Micropropagation and Secondary Metabolites of Sclerocarya Birrea
MICROPROPAGATION AND SECONDARY METABOLITES OF SCLEROCARYA BIRREA MACK MOYO Submitted in fulfilment of the requirements for the degree of DOCTOR OF PHILOSOPHY Research Centre for Plant Growth and Development School of Biological and Conservation Sciences University of KwaZulu-Natal, Pietermaritzburg DECEMBER 2009 STUDENT DECLARATION Thesis title: Micropropagation and secondary metabolites of Sclerocarya birrea I, MACK MOYO, student number - 205526161, declare that: (i) The research reported in this dissertation, except where otherwise indicated, is the result of my own endeavours in the Research Centre for Plant Growth and Development, School of Biological and Conservation Sciences, University of KwaZulu-Natal Pietermaritzburg; (ii) This dissertation has not been submitted for any degrees or examination at any other University; (iii) This thesis does not contain data, figures or writing, unless specifically acknowledged, copied from other researchers; and (iv) Where I have reproduced a publication of which I am an author or co-author, I have indicated which part of the publication was contributed by me. Signed at ……………………….…………on the ………..day of……………………… 2010. __________________________ SIGNATURE i DECLARATION BY SUPERVISORS We hereby declare that we acted as Supervisors for this PhD student: Student‟s Full Name: MACK MOYO Student Number: 205526161 Thesis Title: Micropropagation and secondary metabolites of Sclerocarya birrea Regular consultation took place between the student and ourselves throughout the investigation. We advised the student to the best of our ability and approved the final document for submission to the Faculty of Science and Agriculture Higher Degrees Office for examination by the University appointed Examiners. __________________________ SUPERVISOR: PROFESSOR J VAN STADEN ________________________ CO-SUPERVISOR: DR JF FINNIE ii DECLARATION 1 - PLAGIARISM I, MACK MOYO, student number - 205526161, declare that: 1.