A survey on medico-religious plants was carried out in the tribal localities of Bargarh district in the state of Odisha, India. The study area is actually a tribal zone of western part of Odisha. Plants of the nature are not only limited to providing medicine, food, shelter and c...
Objective: Despite having extensive ethnopharmacological applications, Oxyspora paniculata's bioactivity and the phytoconstituents that give it that bioactivity was not well studied. The goal of this work was to investigate the antioxidants, antidiarrheal, antidepressant, and ant...
Bedoua Adjoua Elisabeth Affainie, Djah François Malan, Ménéké Distel Kougbo & Ettien Aimée Jocelyne Krou·Asian Journal of Research in Botany·2024
In recent years, plants and traditional practices in reproductive health have become an increasingly subject to ethnobotanical research. However, certain aspects of this health domain, such as family planning, remain understudied. Aims: This study aims to understand the practices...
Okereke N. Chukwu, Ekwealor U. Kenneth, Nwakuche O. Adaugo, Onyili C. Adachukwu, Hope N. Eze & Iroka F. Chisom·Asian Journal of Research in Botany·2024
Morphological properties have been used as indices in taxonomical studies for more than hundred years. The present study was carried out in Mgbabor, Abakaliki local government area of Ebonyi State Nigeria with an aim to determine the taxonomic significance of morphological featur...
Pteridophytes are a group of non-flowering, vascular, and spore-bearing plants. They are not much economically important to humankind as angiosperms; however, they have potential as commercial and environmental resources. Many of them are horticulturally desirable and used for de...
Introduction: Rahas-Ella is one of the fascinating waterfalls located in the Wattegama area in Kandy District, Sri Lanka. By receiving raw water from Rahas-Ella, a water purification plant was established in 2013 to provide safe drinking water to the residents in Wattegama munici...
Shehu Bello Tsoho, Y. M. Sanyinna, Umar Tambari, Armiya’u Muhammad Aminu, Aminu Sanda & Sule Aliyu Anka·Asian Journal of Research in Botany·2024
Background and Objective: Seed treatment is an act of subjecting a seed into water, chemical or heating medium often to break its dormancy and enhance its embryo to germinate into a seedling within the shortest time possible. Therefore, seed dormancy has remained the greatest cha...
The phytochemical screening and GC-MS analysis of the leaf of E. camaldulensis were carried out in the laboratory, using standard methods, while the extraction wascarried outwith n-hexane using Soxhlet extractor, and concentrated with vacuum evaporator. The extract was tested on...
Phuoc Vo Thi, Tam Nguyen Thi, Minh Tri Nguyen, Dieu Ngan Phan Thi, Nha Khue Than Trong & Cam Ha Che Thi·Asian Journal of Research in Botany·2023
The use of herbal medicines produced from plants and herbs, as one element of complementary and alternative medicine, is still increasing worldwide. In this study, Piper betle L. leaf in two states, fresh and dried, was tested to explore its compounds and total phenolic and flavo...
Aims: To examine the potential phytoconstituents present in leaves and fruits ofTribulus terrestris and its antimicrobial activity against Enterobacter cloacae. Study Design: Plant extracts preparation, determination of total phenolic content, total antioxidant activity and antim...