Abstract:
Folk medicinal recipes had played a significant role in the global population's healthcare system, especially in developing nations. For this purpose, an ethnomedicinal study of wild shrubs was conducted during September 2021 to May 2022 in Tehsil Khairpur Tamewali, Punjab, Pakistan. Data was collected using semi-structured questionnaire and Rapid Appraisal Approach (RAA) involving face to face interviews. A total of three hundred and four informants comprising of 43 women and 257 men were interviewed. During this study, shrubs were collected, identified and persevered. Twenty wild shrubs from ten plant families were collected for folk medicinal recipes. Mostly, shrubs were perennial. Shrubs belonging to plant families i.e., Fabaceae (25%) and Amaranthaceae (20%) were significantly dominant. In folk recipes, shrub leaves were most significant plant part used in in extractions. The highest value of Informant Consensus Factor (ICF) was calculated for cholesterol and heart diseases i.e., 0.99 and 0.98 respectively. The highest Use Value (UV) was determined for Alhagi maurorum and Parkinsonia aculeata i.e., 0.68 and 0.66 respectively. The highest Fidelity Level (FL) was calculated for Alhagi maurorum (68%) and Parkinsonia aculeata (66%) against cough and fever respectively which corresponds to the abundance of these two ailments in Tehsil Khairpur Tamewali. The highest Jaccard Index (JI) value was documented for tehsil Ahmadpur East (10.9), District Rahim Yar Khan (6.89), Pind Dand Khan (8.59), and Nigeria (1.13) which correspond to the similarity index with said areas. Following seven shrubs were identified with novel folk recepies viz. Suaeda fruticosa, Withania somnifera, Aerva Javanica, Salsola imbricata, Caligonum polygonides, Crotalaria burhia and Camphorosma monospelica. The current research would be beneficial for the isolation of innovative phytotherapeutic chemicals.
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Journal: First International Conference on Revamped Scientific Outlook of 21st Century (Abstract Book), Volume: 0, Issue: 0, Year: 2022
Keywords:
Plants
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Questionnaire
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Folk recepies
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Phytotherapeutic
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Ethnomedicinal