What is it about?
Medicinal plants are important treasures for the treatment of different types of diseases. Current study provides significant ethnopharmacological information, both qualitative and quantitative on medical plants related to children disorders from district Bannu, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KPK) province of Pakistan. The information gathered was quantitatively analyzed using informant consensus factor, relative frequency of citation and use value method to establish a baseline data for more comprehensive investigations of bioactive compounds of indigenous medicinal plants specifically related to children disorders. To best of our knowledge it is first attempt to document ethno-botanical information of medicinal plants using quantitative approaches.
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Why is it important?
the importance of medicinal plant species and their significant role in the health care of the inhabitants in the present area. The people of Bannu own high traditional knowledge related to children diseases. In conclusion we recommend giving priority for further phytochemical investigation to plants that scored highest FIC, UV values, as such values could be considered as good indicator of prospective plants for discovering new drugs and attract future generations toward traditional healing practices.
Perspectives
The useful and long-lasting information about medicinal plants, which may preserve indigenous knowledge of medicinal plants and attract future generations toward traditional healing practices. Due to present study, plants that scored highest FIC, UV values, could be considered as good indicator of prospective plants for discovering new drugs. However there is a gradual loss of traditional knowledge in new generation. Thus it is felt important to document and reconstitute the remainders of the ancient medical practices, which exist in the study area as well as other parts of the region and preserve this knowledge for future generations. The traditional medicine used in the region lacks physiotherapeutic evidence. It is necessary to perform phytochemical and pharmacological studies to explore the potential of such plants herbal drug discovery.
Dr Maroof Ali
Xishuangbanna tropical botanical garden
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This page is a summary of: Knowledge of Medicinal Plants for Children Diseases in the Environs of District Bannu, Khyber Pakhtoonkhwa (KPK), Frontiers in Pharmacology, July 2017, Frontiers,
DOI: 10.3389/fphar.2017.00430.
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