Nardostachys jatamansi (D.Don) DC.: An invaluable and constantly dwindling resource of the Himalayas
2020
Kaur, Harmeet | Lekhak, Manoj | Chahal, Swati | Goutam, Umesh | Jha, Priyanka | Naidoo, Devashan | Ochatt, Sergio | Kumar, Vijay | Lovely Profess Univ, Div Res & Dev, Plant Biotechnol Lab, Phagwara 144411, Punjab, India | Lovely Profess Univ, Lovely Fac Technol & Sci, Dept Biotechnol, Phagwara 144411, Punjab, India | Shivaji Univ, Dept Bot, Angiosperm Taxon Lab, Kolhapur, Maharashtra, India | Lovely Profess Univ, Lovely Fac Technol & Sci, Dept Mol Biol & Genet Engn, Phagwara 144411, Punjab, India | Amity Univ, Amity Inst Biotechnol, Kolkata Campus, Kolkata 700156, W Bengal, India | Mangosuthu Univ Technol, Ctr Algal Biotechnol, Fac Nat Sci, POB 12363, ZA-4026 Durban, South Africa | Agroécologie [Dijon] ; Université de Bourgogne (UB)-AgroSup Dijon - Institut National Supérieur des Sciences Agronomiques, de l'Alimentation et de l'Environnement-Université Bourgogne Franche-Comté [COMUE] (UBFC)-Institut National de Recherche pour l’Agriculture, l’Alimentation et l’Environnement (INRAE)
International audience
Show more [+] Less [-]English. The use of medicinal plant species for different therapeutic effects is well recognized around the globe. Nardostachys jatamansi (D.Don) DC. (Family: Caprifoliaceae Juss.), commonly known as Indian spikenard is a critically endangered medicinal plant which grows at high altitudes in the alpine and sub-alpine regions of the Himalayas. Its medicinal use is well-recognized in the Bhutanese, Chinese, Indian, Japanese, Nepalese and Tibetan medicine. Moreover, its medicinal properties are well established in traditional medicines including Ayurveda, Ben-Cao- Shi-Yi, Homer's Iliad, the Old Testament, as in conventional systems. The increasing national and international demand of N. jatamansi, mostly for the rhizomes (underground tissue), as well as illegal/unsustainable harvesting has brought this valuable species to the edge of extinction. Therefore, more research input including in vitro biotechnological approaches is required to ensure its sustainable utilization and long-term conservation. Further research is also needed to improve our current knowledge about its conservation status, clinical relevance, and bioactive components. This review comprehensively summarizes the currently available information on the ethnomedicinal uses, pharmacology, phytochemistry, trade value and potential role of modern plant biotechnology tools for the conservation of this high value plant. (c) 2020 SAAB. Published by Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.
Show more [+] Less [-]AGROVOC Keywords
Bibliographic information
This bibliographic record has been provided by Institut national de la recherche agronomique