Ethnomedicinal and ethnopharmaco-statistical studies of Eastern Rajasthan, India
2010
Upadhyay, Bhuvaneshwar | Kumar, Parveen | Dhaker, Anil K. | Ashwani Kumar.
Aim of study: The study was conducted in Eastern parts of Rajasthan from March 2008 to February 2009 to identify the important species used; determine the relative importance of the species surveyed and calculate the informant consensus factor (ICF) in relation to medicinal plant use. Methodology or Material and methods: A total of 844 villagers (486 men and 358 women) were interviewed using specimen display method and a forest walk with interviewee and a semi-structured questionnaire was used to elicit the knowledge of use of medicinal plants. A total of 213 species of medicinal plants belonging to 68 families were documented. Result: The family Fabaceae had the highest number of species (28) followed by Euphorbiaceae (14). The majority of informants (46.12%) mentioned Azadirachta indica as most popular remedy for the treatment of various ailments, followed by Ocimum sanctum (25.31%) and Tridax procumbens (21.63%). The average number of medicinal plants known and used by female and male practitioners was similar (χ =9.192, d.f.=17, p =0.941). The number of medicinal plant species reported and used by each informant was not significantly (χ =40.625, d.f.=34, p =0.202) different among the four districts: Alwar (7.80±0.917), Bharatpur (6.88±1.076), Dholpur (7.13±0.965) and Karauli (7.97±1.068). Conclusion: From the study it is clear that ethnomedicinal information from traditional practitioners provides a corporeal guide towards development of new drugs than the approaches of random screening.
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