Medicinal plants used by the Tamang community in the Makawanpur district of central Nepal

Result code in IS VaVaI

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Alternative codes found

RIV/67985939:_____/14:00426968 RIV/67179843:_____/14:00426968

Result on the web

<a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1746-4269-10-5" target="_blank" >http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1746-4269-10-5</a>

DOI - Digital Object Identifier

<a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1746-4269-10-5" target="_blank" >10.1186/1746-4269-10-5</a>

Result language

angličtina

Original language name

Medicinal plants used by the Tamang community in the Makawanpur district of central Nepal

Original language description

Background: We can conserve cultural heritage and gain extensive knowledge of plant species with pharmacological potential to cure simple to life-threatening diseases by studying the use of plants in indigenous communities. Therefore, it is important toconduct ethnobotanical studies in indigenous communities and to validate the reported uses of plants by comparing ethnobotanical studies with phytochemical and pharmacological studies. Materials and methods: This study was conducted in a Tamang communitydwelling in the Makawanpur district of central Nepal. We used semi-structured and structured questionnaires during interviews to collect information. We compared use reports with available phytochemical and pharmacological studies for validation. Results: A total of 161 plant species belonging to 86 families and 144 genera to cure 89 human ailments were documented. Although 68 plant species were cited as medicinal in previous studies, 55 different uses described by the Tamang people wer

Czech name

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Czech description

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Type

J_x - Unclassified - Peer-reviewed scientific article (Jimp, Jsc and Jost)

CEP classification

EF - Botany

OECD FORD branch

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Project

Result was created during the realization of more than one project. More information in the Projects tab.

Continuities

I - Institucionalni podpora na dlouhodoby koncepcni rozvoj vyzkumne organizace

Publication year

2014

Confidentiality

S - Úplné a pravdivé údaje o projektu nepodléhají ochraně podle zvláštních právních předpisů

Name of the periodical

Journal of Ethnobiology and Ethnomedicine

ISSN

1746-4269

e-ISSN

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Volume of the periodical

10

Issue of the periodical within the volume

5

Country of publishing house

GB - UNITED KINGDOM

Number of pages

11

Pages from-to

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UT code for WoS article

000335419000001

EID of the result in the Scopus database

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