Indigenous use and bio-efficacy of medicinal plants in the Rasuwa District, Central Nepal.

ABSTRACT:

Background

By revealing historical and present plant use, ethnobotany contributes to drug discovery and socioeconomic development. Nepal is a natural storehouse of medicinal plants. Although several ethnobotanical studies were conducted in the country, many areas remain unexplored. Furthermore, few studies have compared indigenous plant use with reported phytochemical and pharmacological properties.

Methods

Ethnopharmacological data was collected in the Rasuwa district of Central Nepal by conducting interviews and focus group discussions with local people. The informant consensus factor (FIC) was calculated in order to estimate use variability of medicinal plants. Bio-efficacy was assessed by comparing indigenous plant use with phytochemical and pharmacological properties de

SUBMITTER: Uprety Y 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC2823594 | biostudies-literature | 2010 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature