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Ethnomedicinal Practices and Traditional Medicinal Plants of Barak Valley, Assam: a systematic review

OBJECTIVES: The Barak Valley is well known for its rich diversity of medicinal plants. Ethnomedicinal practices are prominent among Barak Valley’s major and minor ethnic groups. This systemic review focuses on traditionally used medicinal plants found in the Barak Valley as reported in different eth...

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Autores principales: Barbhuiya, Pervej Alom, Laskar, Abdul Mannaf, Mazumdar, Hemanga, Dutta, Partha Pratim, Pathak, Manash Pratim, Dey, Biplab Kumar, Sen, Saikat
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Publicado: The Korean Pharmacopuncture Institute (KPI) 2022
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9510141/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/36186100
http://dx.doi.org/10.3831/KPI.2022.25.3.149
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author Barbhuiya, Pervej Alom
Laskar, Abdul Mannaf
Mazumdar, Hemanga
Dutta, Partha Pratim
Pathak, Manash Pratim
Dey, Biplab Kumar
Sen, Saikat
author_facet Barbhuiya, Pervej Alom
Laskar, Abdul Mannaf
Mazumdar, Hemanga
Dutta, Partha Pratim
Pathak, Manash Pratim
Dey, Biplab Kumar
Sen, Saikat
author_sort Barbhuiya, Pervej Alom
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description OBJECTIVES: The Barak Valley is well known for its rich diversity of medicinal plants. Ethnomedicinal practices are prominent among Barak Valley’s major and minor ethnic groups. This systemic review focuses on traditionally used medicinal plants found in the Barak Valley as reported in different ethnobotanical surveys. METHODS: We searched various databases, including PubMed, Web of Science, and Google Scholar, to find ethnomedicinal surveys conducted in the Barak Valley. The search was performed using different terms, including ethnomedicinal survey, folk medicine, indigenous knowledge, and Barak Valley. Potential articles were identified following the exclusion and inclusion criteria. RESULTS: A total of eight ethnobotanical surveys were included in this study. We identified a total of 216 plant species belonging to 167 genera and 87 families, which are widely used by the ethnic communities who live in the rural areas of Barak Valley for the treatment of various diseases and ailments. CONCLUSION: Folk medicine is the result of decades of accumulated knowledge and practices by people who live in rural communities based on their needs and provides an important source of information to assist the search for new pharmaceuticals. Therefore, available information on traditional medicinal plants needs to be explored scientifically to find effective and alternative treatments for different diseases.
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spelling pubmed-95101412022-09-30 Ethnomedicinal Practices and Traditional Medicinal Plants of Barak Valley, Assam: a systematic review Barbhuiya, Pervej Alom Laskar, Abdul Mannaf Mazumdar, Hemanga Dutta, Partha Pratim Pathak, Manash Pratim Dey, Biplab Kumar Sen, Saikat J Pharmacopuncture Systematic Review OBJECTIVES: The Barak Valley is well known for its rich diversity of medicinal plants. Ethnomedicinal practices are prominent among Barak Valley’s major and minor ethnic groups. This systemic review focuses on traditionally used medicinal plants found in the Barak Valley as reported in different ethnobotanical surveys. METHODS: We searched various databases, including PubMed, Web of Science, and Google Scholar, to find ethnomedicinal surveys conducted in the Barak Valley. The search was performed using different terms, including ethnomedicinal survey, folk medicine, indigenous knowledge, and Barak Valley. Potential articles were identified following the exclusion and inclusion criteria. RESULTS: A total of eight ethnobotanical surveys were included in this study. We identified a total of 216 plant species belonging to 167 genera and 87 families, which are widely used by the ethnic communities who live in the rural areas of Barak Valley for the treatment of various diseases and ailments. CONCLUSION: Folk medicine is the result of decades of accumulated knowledge and practices by people who live in rural communities based on their needs and provides an important source of information to assist the search for new pharmaceuticals. Therefore, available information on traditional medicinal plants needs to be explored scientifically to find effective and alternative treatments for different diseases. The Korean Pharmacopuncture Institute (KPI) 2022-09-30 2022-09-30 /pmc/articles/PMC9510141/ /pubmed/36186100 http://dx.doi.org/10.3831/KPI.2022.25.3.149 Text en © 2022 Korean Pharmacopuncture Institute https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution Non-Commercial License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/) ) which permits unrestricted non-commercial use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
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Barbhuiya, Pervej Alom
Laskar, Abdul Mannaf
Mazumdar, Hemanga
Dutta, Partha Pratim
Pathak, Manash Pratim
Dey, Biplab Kumar
Sen, Saikat
Ethnomedicinal Practices and Traditional Medicinal Plants of Barak Valley, Assam: a systematic review
title Ethnomedicinal Practices and Traditional Medicinal Plants of Barak Valley, Assam: a systematic review
title_full Ethnomedicinal Practices and Traditional Medicinal Plants of Barak Valley, Assam: a systematic review
title_fullStr Ethnomedicinal Practices and Traditional Medicinal Plants of Barak Valley, Assam: a systematic review
title_full_unstemmed Ethnomedicinal Practices and Traditional Medicinal Plants of Barak Valley, Assam: a systematic review
title_short Ethnomedicinal Practices and Traditional Medicinal Plants of Barak Valley, Assam: a systematic review
title_sort ethnomedicinal practices and traditional medicinal plants of barak valley, assam: a systematic review
topic Systematic Review
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9510141/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/36186100
http://dx.doi.org/10.3831/KPI.2022.25.3.149
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