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Ethnobotanical Survey of Medicinal Plants used by Traditional Healers of South Unguja Region in Zanzibar

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Ethnobotany is the study of the interactions and relationships between plants and people over time and space. This includes the uses, knowledge, beliefs, management systems, classification systems, and language that both modern and traditional cultures have for plants and their associated terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems [1]. According to Vaidyanathan (2015) [2], the term “ethnobotany” refers […]

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Field Evaluation of Vrikshayurveda Bioformulations: Kunapajala and Panchgavya for Enhancing Soil Health and Promoting Sustainable Agriculture

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Introduction 1.1 Background The rapid intensification of global agricultural practices has been driven by increasing demands for higher yields to support a growing population. However, heavy reliance on chemical fertilizers and synthetic pesticides has resulted in significant environmental consequences, including soil degradation, loss of soil biodiversity, water contamination, and increased greenhouse gas emissions [1], [2].

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Revision of genus Datura L. (Solanaceae)in Karnataka with a critical notes on the existence of Datura stramonium L.

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INTRODUCTION  The Datura genus comprises a diversity of plant species that range from taller trees to microscopic fungi in a specific ecosystem, belonging to different species, genotypes, and habitats (31). Among these, the family Solanaceae is renowned applications in agriculture, pharmacology, and traditional medicine. ‘The nightshade plant’, meaning ‘quieting’, which refers to sedative effects, comprises

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Isolation and Molecular Identification of Dye Degrading Bacterial Flora from Textile and Tanneries Effluent for Bio-augmentation

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1.       Introduction Industrial pollution has increased in recent decades at an alarming rate. The textile industry is one of the major contributors to the economic growth of a country (22). However, the expansion of the textile industry has led to major environmental concerns. Textile effluents are wastewater produced by the textile industry through a variety

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Ethno-Indicator Plants of Paddy Season in the Bumdeling Region of Trashi Yangtse, Bhutan

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            Plants are integral parts of human civilization. They provide mankind with basic food, shelter, clothes, and medicines[8, 34,28]. Plants also serve the purpose of indicating environmental pollution. The different tribal groups used different plants as indicators of seasons and ecological processes[13,23,25].The traditional knowledge ofecological indicators and calendars associated with seasonal variation serves as a

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Comparative evaluation of anti-cancer properties from different Indian plants and seaweed using in vitro and silico technique

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It has been decades since lung cancer has been a global health burden for cancer-related mortalities across the globe, mainly due to its diagnosis at a very late stage and lack of effective treatment strategies(1). The complexity of the molecular pathways that cause tumorigenesis and lead to resistance to therapy has posed a major obstacle

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Impact of Aqueous BryophyllumPinnatum Leaf Extract on Hematological Indices, Parasitemia, and Mortality in Wistar Albino Rats

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Plants have long served as invaluable resources in the quest for novel therapeutic agents, largely due to their rich array of bioactive compounds such as antioxidants, hypoglycemic agents, and hypolipidemic constituents. A substantial proportion of modern pharmaceutical drugs are either directly derived from plants or modeled after plant-based compounds, highlighting the pivotal role of flora

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Hydritic Stress Tolerance Indices for Four New Varieties of Cotonnier (Gossypium Hirsutum)

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1. Introduction Water stress is a major factor limiting crop production, particularly in the cotton-growing zone of Cameroon. It affects plant growth by inducing morphological, physiological and biochemical changes linked to the expression of genes associated with drought tolerance [8]. To survive, plants develop adaptation mechanisms, such as the accumulation of osmotic substances (proline, betaine,

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Efficacy of Selected Botanicals on Fungi Rot Effect on Proximate and Phytochemical Composition of Walnut Seeds (Tetracarpidium Conophorum).

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INTRODUCTION African walnut (Tetracarpidium conophorum Mull. Arg) is aneconomic tropical climber tree widely grown for its edible nut (2;17). The plant is mostly known as African walnut or conophor nut. It belongs to the family Euphorbiaceae. In Nigeria, it is known by different names among the Yoruba tribe, Igbo, Hausa and the Bini tribe of

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