Biotechnology Lab, Department of Botany, University of Rajasthan, Jaipur, Rajasthan 302003, India.
J Ethnopharmacol. 2010 May 4;129(1):64-86. doi: 10.1016/j.jep.2010.02.026. Epub 2010 Mar 7.
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.
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 (chi=9.192, d.f.=17, p=0.941). The number of medicinal plant species reported and used by each informant was not significantly (chi=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).
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.
本研究于 2008 年 3 月至 2009 年 2 月在拉贾斯坦邦东部进行，旨在确定使用的重要物种；确定调查物种的相对重要性，并计算药用植物使用的信息共识因子（ICF）。
采用标本展示法和带受访者的森林散步，对 844 名村民（486 名男性和 358 名女性）进行访谈，并使用半结构化问卷，以获取药用植物使用知识。共记录了 213 种药用植物，属于 68 科。
豆科（Fabaceae）物种数量最多（28 种），其次是大戟科（Euphorbiaceae）（14 种）。大多数受访者（46.12%）认为印度楝树（Azadirachta indica）是治疗各种疾病的最受欢迎的药物，其次是神圣罗勒（Ocimum sanctum）（25.31%）和三齿猪笼草（Tridax procumbens）（21.63%）。男女从业者所熟知和使用的药用植物平均数量相似（chi=9.192，d.f.=17，p=0.941）。每个受访者报告和使用的药用植物种类数量在四个地区（阿尔瓦尔（Alwar）（7.80+/-0.917）、巴罗达（Bharatpur）（6.88+/-1.076）、多勒布尔（Dholpur）（7.13+/-0.965）和卡拉利（Karauli）（7.97+/-1.068））之间没有显著差异（chi=40.625，d.f.=34，p=0.202）。
从研究中可以清楚地看出，传统从业者的民族医学信息为新药的开发提供了一种有形的指导，而不是随机筛选的方法。
