Department of Plant Sciences, Quaid-i-Azam University, Islamabad 45320, Pakistan.
Department of Plant Sciences, Quaid-i-Azam University, Islamabad 45320, Pakistan.
J Ethnopharmacol. 2014 Sep 11;155(2):1046-52. doi: 10.1016/j.jep.2014.05.045. Epub 2014 Jun 24.
The current survey was aimed to identify the prime important medicinal plants in terms of medicines and further pharmacological screening of such plants. As far as, we know, no reported data from Deosai Plateau have been published and this is the first documented information of the study area.
Ethnomedicinal information of plants was collected through semi-structured interviews through a participatory rural appraisal (PRA) method.
This study provided information of 50 medicinal plant species used to treat 29 different ailments. A total of 42 species (84%) were herbs while shrubs and subshrubs were represented by 8 species (16%). Leaves (37%) were the predominant plant parts followed by, roots (27%), aerial parts (13%), flowers (12%), fruit (7%), seeds (3%), and tuber (1%). Method of preparation fall into five categories including infusion (31%), paste (23%), decoction (20%), powder (18%), and juice (8%).
The study area is rich in medicinal plant diversity growing in wild. Our efforts in this regard are only a little contribution to the ethnobotanical study of this area focusing on medicinal plants while more clinical studies are required in future to prove such claims of local inhabitants.
本次调查旨在确定最重要的药用植物，并对这些植物进行进一步的药理学筛选。据我们所知，目前尚无来自德奥塞高原的报道数据，这是该研究区域的首次记录信息。
通过参与式农村评估（PRA）方法，通过半结构化访谈收集植物的民族医学信息。
本研究提供了 50 种用于治疗 29 种不同疾病的药用植物的信息。共有 42 种（84%）为草本植物，灌木和半灌木有 8 种（16%）。叶（37%）是最主要的植物部位，其次是根（27%）、地上部分（13%）、花（12%）、果实（7%）、种子（3%）和块茎（1%）。制剂方法分为五类，包括浸剂（31%）、糊剂（23%）、煎剂（20%）、粉末（18%）和果汁（8%）。
研究区域野生生长着丰富的药用植物多样性。我们在这方面的努力只是对该地区药用植物民族植物学研究的一小部分贡献，未来需要更多的临床研究来证明当地居民的这些说法。
