Zahoor Maria, Yousaf Zubaida, Aqsa Tahreem, Haroon Manahil, Saleh Nadia, Aftab Arusa, Javed Sadia, Qadeer Mouzma, Ramazan Habiba
Department of Botany, Lahore College for Women University, Lahore, Pakistan.
J Ethnobiol Ethnomed. 2017 May 8;13(1):27. doi: 10.1186/s13002-017-0151-1.
The chief aim of this study was to enlist the ethnobotanical uses of wild plants in district Sheikhupura, province Punjab, Pakistan. Due to extreme geographical and climatic conditions, Pakistan has a great floral diversity. Plants have been used by the indigenous people for treatment of different ailments since long. They are still dependent on the plants for their domestic purposes. Moreover, plants are used as first aid to treat diverse ailments such as cold, cough, influenza, asthma, cancer, antidote, gastric and hepatic disorders. The traditional uses of medicinal plants lead to the discovery of natural drugs. This is first quantitative ethnobotanical documentation of medicinal plants in NavaPind and ShahpurVirkan district Sheikhupura, province Punjab, Pakistan.
This ethnobotanical information was collected from about 400 informants including male and female. Sample size was determined by statistical formula. The informative data was based on semi-structured interviews, group discussions, Questionnaire and field visits. Then the data was analyzed by applying different quantitative indices such as Informant Consent Factor (ICF), Use value (UV), Relative Frequency of Citation (RFC), the Fidelity level (FL) and Jaccard Index (JI).
Almost 96 plants belonging to 34 families were reported. Most-frequently cited families were Poaceae (16 species) and Fabaceae (15 species). The most dominant life form was herbs (30.20%). The most-used plant parts were leaves (31.14%), followed by whole plant (24.59%), Most common mode of administration is extraction (81.25%). Generally herbal medicines were acquired from fresh plant material. Among all 54.16% plants were toxic, 31.25% were nontoxic, whereas the remaining 14.58% may be toxic or nontoxic because of their dual attitude. Almost 34 species were reported with their different medicinal uses as has been reported in literature.
This ethnobotanical documentation revealed that the plants are still used by natives of rural areas in their day-to-day lives. This study provides basis for the conservation of local flora. Plants with high ICF, UV and FL can be further used for phytochemical and pharmacological studies. This documentation could provide baseline information which can be used to develop new plant-based commercial drugs.
本研究的主要目的是登记巴基斯坦旁遮普省谢赫布尔拉区野生植物的民族植物学用途。由于极端的地理和气候条件，巴基斯坦拥有丰富的植物多样性。长期以来，当地居民一直使用植物来治疗各种疾病。他们在日常生活中仍然依赖植物。此外，植物还被用作治疗感冒、咳嗽、流感、哮喘、癌症、解毒剂、胃肠和肝脏疾病等各种疾病的急救药物。药用植物的传统用途促成了天然药物的发现。这是巴基斯坦旁遮普省谢赫布尔拉区纳瓦平德和沙胡尔维尔坎地区药用植物的首次定量民族植物学记录。
这些民族植物学信息是从约400名包括男性和女性的信息提供者那里收集的。样本量由统计公式确定。信息数据基于半结构化访谈、小组讨论、问卷调查和实地考察。然后，通过应用不同的定量指标，如信息提供者同意因子（ICF）、使用价值（UV）、引用相对频率（RFC）、保真度水平（FL）和杰卡德指数（JI）对数据进行分析。
共记录了属于34个科的近96种植物。被引用频率最高的科是禾本科（16种）和豆科（15种）。最主要的生活型是草本植物（30.20%）。最常用的植物部位是叶子（31.14%），其次是全株（24.59%）。最常见的给药方式是提取（81.25%）。一般来说，草药是从新鲜植物材料中获取的。在所有植物中，54.16%有毒，31.25%无毒，其余14.58%因其双重特性可能有毒或无毒。文献中报道了近34种植物的不同药用用途。
这项民族植物学记录表明，农村地区的当地人在日常生活中仍然使用这些植物。本研究为当地植物群的保护提供了依据。具有高ICF、UV和FL的植物可进一步用于植物化学和药理学研究。这份记录可以提供基线信息，用于开发新的植物性商业药物。
