@article {1299, title = {Investigation of Medicinal Plants Used to Treat Malaria by the Ethnic People of Purulia District, West Bengal, India}, journal = {Pharmacognosy Research}, volume = {16}, year = {2024}, month = {October 2024}, pages = {810-816}, type = {Original Article}, chapter = {810}, abstract = {

Background: One of the most prevalent serious medical issues worldwide is Malaria. It is caused by different Plasmodium sp. and can infect people by the bite of a female Anopheles sp. mosquito. It is important to explore for alternative drug of the Malaria treatment, particularly those made from plants, because the majority of endemic areas have Plasmodium resistance to the malarial drugs used today. Purulia is the western district of West Bengal. It lies between 22{\textopenbullet}60' and 23{\textopenbullet}50' north latitude and 85{\textopenbullet}76' and 86{\textopenbullet}65' east latitude. Almost eleven ethnic groups (Bhumij, Birhor, Gond, Kharia, Kharwar, Kurmi, Lodha, Malpaharya, Munda Oraon, Santal) present in this district. Objectives: This study main aims to record medicinal plants used to treat Malaria by the ethnic people of Purulia district, West Bengal, India. Materials and Methods: Semi-structured questionnaires, interviews with traditional ethnic people and focused group discussions were used to gather ethnobotanical data of antimalarial plants. Results: The 41 ethnomedicinal plants utilized by the local herbal healers to treat Malaria in the Purulia district of West Bengal, India and belonging to 25 families were documented. Conclusion: Traditional healers are the main source of knowledge on medicinal plants. This knowledge has been transmitted orally from one generation to the next generation. The present documentation is a preliminary attempt to pave the path for developing a digitized database in the future.

}, keywords = {Ethno-medicinal plants, Malaria, Purulia, Traditional healers}, doi = {10.5530/pres.16.4.93}, author = {Rajani Kanta Mahato and Arup Kumar Mandal and Shyamal Kanti Mallick and Arijit Sinhababu} } @article {472, title = {Ethnobotanical Study of Medicinal Plants Used for the Treatment of Malaria in the Plateau Region, Togo}, journal = {Pharmacognosy Research}, volume = {8}, year = {2016}, month = {March 2016}, pages = {12-18}, type = {Original Article}, chapter = {12}, abstract = {

Background: In Togo, malaria constitutes a major public health problem but, until now, the population still mostly relies on herbal medicine for healing. This study aimed to document medicinal plants used for malaria therapy in the Plateau region of the country. Methodology: Semi-structured questionnaire interviews were used to gather ethnobotanical and sociodemographic data from traditional healers of the study area. Results: A total of 61 plants species belonging to 33 families were found to be in use for malaria therapy in the Plateau region. Caesalpiniaceae were the most represented family with 7 species, followed by Euphorbiaceae and Poaceae with 4 species each. According to the relative frequency of citation (RFC), Newbouldia laevis Seem. (RFC =0.52), Sarcocephalus latifolius (Sm.) E.A. Bruce (RFC =0.48), Acanthospermum hispidum DC. (RFC =0.43), and Senna siamea (Lam.) H.S. Irwin and Barneby (RFC =0.40) were the most cited in the treatment of malaria in the traditional medicine in the Plateau region. The parts of plants used could either be the barks, roots, leaves, or whole plants. The recipes also could be a combination of various species of plants or plant parts. Conclusion: This study highlights the potential sources for the development of new antimalarial drugs from indigenous medicinal plants found in the Plateau region of Togo. Such results could be a starting point for in vitro antimalarial screenings.

}, keywords = {Caesalpiniaceae, Malaria, Medicinal plants, Relative frequency of citation}, doi = {10.4103/0974-8490.178646}, author = {Kodjovi Agbodeka and Holaly E. Gbekley and Simplice D. Karou and Kokou Anani and Amegnona Agbonon and Tchadjobo Tchacondo and Komlan Batawila and Jacques Simpore and Messanvi Gbeassor} }