Ethnomedicinal study of medicinal plants used to cure dental diseases by the indigenous population of district Buner, Pakistan
Articolo
Data di Pubblicazione:
2021
Citazione:
Ethnomedicinal study of medicinal plants used to cure dental diseases by the indigenous population of district Buner, Pakistan / H.A. Jan, S. Jana, S. Walia, L. Ahmad, F. Sisto, R.W. Bussmannd, N. Ahmade, M. Romman. - In: INDIAN JOURNAL OF TRADITIONAL KNOWLEDGE. - ISSN 0972-5938. - 20:2(2021 Apr), pp. 378-389.
Abstract:
This is the first study of its kind conducted with the aim to document and conserve the ethnomedicinal knowledge of
plants used to cure dental diseases in Buner, Pakistan and to provide starting point for future pharmacological studies about
new herbal drugs used for dental disorders. Several field trips were conducted in 2018-19 to collect indigenous knowledge
of medicinal plants. A semi-structured questionnaire was used as tool for data collection in individual and group interviews
and informants were selected by snowball sampling. In this study 935 men and 323 women were interviewed, yielding
information on 55 plant species belonging to 34 families. Lamiaceae and Solanaceae were the dominant plant families used
and the main life forms used were herbs (28 species). Leaves were the most used part (19 species). The local population was
found to be sensitive and careful about oral hygiene and had rich ethnomedicinal knowledge.
Tipologia IRIS:
01 - Articolo su periodico
Keywords:
Dental diseases, District Buner, Ethnomedicine, Medicinal plants, Pakistan;
Elenco autori:
H.A. Jan, S. Jana, S. Walia, L. Ahmad, F. Sisto, R.W. Bussmannd, N. Ahmade, M. Romman
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