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Creole Remedies - Case studies of ethnoveterinary medicine in Trinidad and Tobago

Article: Creole Remedies - Case studies of ethnoveterinary medicine in Trinidad and Tobago



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Ethnoknowledge of Bukusu community on livestock tick prevention and control in Bungoma district, western Kenya.

Article: Ethnoknowledge of Bukusu community on livestock tick prevention and control in Bungoma dis...

Wycliffe Wanzala, Willem Takken, Wolfgang R Mukabana...

Journal of ethnopharmacology 03/2012 140(2):298-324.

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J Ethnopharmacol. 2012 Mar 27;140(2):298-324. doi: 10.1016/j.jep.2012.01.021. Epub 2012 Jan 24.

Ethnoknowledge of Bukusu community on livestock tick prevention and control in Bungoma district, western Kenya.

Abstract

ETHNOPHARMACOLOGICAL RELEVANCE:

To date, nomadic communities in Africa have been the primary focus of ethnoveterinary research. The Bukusu of western Kenya have an interesting history, with nomadic lifestyle in the past before settling down to either arable or mixed arable/pastoral farming systems. Their collective and accumulative ethnoveterinary knowledge is likely to be just as rich and worth documenting.

AIM OF THE STUDY:

The aim of the present study was to document indigenous knowledge of the Bukusu on the effect of livestock ticks and ethnopractices associated with their management. It was envisaged that this would provide a basis for further research on the efficacy of these practices that could also lead to the discovery of useful tick-control agents.

MATERIALS AND METHODS:

Non-alienating, dialogic, participatory action research (PAR) and participatory rural appraisal (PRA) approaches involving 272 women and men aged between 18 and 118 years from the Bukusu community were used.

RESULTS:

Ticks are traditionally classified and identified by colour, size, host range, on-host feeding sites, and habitat preference. Tick-associated problems recognised include kamabumba (local reference to East Coast fever, Anaplasmosis or Heartwater diseases transmitted by different species of livestock ticks) and general poor performance of livestock. Traditional methods of controlling ticks include handpicking, on-host use of ethnobotanical suspensions (prepared from one or more of over 150 documented plants) to kill the ticks and prevent re-infestation, fumigation of infested cattle with smoke derived from burning ethnobotanical products, burning pastures, rotational grazing ethnopractices, and livestock quarantine.

CONCLUSIONS:

The study confirms that the Bukusu have preserved rich ethnoveterinary knowledge and practices. It provides some groundwork for elucidating the efficacy of some of these ethnopractices in protecting livestock from tick disease vectors, particularly those involving the use of ethnobotanicals, which may lead to the discovery of useful ant-tick agents.
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Ethnomedicines used in Trinidad and Tobago for reproductive problems.

Article: Ethnomedicines used in Trinidad and Tobago for reproductive problems.



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Artemisia annua as a possible contraceptive agent: a clue from mammalian rat model

Article: Artemisia annua as a possible contraceptive agent: a clue from mammalian rat model

Amos O. Abolaji, Mbeh U. Eteng, Patrick E. Ebong...

Natural Product Research 07/2014

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Nat Prod Res. 2014;28(24):2342-6. doi: 10.1080/14786419.2014.936016. Epub 2014 Jul 15.

Artemisia annua as a possible contraceptive agent: a clue from mammalian rat model.

Abstract

In a previous study, we evaluated the maternal and fetal safety of antimalarial herb Artemisia annua with artemisinin yield of 1.09%. Here, we attempted to ascertain the contraceptive claim of A. annua. Sexually matured female Wistar rats (180-220 g) were allotted into four study groups of six rats each. The control group received normal saline, while the A. annua-treated groups received 100, 200 and 300 mg/kg of A. annua for 2 weeks, followed by mating with proven fertile males (1:1). The rats were allowed to carry the pregnancy to term. At birth and weaning periods, selected reproductive outcome and fertility indices were determined. The results showed that A. annua significantly reduced litter size, reproductive outcome and fertility indices compared with the control (p <  0.05). These results imply that A. annua could serve as a prospective contraceptive agent in addition to its antimalarial activity.

KEYWORDS:

Artemisia annua; contraceptive effectiveness; fertility indices; reproductive outcome




Ethnoveterinary medicines used for ruminants in British Columbia, Canada.

Article: Ethnoveterinary medicines used for ruminants in British Columbia, Canada.



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Seasonal variations in phenolic compounds and antioxidant capacity of Cornus stolonifera plant material: Applications in agriculture

Article: Seasonal variations in phenolic compounds and antioxidant capacity of Cornus stolonifera p...

Cara K. Isaak, Jay C. Petkau, O Karmin...

Canadian Journal of Plant Science 07/2013 93(4):725-734.

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Seasonal variations in phenolic compounds and antioxidant capacity of Cornus stolonifera plant material: Applications in agriculture

Isaak, C.K., Petkau, J.C., O, K., Ominski, K.H., Rodriguez-Lecompte, J.C., and Siow, Y.L. (2013). "Seasonal variations in phenolic compounds and antioxidant capacity of Cornus stolonifera plant material: Applications in agriculture", Canadian Journal of Plant Science, 93(4), pp. 725-734. doi : 10.4141/CJPS2012-310  Access to full text

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The present study was carried out to establish the antioxidant capacity of plant material of Cornus stolonifera (syn. Cornus sericea, Red Osier Dogwood) grown in Manitoba, by measuring total phenolic content and oxygen radical absorbance capacity (ORAC) over a 3-yr period. The presence and concentrations of flavonoids that might account for antioxidant abilities were investigated using ultra-performance liquid chromatography and a total anthocyanins assay. Both ORAC levels and phenolic content increased during the spring, peaked during the summer months (1631.65±166.30 µmol trolox equivalents g-1 DW in July 2011, 220.38±2.29 mg gallic acid equivalents g−1 DW in August 2012), and then declined during the fall in all 3 yr. Analysis of individual flavonoids in 2010 samples revealed that high levels of rutin, a glycoside of quercetin, were present ranging from 7.46±0.09 (July 2010) to 18.77±0.23 mg g-1 dried sample (October 2010). Anthocyanin content was high in the spring, very low in the summer months, and increased in the fall over all 3 yr. Although polyphenolic and antioxidant content in Cornus spp. plants have been largely attributed to their berries, results from this study demonstrate that other plant material may also be an abundant source of these compounds.




Medicinal and ethnoveterinary remedies of hunters in Trinidad.

Article: Medicinal and ethnoveterinary remedies of hunters in Trinidad.



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Medicinal property, phytochemistry and pharmacology of several Jatropha species (Euphorbiaceae): A review.

Article: Medicinal property, phytochemistry and pharmacology of several Jatropha species (Euphorbia...

Carla W Sabandar, Norizan Ahmat, Faridahanim Mohd Jaafar...

Phytochemistry 11/2012


Volume 85, January 2013, Pages 7–29
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Medicinal property, phytochemistry and pharmacology of several Jatropha species (Euphorbiaceae): A review

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Abstract

The genus Jatropha (Euphorbiaceae) comprises of about 170 species of woody trees, shrubs, subshrubs or herbs in the seasonally dry tropics of the Old and the New World. They are used in medicinal folklore to cure various diseases of 80% of the human population in Africa, Asia and Latin America. Species from this genus have been popular to cure stomachache, toothache, swelling, inflammation, leprosy, dysentery, dyscrasia, vertigo, anemia, diabetis, as well as to treat HIV and tumor, opthalmia, ringworm, ulcers, malaria, skin diseases, bronchitis, asthma and as an aphrodisiac. They are also employed as ornamental plants and energy crops. Cyclic peptides alkaloids, diterpenes and miscellaneous compounds have been reported from this genus. Extracts and pure compounds of plants from this genus are reported for cytotoxicity, tumor-promoting, antimicrobial, antiprotozoal, anticoagulant, immunomodulating, anti-inflammatory, antioxidant, protoscolicidal, insecticidal, molluscicidal, inhibition AChE and toxicity activities.

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Species from Jatropha are used in medicinal folklore and known as a purgative. Crude extracts and compounds such as cyclic peptide alkaloids, diterpenes with various skeletons and other compounds from this genus have been reported for cytotoxicity, tumor-promoting, antimicrobial, antiprotozoal, anticoagulant, immunomodulating, anti-inflammatory, antioxidant, protoscolicidal, insecticidal, molluscicidal, inhibition AChE and toxicity activities.
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Highlights

► The medicinal property of several Jatropha species are reviewed. ► The phytochemistry of mostly alkaloid cyclic peptides and diterpenoids is presented. ► The biological activity of crude extracts and pure compounds is succinctly discussed. ► The relationship of medicinal property, biological activity and phytochemistry is also described.

Keywords

  • Euphorbiaceae;
  • Jatropha;
  • Medicinal properties;
  • Phytochemical;
  • Pharmacology

Corresponding author. Tel.: +60 355444619; fax: +60 355444562.
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Carla W. Sabandar was born in 1985, graduated from Haluoleo University of Chemistry Department in Indonesia, in 2009. After she received her Bachelor of Science degree from Haluoleo University by Dr. Sahidin’s research guidance, she moved to Malaysia in 2011 to further her study in M.Sc. by research at Pharmacy Faculty of Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia. She is also involved in natural product research with Assoc. Prof. Dr. Norizan Ahmat from Faculty of Applied Sciences, Universiti Teknologi MARA, Malaysia. Her research focuses in the area of isolation of natural products and biological activities (anti-platelet and anti-inflammation agent of crude extracts and pure natural products).
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Norizan Ahmat is Associate Professor at the Faculty of Applied Sciences, Universiti Teknologi MARA Malaysia. She obtained her degree in Chemistry from the Arkansas State University, U.S.A in 1989. She received her M.Sc. in Chemistry in 1995 and Ph.D in Natural Products Chemistry from the Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia in 2008. In her current research, she is interested in the chemistry and pharmacology of alkaloids, flavonoids and resveratrol oligomers from plants in Malaysia especially from the family of Annonaceae, Euphorbiaceae, Dipterocarpaceae and Gnetaceae. Her multidisciplinary research includes collaborations with researchers from Indonesia and Japan. She is a member of the GA Society for Medicinal Plants and Natural Product Research.
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Faridahanim Mohd Jaafar is a lecturer at the Faculty of Applied Sciences, Universiti Teknologi MARA Malaysia. She obtained her B.Sc. and M.Sc. in Chemistry from Western Illinois University, U.S.A in 1984 and 1986 respectively. Her research interests includes the chemistry, structure elucidation and pharmacological behavior of chemical compounds from Apocynaceae, Annonaceae, and Rubiaceae plants in Malaysia especially the antimalarial activity of phytochemical compounds to malaria parasites. She is a member of the Malaysian Natural Products Society and Analytical Sciences Society of Malaysia.
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I. Sahidin was born in 1969 and work at the Department of Pharmacy, Haluoleo University, Kendari, South East Sulawesi, Indonesia as a lecturer. He got his Ph.D from Institut Teknologi Bandung, Indonesia in 2006 in natural products chemistry. He visited as a Postdoctoral Researcher the Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia in 2010 (Faculty of Sciences and Technology and Institute of Biology Systems). In his research, Dr Sahidin is interested in the chemical constituents of stilbenes from Dipterocarpaceae, terpenoids from Jatropha and phenolic compounds from Polygonaceae and their biological activities.