Graphical dataset on important medicinal plants used for curing dental issues in Manoor Valley, Mansehra, Pakistan

Data in Brief Volume 9, December 2016, Pages 1028-1033 open access Data in Brief Data Article Author links open overlay panelInayat UrRahmanFarhanaIjazAftabAfzalZafarIqbalNiazAliMuhammad AzharKhanMuhammadAfzalSaidMuhammadGhulamQadirMuhammadAsif Department of Botany, Hazara University, Mansehra 21300, KP, Pakistan Received 25 October 2016, Accepted 8 November 2016, Available online 15 November 2016. crossmark-logo Show less https://doi.org/10.1016/j.dib.2016.11.025Get rights and content Under a Creative Commons license Refers to Inayat Ur Rahman, Farhana Ijaz, Zafar Iqbal, Aftab Afzal, Niaz Ali, Muhammad Afzal, Muhammad Azhar Khan, Said Muhammad, Ghulam Qadir, Muhammad Asif A novel survey of the ethno medicinal knowledge of dental problems in Manoor Valley (Northern Himalaya), Pakistan Journal of Ethnopharmacology, Volume 194, 24 December 2016, Pages 877-894 PDF (1MB) Abstract The graphical dataset in this paper is related to the research article entitled “A novel survey of the ethno medicinal knowledge of dental problems in Manoor Valley (Northern Himalaya), Pakistan” (I.U. Rahman, F. Ijaz, Z. Iqbal, A. Afzal, N. Ali, M. Afzal, M.A. Khan, S. Muhammad, G. Qadir, M. Asif, 2016) [1]. This article describes how the local community of Manoor Valley practices cultural / traditional knowledge for dental problems. For the recorded data of 25 medicinal plants, six quantitative ethnomedicinal statistical approaches / equations were used. Out of these indices, four were used to measure the most imported and cited medicinal plant species while two for the comparative analysis to evaluate the novelty of work. Previous article in issueNext article in issue Keywords Graphical datasetDental issuesQuantitative ethnobotanyManoor Valley Pakistan Specifications Table Subject area Ethnobotany More specific subject area Medicinal plants used in curing dental problems Type of data Figures/ graphs, text file How data was acquired Survey, interviews, statistical approaches using the indices i.e. use value (UVi), relative frequency citations (RFCs), fidelity level index (FL%), consensus index (CI%), Jaccard similarity index (JI) and Sorensen׳s similarity index (QS). Data format Raw, analyzed Experimental factors Questionnaire, statistical indices Experimental features The relationship between local community and medicinal plants Data source location Manoor Valley, Mansehra, Pakistan Data accessibility Data is available with this article Value of the data • The relationship between local community and medicinal plants. • The data presents quantitative ethnobotanical statistical approaches. • For novelty, ethnomedicinal uses were comparatively analyzed with published literature through similarity indices. 1. Data The dataset of this article provides information about the medicinal plants used against dental problems in Manoor Valley, Mansehra, Pakistan. Fig. 1 shows the number of informants interviewed, Fig. 3 indicates the growth form of medicinal plants, Fig. 4 reveals the most widely part used. Figs. 5–7 clearly shows the mostly important and widely used medicinal plant species for various dental issues/problems. Figs. 8–9 indicates the comparative analysis of reported medicinal plants for current uses with previous documentations. Fig. 1 Download high-res image (96KB)Download full-size image Fig. 1. Number of informants interviewed during field work. Fig. 2 Download high-res image (158KB)Download full-size image Fig. 2. Quantitative ethnomedicinal/statistical indices used to evaluate most cited medicinal plants (UVi, RFCs, CI and FL) and comparative analysis (JI and QS). Fig. 3 Download high-res image (158KB)Download full-size image Fig. 3. Life form of plants used for ethno medicinal practices. Fig. 4 Download high-res image (126KB)Download full-size image Fig. 4. Phyto parts used as traditional medicines for dental problems. Fig. 5 Download high-res image (290KB)Download full-size image Fig. 5. Use value and Relative frequency citations of medicinal plants cited by the informants for various dental problems. Fig. 6 Download high-res image (355KB)Download full-size image Fig. 6. No. of informants cited plant species used for various dental problems. Fig. 7 Download high-res image (381KB)Download full-size image Fig. 7. Fidelity Level (%) and Consensus index (%) of medicinal plants cited by the informants for various diseases. Fig. 8 Download high-res image (461KB)Download full-size image Fig. 8. Comparative analysis of the present work [1] with previous studies at regional, national and global level through Jaccard similarity index. Fig. 9 Download high-res image (453KB)Download full-size image Fig. 9. Comparative analysis of the present work [1] with previous studies at regional, national and global level through Sorensen similarity index. 2. Experimental design, materials and methods Field surveys were arranged for collection and documentation of medicinal plants of Manoor valley during 2015. Through structured questionnaire, a total of 71 local inhabitants were interviewed randomly. Recorded data were analyzed by using quantitative ethnomedicinal statistical indices/equations (Fig. 2) i.e. use value (UVi), relative frequency citations (RFCs), fidelity level index (FL%) and consensus index (CI%) [2]. For novel uses all plants were thoroughly checked with previously published articles on the same disorder and analyzed through Jaccard index (JI) and Sorensen׳s similarity index (QS) [3]. Comprehensive discussion and interpretation on these indices and comparative analyses with previous published articles/literature through JI and QS can be found in [1]. Conflict of Interest The authors declare that they have no conflict of interests. Acknowledgements This dataset is the part of PhD work of I.U. Rahman. We are thankful to all the local community members and traditional healers/hakims for sharing their traditional ethnomedicinal knowledge with us. References [1] I.U. Rahman, F. Ijaz, Z. Iqbal, A. Afzal, N. Ali, M. Afzal, M.A. Khan, S. Muhammad, G. Qadir, M. Asif A novel survey of the ethno medicinal knowledge of dental problems in Manoor Valley (Northern Himalaya), Pakistan J. Ethnopharmacol. (2016) http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jep.2016.10.068 [2] F. Ijaz, Z. Iqbal, I.U. Rahman, S.M. Khan, G.M. Shah, K. Khan, A. Afzal Investigation of traditional medicinal floral knowledge of Sarban Hills, Abbottabad, KP, Pakistan J. Ethnopharmacol., 179 (2016), pp. 208-233 ArticlePDF (10MB)View Record in Scopus [3] I.U. Rahman, F. Ijaz, A. Afzal, Z. Iqbal, N. Ali, S.M. Khan Contributions to the phytotherapies of digestive disorders; traditional knowledge and cultural drivers of Manoor Valley, Northern Pakistan J. Ethnopharmacol., 192 (2016), pp. 30-52 ArticlePDF (3MB)View Record in Scopus © 2016 The Authors. Published by Elsevier Inc.