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AFRICAN RESEARCH NEXUS
SHINING A SPOTLIGHT ON AFRICAN RESEARCH
Quantitative ethnomedicinal study of plants used in the skardu valley at high altitude of Karakoram-Himalayan range, Pakistan
Journal of Ethnobiology and Ethnomedicine, Volume 10, No. 1, Article 43, Year 2014
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Background: The tribal inhabitants of the Skardu valley (Pakistan) live in an area of great endemic botanic diversity. This paper presents the first quantitative ethnomedicinal spectrum of the valley and information on the uses of medicinal plant. This paper aims to analyze and catalogue such knowledge based on Relative Frequency Citation (RFC) and Use Value (UV) of medicinal plants in addition to the configuration of the Pearson correlation coefficient.Methods: The field study was carried out over a period of approximately 2 years (2011-2013) using semi-structured interviews with 71 informants (most of the informants belonged to an age between 50 and 70 years) in six remote locations in the valley. Ethnomedicinal data was analyzed using frequency citation (FC), relative frequency of citation (RFC) and use value (UV) along with a Pearson correlation coefficient (PCC). Demographic characteristics of participants, ethnobotanical inventory of plants and data on medicinal application and administration were recorded.Results: A total of 50 medicinal plants belonging to 25 families were reported to be used against 33 different ailments in the valley. The maximum reported medicinal plant families were Asteraceae (7 report species), Lamiaceae (6), Polygonaceae (4) and Rosaceae (4), the most dominant life form of the species includes herbs (38) followed by shrubs and subshrubs (12), the most frequent used part was leaves (41%) followed by root (26%), flower (14%), fruit (9%), seeds (8%), bulb (1%) and bark (1%), the most common preparation and administration methods were infusion (32%), decoction (26%), paste (18%), herbal juice (17%) and powder drug (7%). The Pearson correlation coefficient between RFC and UV was 0.732 showing highly positive significant association.Conclusions: In this study, we have documented considerable indigenous knowledge about the native medicinal plants in Skardu valley for treating common ailments which are ready to be further investigated phytochemically and pharmacologically which leads to natural drug discovery development. The study has various socioeconomic dimensions which are associated with the local communities. © 2014 Bano et al.; licensee BioMed Central Ltd.
Authors & Co-Authors
Bano, Abida
Pakistan, Islamabad
Quaid-i-azam University
Ahmad, Mushtaq Sheeraz
Pakistan, Islamabad
Quaid-i-azam University
Malaysia, Minden
Universiti Sains Malaysia
Ben Hadda, Taibi
Morocco, Oujda
Université Mohammed Premier Oujda
Saboor, Abdul
Pakistan, Rawalpindi
Pmas-arid Agriculture University Rawalpindi
Sultana, Shazia
Pakistan, Islamabad
Quaid-i-azam University
Malaysia, Minden
Universiti Sains Malaysia
Zafar, Muhammad Zeshan
Pakistan, Islamabad
Quaid-i-azam University
Khan, Muhammad Pukhtoon Z.
Pakistan, Islamabad
Quaid-i-azam University
Arshad, Muhammad
Pakistan, Rawalpindi
Pmas-arid Agriculture University Rawalpindi
Ashraf, Muhammad Aqeel
Malaysia, Kuala Lumpur
Universiti Malaya
Statistics
Citations: 199
Authors: 9
Affiliations: 5
Identifiers
Doi:
10.1186/1746-4269-10-43
e-ISSN:
17464269
Study Approach
Quantitative