| an ethnobotanical study of plants used for the treatment of sexually transmitted diseases (njovhera) in guruve district, zimbabwe. | the use of medicinal plants in guruve district, zimbabwe, contributes significantly to primary health care of the people of the area. this paper presents findings of a survey of plants used for the treatment of sexually transmitted diseases (stds) in the district. ethnobotanical information obtained from traditional herbalists and other knowledgeable rural dwellers, has revealed 15 plant species belonging to 10 families as medicinal plants used for the treatment of these infections in the area. ... | 2001 | 11483371 |
| determination of element contents in herbal drugs: chemometric approach. | the elemental content of 23 commercial herbal drugs was evaluated and multivariate analysis such as principal component analysis (pca) and hierarchical cluster analysis (hca) were performed with aim to know the relationship among the elements in the herbal drugs. among the 13 elements investigated k (8096.97), na (581.53), cu (2.06); mg (678.4); fe (476.93), al (321.5), co (0.22); zn (4.46), ni (0.56); mn (25.77); pb (13.33); and cr (13.18)mg/kg dry weight, respectively, were found at high conce ... | 2012 | 22980815 |
| biomass production in agroforestry and forestry systems on salt-affected soils in south asia: exploration of the ghg balance and economic performance of three case studies. | this study explores the greenhouse gas balance and the economic performance (i.e. net present value (npv) and production costs) of agroforestry and forestry systems on salt-affected soils (biosaline (agro)forestry) based on three case studies in south asia. the economic impact of trading carbon credits generated by biosaline (agro)forestry is also assessed as a potential additional source of income. the greenhouse gas balance shows carbon sequestration over the plantation lifetime of 24 mg co2-e ... | 2013 | 23810966 |
| investigation of heavy metals in frequently utilized medicinal plants collected from environmentally diverse locations of north western india. | the increasing prevalence of environmental pollution, especially soil contamination with heavy metals has led to their uptake in the human food chains through plant parts. accumulation and magnification of heavy metals in human tissues through consumption of herbal remedies can cause hazardous impacts on health. therefore, chemical profiling of nine heavy metals (mn, cr, pb, fe, cd, co, zn, ni and hg) was undertaken in stem and leaf samples of ten medicinal plants (acacia nilotica, bacopa monnie ... | 2013 | 24386622 |