Combretaceae - Science topic

Background: Combretum molle R.B/G. Don (Combretaceae) is a graceful deciduous shrub, distributed especially in tropical Africa and used in traditional medicine in the treatment of malaria, diabetes, and bacterial, liver and cardiovascular deseases. To our knowledge, no long-term toxicity studies of C. molle has ever been realized yet. Methods: T...

Forest products play an important role in supporting livelihoods in many developing countries. The study examined diversity and local uses of non-timber forest products (NTFPs) in Zamay forest reserve in Cameroon. The inventory design consisted of three collection units (CU): CU1, CU2 and CU3 in the north, center and south of the reserve respective...

A new species of Terminalia L. (Combretaceae) from the Guiana shield is described as T. carinata Sabatier & J.Engel, sp. nov. based on morphological evidences. This new species was often misidentified as T. guyanensis Eichler from which it differs, as well as from other neotropical Terminalia, by its leaf undersurface palish-gray and slightly pubes...

Combretum fragrans (Combretaceae) is a Cameroonian medicinal plant containing various secondary metabolites and traditionally used for the treatment of several pathologies. Two cycloartane-type triterpenes, Combretin A and Combretin B, were isolated from this plant. This study was aimed at evaluating the anti-inflammatory, antioxidant, and anticoli...

Puparia of a new whitefly genus and species, Margaritaplena ovata gen. et sp. nov. found feeding on the underside of the leaves of Combretum sp. (Combretaceae) are described from the Andaman Islands, India. It differs from the allied genera, Asialeyrodes Corbett, Icfrealeyrodes Dubey and Sundararaj, and Vasantharajiella PMM David in shape, the larg...

We analyzed phytosociological characteristics of a tropical dry deciduous forest located in an urban environment of Indian Institute of Forest Management (IIFM) Campus in the capital city of Bhopal of Madhya Pradesh state, Central India. Comparison has been made among the tree community characteristics during the years 1988, 2002 and 2020 in terms...

Aims: This study aimed to assess the ability of methanolic bark extracts from medicinal plants, Anogeissus leiocarpus and Terminalia macroptera for reducing Pseudomonas aeruginosa PAO1 bacteria pathogenicity in Nicotiana tabacum. Study Design: A complete randomized block design was used with 3 replications including 3 infiltrations modes: PAO1 only...

West African savanna ecosystems and biodiversity are threatened by intensified land use and increasing degradation of natural habitats. Despite the importance of bees for pollinating crops and native plant species, little information is available regarding the importance of savanna woody plant species to provide bees with food resources. This study...

A checklist of plant species occurring at Mount Kenya University Botanic Garden is presented. The purpose of this study was to develop a check list of plants that could be used for education, research and as a conservation guide. Two methods of study were used; first was physical identification and enumeration of the plants and secondly, line-trans...

Terminalia chebula, belongs to Combretaceae family is called the “King of Medicine” in Tibet because of it wide spectrum of Pharmacological activities majorly anti-cancer, anti-diabetic, immunomodulatory agent etc. It is used in many Ayurvedic preparations to cure different diseases. Twenty seven fruit rind samples of Terminalia chebula was collect...

The dryland area in Ethiopia covers a substantial region endowed with diverse plant resources. However, the landmass has received less attention even if it has high ecological, environmental, and economic uses. The present study was conducted in Hirmi woodland vegetation, which is one of the dryland areas in Ethiopia, with the objective of investig...

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as 'Harar' belongs to the family Combretaceae. It is found in deciduous forests throughout the greater part of India, China, Myanmar, Sri Lanka, Vietnam, Bangladesh, etc. In India, it is distributed throughout the greater part except in arid zones. The fruits are common constituent of 'Triphala', capable of imparting youthful vitality and receptivi...

Bee products have been consumed by mankind since ancient times. Nowadays, the search for these products has grown significantly due to their interesting biological properties and nutritional value, such as pollen and propolis. Performing their analysis is a way to guarantee the quality control and safety of these products and also to identifying th...

Nomenclature confusion between the names Getonia and Calycopteris is discussed and clarified. J.P. Rottler's specimen at Kew is designated here as the lectotype of the name Getonia floribunda Roxb.

Honey is a popular product consumed for its health benefits. It is an effective antimicrobial an antioxidant agent. Globally, palynological and chemical methods are among the means of authenticating honey quality, geographical origin and floral origin. Six honey samples from six Nigerian towns (Abi, Ikom, Lokpanta, Nsukka, Okigwe and Shaki) were su...

This work was designed to verify the cytoprotective property of the leaves aqueous extract of Combretum glutinosum (LAECG) on gastric ulcers (GU) in mice. methods of GU in mice: HCl/EtOH model, HCl/EtOH with indomethacin pretreatment model and indomethacin model. For each method, male mice were divided into 4 groups of 5 mice and treated respective...

Medicinal plants play great role in both health care and rural economy. In Tanzania there has been an inadequacy in addressing important conservation measures for medicinal plants by incorporating it in national policies and conservation plans. This study was conducted to assess the use rate and conservation of medicinal plants by Maasai communitie...

Ethnopharmacological relevance Schizophrenia Spectrum and Other Psychotic Disorders are serious mental illnesses prevalent throughout the world. According to studies conducted in the district of Bandiagara, Mali, its prevalence varied from 1 to 3% of the population. Little is known, however, about the plants used to treat schizophrenia Spectrum Dis...

Background: Medicinal plants have been used in traditional medicine for the management of several diseases. The plant Combretum hypopilinum has been used for the treatment of diarrhoea, dysentery and other diseases in Nigeria without scientific validation. Objective: This study aims to investigate the antidiarrhoeal potential of the methanol extra...

Située entre le 1er Arrondissement de la Commune industrialo-portuaire d’Owendo et l’industrielle Zone Economique à Régime Privilégié (ZERP) de Nkok, dans l’estuaire du Komo, la mangrove de l’enclave des rivières Egoumé et Ikoy-Komo pose un problème de protection et de conservation. L’urbanisation accélérée en extension empiète sur cette forêt de m...

Terminalia sericea Burch. ex. DC. (Combretaceae) is a popular remedy for the treatment of infectious diseases. It is widely prescribed by traditional healers and sold at informal markets and may be a good candidate for commercialisation. For this to be realised, a thorough phytochemical and bioactivity profile is required to identify constituents t...

The prevalence of nosocomial infections due to multidrug resistant (MDR) bacterial strains is associated with high morbidity and mortality. Folk medicine and ethnopharmacological data can provide a broad range of plants with promising antimicrobial activity. Triphala, an Ayurvedic formula composed of three different plants: Terminalia chebula Retz....

Nutrients from dehydrated sewage sludge play an essential role in the development of many plants such as Terminalia argentea, in the recovery of degraded areas. The aims were to assess the abundance, diversity and species richness of phytophagous, pollinators and predators arthropods, as well as the percentage of defoliation of T. argentea trees, f...

The chemical investigation of the roots and stems of Combretum laxum yielded a new dihydrostilbene derivative, 4′-hydroxy-3,3′,4-trimethoxy-5-(3,4,5-trimethoxyphenoxy)-bibenzyl (1), two phenanthrenes (2–3), and three dihydrophenanthrenes (4–6), along with one lignan, three triterpenoids, one aurone, one flavone, one naphthoquinone, and two benzoic...

Terminalia neotaliala, a tropical tree species that originated from Madagascar, is a plant of high medical and horticultural value in Africa and China. This is the first study to present the complete chloroplast genome of T. neotaliala. The total chloroplast genome was 159,439bp in length, consisting of a large single copy (LSC) with 88,832bp, a sm...

Anogeissus acuminata (Roxburgh ex Candolle) Guillemin et al. is an Endangered and dominant species of deciduous forests distributed in the Mekong valley of southwest China and adjacent Indo-China Peninsula. Here we assembled and annotated the complete chloroplast (cp) genome. It is 159,993 bp in length and encodes 84 protein-coding genes, 37 transf...

Anatomical features of three species of the genus Terminalioxylon Schönfeld emend. Mädel-Angeliewa & Müller-Stoll viz., T. edwardsii, T. geinitzii and T. primigenium were fully described and illustrated based on fossil wood specimens collected from three lower Miocene sites in the northern part of the Western Desert of Egypt viz., Gebel El-Khash...

Combretum paniculatum Vent. (Combretaceae) is used widely in ethnomedicine in the treatment of chronic diarrhea and dysentery, flatulence, vomiting, colic, and enlarged spleen and liver. The study evaluated the potentials of C. paniculatum in the treatment of gastrointestinal disorders using diarrheal and ulcer models in Swiss mice and Wistar rats....

In Mali, improved traditional medicines [“Médicaments Traditionnels Améliorés”] are prepared from traditionally used medicinal plants. Recently, the Department of Traditional Medicine has identified Terminalia macroptera Guill. & Perr. (Combretaceae) as a potential candidate for an improved traditional medicine. T. macroptera is a West African medi...

In the present study, the tree species phytosociological attributes, tree density, basal area, and tree biomass carbon (above- and below-ground) distribution pattern was explored in the undisturbed and disturbed forest sites in Dibru-Saikhowa biosphere reserve of Assam, northeast India. The study area is globally recognized biodiversity hotspots in...

Purpose: Isolation, characterisation and structure elucidation of compounds obtained from Conocarpus lancifolius and screening of their pharmacological effects in vitro.Methods: After collection, authentication and extraction from whole C. lancifolius plants, screening for secondary metabolites, thin-layer chromatography and subsequent open column...

Background: Rural and urban people in Nigeria made use of medicinal plants as their curative measures, based on their ancient belief that propounded the authenticity of these plants in treating ailments. Materials and methods: Data were collected through semi-structured questionnaires across the study area (3senatorial districts),The collected plan...

Background: Rural and urban people in Nigeria made use of medicinal plants as their curative measures, based on their ancient belief that propounded the authenticity of these plants in treating ailments. Materials and methods: Data were collected through semi-structured questionnaires across the study area (3senatorial districts),The collected plan...

There is an increasing interest in parasitic plants and infectious disease community ecology in intertropical regions. The study examined the floristic diversity of Loranthaceae family and their potential host species in the ecoregion of Diamare plain in Cameroon. Reasoned sampling method was performed and experimental device consisted of 02 main t...

Snake envenomation is one of the neglected tropical diseases which have left an intolerable death toll and severe socio-economic losses in Kenya. In a continued effort to identify some antiophidic East African botanical species, this study generated ethnobotanical information on antivenom plants reported in Kenya, with a view to identify potential...

Terminalia brownii Fresen in the Combretaceae family, is one of the indigenous tree species used in agroforestry, afforestation and reforestation programmes in drylands of Kenya. It is widely distributed in the semi-arid lands of East, Central and West Africa. It is an important drought tolerant and multipurpose agroforestry species whose potential...

Background: Medicinal plants have been used in traditional medicine for the management of several diseases. The plant Combretum hypopilinum has been used for the treatment of diarrhoea, dysentery and other diseases in Nigeria without scientific validation. Objective: This study aims to investigate the antidiarrhoeal potential of the methanol extrac...

Combretastatins are a class of closely related stilbenes (combretastatins A), dihydrostilbenes (combretastatins B), phenanthrenes (combretastatins C) and macrocyclic lactones (combretastatins D) found in the bark of Combretum caffrum (Eckl. & Zeyh.) Kuntze, commonly known as the South African bush willow. Some of the compounds in this series have b...

Este trabalho apresenta dados sobre a dinâmica reprodutiva, o padrão alimentar e as associações com parasitos em indivíduos de Artibeus lituratus capturados no período de 2009 a 2018 em três Parques Naturais urbanos no município do Rio de Janeiro. Os animais foram capturados com auxílio de redes de espera, medidos, pesados e inspecionados para a oc...

Catamaran, the most versatile traditional fishing craft used along the Indian coast is made hitherto of solid timber of a few selected species of broad-leaved soft woods. Due to scarcity coupled with high cost of these timbers, the craft, of late, are fabricated from the wooden planks of an indigenous hard wood species, namely, Anogeissus acuminata...

Shortage of timber coupled with other compelling factors has been forcing traditional fishermen, especially of the northeast coast of Andhra Pradesh to part with their conventional log type wooden catamarans in recent times. The fishermen have started fabricating catamarans out of timber planks of hard woods along with thermocol. Mostly, locally av...

Terminalia bellirica(Gaertn.) Roxb., Combretaceae, fruits are used in Indian system of medicine for multiple therapeutic applications. The present study was aimed to investigate the effect of gallic acid extract from T. bellirica fruits on chronic mild stress-induced depression-like activity in mice model. The results showed that administration of...

Background: The Dryland area in Ethiopia contributes large vegetation resources. However, the landmass has received less attentioneven if it has high ecological, environmental and economic importance. The present study was conducted in Hirmi forest, which is one of the dry forest in Northwestern, Ethiopia; to study the floristic composition, plant...

Anogeissus leiocarpus (Combretaceae) is a medicinal plant used by traditional practitioners to treat people living with diabetes mellitus in Togo. The objective of this work was to evaluate the hypoglycemic activity of the plant. The hydroalcoholic extract and fractions of A. leiocarpus roots was evaluated on hyperglycemic mice by oral glucose tole...

Background and Objective: Terminalia superba is a plant used in traditional medicine to treat various ailments. This study aims at assessing the curative potential of a total aqueous extract of the trunk bark of T. superba (TAETs) on paracetamol-induced hepatotoxicity in rats. Materials and Methods: Except the control group which received distilled...

Mangroves speak to regions of high organic profitability and it is a locale wealthy in bioactive substances utilized in medication invention. Conocarpus erectus has placed in the family Combretaceae, in one of the two species of Conocarpus genus and ordinarily exists in tropical and subtropical regions of the world, right through West Indies, Ameri...

Due to the versatile application of plants the utilization of plants and their inferred substances builds up day by day for the revelation of new curative agents. Conocarpus erectus has placed in the family Combretaceae, in one of the two species of Conocarpus genus and ordinarily exists in tropical and subtropical regions of the world. In some cou...

An assessment on wetland type, floristic characteristics and ecosystem services of Asarama - Adoni in Rivers State, Niger Delta was carried out based on seasonal variation. Systematic stratified Wetland Ecosystem Dynamic Plots (WEDP) and Participatory Research (Focused Group Discussion and Key Informant Interview) techniques were adopted. Result re...

Se reporta por primera vez la presencia en el estado Falcón, al nor-occidente de Venezuela, de las especies de pentatómidos (chinches hediondos o verdaderos) (Hemiptera: Heteroptera: Pentatomorpha: Pentatomidae) Alcaeorrhynchus grandis (Dallas, 1851) (Asopinae), Antiteuchus tripterus (Fabricius 1787) (Discocephalinae, Discocephalini), Aceratodes me...

An assessment on wetland type, floristic characteristics and ecosystem services of Asarama-Adoni in Rivers State, Niger Delta was carried out based on seasonal variation. Systematic stratified Wetland Ecosystem Dynamic Plots (WEDP) and Participatory Research (Focused Group Discussion and Key Informant Interview) techniques were adopted. Result reve...

Background. Infections by microbes (viruses, bacteria, and fungi) and parasites can cause serious diseases in both humans and animals. Heavy use of antimicrobials has created selective pressure and caused resistance to currently available antibiotics, hence the need for finding new and better antibiotics. Natural products, especially from plants, a...

Summary The floristic and ecological works were undertaken in the tropical dipterocarp rain forest in Mengla county, Xishuangbanna of southern Yunnan during 1988-1998. The data were analyzed and summarized in the monograph. With conspicuous similarity on ecological and floristic characters to tropical rain forest of SE Asia, the tropical dipterocar...

Thaalisapaththiri chooranam (T.C) is a poly herbal formulation and used to treat a wide variety of respiratory tract conditions such as kaasam, shayam, eilai and pitha diseases in Siddha Medicine. It has different ingredients which are having a wide range of therapeutic uses. Although the method of preparation of the T.C is mentioned in the eight t...

Background Stem bark of Anogeissus latifolia Roxb (family: Combretaceae) is used traditionally and ethnomedicinally to alleviate pain, inflammation and fever conditions. The current study investigates the analgesic, anti-inflammatory and antipyretic activities of ethanolic extract of stem bark of Anogeissus latifolia Roxb. Method The HPLC studies...

Objetivou-se estudar a atividade florestal no Piauí, utilizando a metodologia do Manejo Florestal Sustentávelda Caatinga, em área de mata nativa com vegetação de transição entre cerrado e caatinga no assentamento Sambaibinha no Município de São Francisco do Piauí (PI). Foi realizado inventário florestal constando 21 parcelas de 400 m2 cada (20 x 20...

Terminalia brownii is one of the important ethnomedicinal plants belonging to the family Combretaceae and it has been used as a traditional medicine to treat various diseases such as jaundice, intestinal, liver problems, yellow fever, and HIV infection. Objectives: The aim of the present study was the evaluation of the total antioxidant activity, 1...

Floristic and phytogeographic analysis of the woody vegetation of the cliff of Ngaoundéré and its peripheries. Nyasiri Jonathan1*, Ibrahima Adamou1 Tchobsala2 and Delphine Dongock Nguemo1 1 University of Ngaoundéré, Faculty of Sciences, Department of Biological Sciences. P.O.Box 454, Ngaoundéré. 2 University of Maroua, Faculty of Sciences, Departm...

Traditional medicine is used all over the world, especially in developing countries. Though synthetic drugs are very effective but are harmful to human beings because of their side effects. Genus of Terminalia and Combretum species belongs to the family Combretaceae, which contains 20 genera and 600 species as herbs, shrubs, and trees. These plants...

The natural vegetation study was conducted in Kafta-sheraro national park (KSNP) North, Ethiopia to explore floristic composition, structure and regeneration of woody species in the home of African elephant. In the park, the above information is not well documented which is necessary for conservation. Data were collected From August to December 201...

Background: Medicinal plants have been used for the management of several diseases. The Combretum hypopilinum has been used for the treatment of diarrhoea, dysentery, abdominal pain and other diseases in Nigeria. Aim of the Study: This study aims at safety assessment of methanol leaf extract of Combretum hypopilinum (MECH) in rats. Materials and Me...

The presentation reviewed the diversified potentials of plants in the genus Combretum, from a therapeutic perspective. The genus Combretum, subsumed under the family Combretaceae, encompasses a heterogeneous assemblage of more than 370 species, manifesting as herbs, shrubs and trees, predominantly found in the tropics and subtropics. The continual...

The study was conducted to explore natural regeneration potential of a community managed forest. Village Common Forest (VCF) has been managed as a commo n property resource under the leadership of Mouza Headmen based on traditional resource management pattern. Stratified random sampling method was carried out for the inventory of the regeneration s...

Today, Typhoid fever remains a public health problem in developing countries due to the poor quality of lifestyle associated with abusive and inappropriate use of antibiotics. Aims: Considering the ethnopharmacological relevance of Terminalia avicennioides (T. avicennioides) (Combretaceae), this study was designed to investigate the in vitro antisa...

Background: Diabetes mellitus is a chronic metabolic disorder that imposes a huge health and economic burden on societies. Because the currently available medications have many drawbacks, it is important to search for alternative therapies. Medicinal plants used in traditional medicines are ideal candidates. Hence, this study was undertaken to inv...

Background: Despite a substantial scientific progress over the past two decades, malaria continues to be a worldwide burden. Evergrowing resistance towards the currently available antimalarial drugs is a challenge to combat malaria. Medicinal plants are a promising source of new drugs to tackle this problem. Thus, the present study aimed at evalua...

Background: Combretum micranthum (CM) (Combretaceae) is widely used in traditional medicine throughout West Africa for the treatment of diabetes, hypertension, inflammation, malaria and liver ailments. In our recent research we demonstrated that CM has nephroprotective potentials in diabetes mellitus, hypertension and renal disorders. However, to t...