Himalayas or Himachal is the hub for natural species such as medicinal herbs, Medicinal Plants and natural essential oils. There are number of natural species available in these areas. If we would like to introduce or measure new herb or medicinal plant, what should be the method and criteria?
On the basis of traditional claims and ethnopharmacological relevance
@ Sandeep Kumar,
(1) First of all one must identify the plant species and its growth habit.
(2) Go through the available literature for its exploration for the medicinal uses.
(3) If there is no OR least literature on the species under consideration?
(4) Then One should study its different medicinal properties.
(5) One can use whole plant OR different plant parts for analysis.
BASED ON THE OBSERVATIONS, ONE CAN PUBLISH THE FINDINGS FOR THE CONSIDERATION OF SCIENTIFIC WORLD.
Dears,
I fully agree with you.
Extensive ethnobotanical surveys may reveal new medicinal plants. Then ensure the activities of these plants by pharmacological and phytochemical studies.
Best
you can identify medicinal plant according to traditional claims and ethnopharmacological relevance. Generally medicinal plants have bioactive ingredients which are extractable and you can evaluate their effects based on proved laboratory methods and assessment of their bioactive activity in vivo in animal or food models. Antioxidant, Anti inflammatory, Antitumor and antimicrobial effects of them are evaluable plus with their cytotoxicity level.
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