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Volume 6, Issue 4 (Suppl)

Clin Pharmacol Biopharm, an open access journal

ISSN: 2167-065X

Page 87

Euro Biopharma & Ethnopharmacology 2017

November 09-11, 2017

International Conference and Exhibition on

November 09-11, 2017 Vienna, Austria

EUROPEAN BIOPHARMA CONGRESS

PHARMACOLOGY AND ETHNOPHARMACOLOGY

Joint Event

Exploration of phytotherapies common among local communities of rawalakot, district poonch azad

jammu and kashmir

Mirza Faisal Qaseem

and

Humaira Shaheen

Pir Mehr Ali Shah Arid Agriculture University Rawalpindi, Pakistan

COMSATS Institute of Information Technology, Pakistan

thnopharmacology act as bridge among medical, natural, and social sciences with most of its research focusing on

chemical, biological, and pharmacological sciences. Medicinal plants are a basic source of health care in the Pearl Valley

District Poonch of Azad Jammu and Kashmir, a mountainous region of Pakistan. Although some ethnobotanical researches

have been carried out in the district, the work reported here is the first field study on medical ethnobotany in Rawalakot area.

Information about the therapeutic properties of the medicinal plants was collected from 46 laypeople and 18 herbalists by

using an open ended and semistructured questionnaire. The data about the use of plants was recorded into a synoptic table

containing ethnobotanical inventory of plants, parts used, therapeutic indication and mode of application or administration.

Different ethnobotanical indices were calculated in order to quantify the knowledge on the medicinal plants reported in the

study. Our study recorded 136 species of medicinal plants belonging to 45 families. Asteraceae (14 species) was the dominant

family in the area, followed by Lamiaceae (11 species), Fabaceae, and Rosaceae (5 species each). Herbaceous plants (55%) were

the most used, with leaves (31%) as the most exploited plant part. Decoction (26 species), juice and powder (24 species each)

were the most common methods of preparation. The highest use values (UVs) were reported for

Berberis lyceum and Ajuga

bracteosa

(1.13 each), Abies pindrow (1.03),

Prunella vulgaris and Adiantum capillus-veneris

(1.00 each). Highest informant

consensus (ICF) values were recorded for digestive system diseases (ICF = 0.90), muscular and skeletal system diseases (ICF =

0.89), and mouth/pharynx diseases and diabetes (ICF = 0.86 each). When we compared data of this study with those of other

studies carried out in neighboring areas, we observed that the percentage of similarity in uses of plant species ranged from

13.33% to 34.62% with an average value of 22.53%. The present study revealed the importance to document and launch list of

all the possible plants that are used in phytotherapies in the unexplored study area. The present study is useful in preservation

of indigenous knowledge and could attract future researchers to investigate and explore phytochemicals responsible for

medicinal properties of these plants.

Clin Pharmacol Biopharm 2017, 6:4(Suppl)

DOI: 10.4172/2167-065X-C1-026