High Diversity of Medicinal Uses of Thai Legumes (Fabaceae) and Their Potential in Public Herbal Medicine
Ethnomedicinal studies have demonstrated that Fabaceae include the highest number of medicinal species of all plant families in Thailand. To evaluate which legumes hold the greatest potential for development of public herbal medicines, we used ethnobotanical indices to screen traditional medicinal s...
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| author | Natcha Sutjaritjai Prateep Panyadee Methee Phumthum Angkhana Inta Henrik Balslev |
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| description | Ethnomedicinal studies have demonstrated that Fabaceae include the highest number of medicinal species of all plant families in Thailand. To evaluate which legumes hold the greatest potential for development of public herbal medicines, we used ethnobotanical indices to screen traditional medicinal species from 152 literature sources published from 1986–2019. The homogeneity of each use category was evaluated using the informant consensus factor (ICF). The popularity of the used species was evaluated by percentage of fidelity level (FL) and use value (UV). A total of 261 species from 98 genera of legumes were recorded for their traditional medicinal uses. The uses included 5387 use reports that covered treatments of 420 disorders. The ethnobotanical indices pointed to 15 species with high use values (e.g., <i>Biancaea sappan</i> (L.) Tod., <i>Cassia fistula</i> L., <i>Senna siamea</i> (Lam.) H.S.Irwin & Barneby). Nine of these species are already used in public herbal medicine. The other six species should be studied in greater depth, especially to identify their bioactive compounds so they can be developed for use in public herbal medicine. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-d4e93bfa4f8f48da957fd999472f6f442023-11-30T21:14:08ZengMDPI AGDiversity1424-28182022-07-0114858810.3390/d14080588High Diversity of Medicinal Uses of Thai Legumes (Fabaceae) and Their Potential in Public Herbal MedicineNatcha Sutjaritjai0Prateep Panyadee1Methee Phumthum2Angkhana Inta3Henrik Balslev4Queen Sirikit Botanic Garden, The Botanical Garden Organization, Mae Rim, Chiang Mai 50180, ThailandQueen Sirikit Botanic Garden, The Botanical Garden Organization, Mae Rim, Chiang Mai 50180, ThailandDepartment of Pharmaceutical Botany, Faculty of Pharmacy, Mahidol University, Bangkok 10400, ThailandDepartment of Biology, Faculty of Science, Chiang Mai University, Chiang Mai 50200, ThailandDepartment of Biology, Ecoinformatics and Biodiversity, Aarhus University, 8000 Aarhus, DenmarkEthnomedicinal studies have demonstrated that Fabaceae include the highest number of medicinal species of all plant families in Thailand. To evaluate which legumes hold the greatest potential for development of public herbal medicines, we used ethnobotanical indices to screen traditional medicinal species from 152 literature sources published from 1986–2019. The homogeneity of each use category was evaluated using the informant consensus factor (ICF). The popularity of the used species was evaluated by percentage of fidelity level (FL) and use value (UV). A total of 261 species from 98 genera of legumes were recorded for their traditional medicinal uses. The uses included 5387 use reports that covered treatments of 420 disorders. The ethnobotanical indices pointed to 15 species with high use values (e.g., <i>Biancaea sappan</i> (L.) Tod., <i>Cassia fistula</i> L., <i>Senna siamea</i> (Lam.) H.S.Irwin & Barneby). Nine of these species are already used in public herbal medicine. The other six species should be studied in greater depth, especially to identify their bioactive compounds so they can be developed for use in public herbal medicine.https://www.mdpi.com/1424-2818/14/8/588Ethnomedicinefidelity levelinformant consensus factorLeguminosaeuse value |
| spellingShingle | Natcha Sutjaritjai Prateep Panyadee Methee Phumthum Angkhana Inta Henrik Balslev High Diversity of Medicinal Uses of Thai Legumes (Fabaceae) and Their Potential in Public Herbal Medicine Diversity Ethnomedicine fidelity level informant consensus factor Leguminosae use value |
| title | High Diversity of Medicinal Uses of Thai Legumes (Fabaceae) and Their Potential in Public Herbal Medicine |
| title_full | High Diversity of Medicinal Uses of Thai Legumes (Fabaceae) and Their Potential in Public Herbal Medicine |
| title_fullStr | High Diversity of Medicinal Uses of Thai Legumes (Fabaceae) and Their Potential in Public Herbal Medicine |
| title_full_unstemmed | High Diversity of Medicinal Uses of Thai Legumes (Fabaceae) and Their Potential in Public Herbal Medicine |
| title_short | High Diversity of Medicinal Uses of Thai Legumes (Fabaceae) and Their Potential in Public Herbal Medicine |
| title_sort | high diversity of medicinal uses of thai legumes fabaceae and their potential in public herbal medicine |
| topic | Ethnomedicine fidelity level informant consensus factor Leguminosae use value |
| url | https://www.mdpi.com/1424-2818/14/8/588 |
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