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Ethnobotanicalprofiling of themedicinal flora ofKotli, Azad Jammu andKashmir, Pakistan:Empirical reflectionson multinomial logitspecifications Muhammad Shoaib AmjadMuhammad ArshadAbdul Saboor2017 год

Ethnobotanical profiling of the medicinal flora of Kotli, Azad Jammu and Kashmir, Pakistan: Empirical reflections on multinomial logit specifications
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Аннотация: To report the indigenous people's uses of plants from a multidimensional perspective in a remote area where strong ethnobotanical cultural practices prevail.An ethnobotanical survey was conducted in the field during 2014-2016. Ethnobotanical data were gathered from 182 informants through oral interviews and semi-structured questionnaires. The distribution of plants was explored using both descriptive and graphical methods. Further, a Multinomial Logit Specification was applied to find out the probability of the occurrence of diverse utilization of plants in multipurpose domains.The study identified 202 plant species distributed among 71 families and 156 genera. Ethnobotanical data indicate that there are more medicinal (36.96%) uses of plants as compared to all other use categories. The output from the Multinomial Logit Specifications (MLS) model reveals that perennial and non-woody plants are exploited more for medicinal and food uses than annual and woody plants. In the context of ethnomedicinal uses, aerial plant parts particularly leaves are more extensively used for the preparation of herbal recipes as compared to underground parts.The results of the study emphasize the need to create awareness among the local communities about the conservation status of plant species in order to maintain a sustainable resource of plant-derived materials into the future. The novel econometric approach employed in this study adds a new insightful methodology to the existing body of literature in the field of ethnobotany. We strongly recommend conservation measures, alongside phytochemical and pharmacological studies on the useful plant species identified in this study in order to ensure their sustainable and effective utilization.
Год издания: 2017
Авторы: Muhammad Shoaib Amjad, Muhammad Arshad, Abdul Saboor, Susan Page, Sunbal Khalil Chaudhari
Издательство: Elsevier BV
Источник: Asian Pacific Journal of Tropical Medicine
Ключевые слова: Ethnobotanical and Medicinal Plants Studies, African Botany and Ecology Studies, Essential Oils and Antimicrobial Activity
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