Made available in DSpace on 2016-06-02T18:57:25Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 2288.pdf: 709049 bytes, checksum: 694c734061c4ecba37345118443eaac2 (MD5) Previous issue date: 2008-12-17 / The rural area of the municipality of Pedreira presents its fragmented landscape caused by agricultural expansion occurred in the region at the time of deploying cafezais and then pastures. Thus a proposal for agroforestry systems with potential beekeeping presents itself as a highly recommended strategy in the recovery of degraded areas coupled with the increase of income through beekeeping addition to environmental services generated by the activity. The general objectve of this study was to draw up designs for agroforestry purposes with bee and analyze the specific objective ethnobotanical knowledge of farmers and beekeepers on local conditions, as a starting point for implementation and execution of plans for recovery of degraded areas, with focus in Areas of Protection Permanent and Legal Reserve. The proposal agroforestry systems with potential beekeeping are likely to be implemented considering the multifunctional to serve, from the legal aspects, ecological, economic and social. / A zona rural do município de Pedreira apresenta sua paisagem fragmentada causada pela expansão agrícola ocorrida na região na época da implantação de cafezais e posteriormente pastagens. Assim sendo uma proposta de sistemas agroflorestais com potencial apícola apresenta-se como uma estratégia altamente recomendável na recuperação de áreas degradadas aliada ao aumento de renda através da apicultura além dos serviços ambientais gerados pela atividade. O objetivo geral desse trabalho foi a elaboração de desenhos de sistemas agroflorestais com finalidades apícolas e o objetivo específico analisar o conhecimento etnobotânico dos agricultores e apicultores sobre as condições locais, como ponto de partida para implementação e execução de planos de recuperação de áreas degradadas, com enfoque à proteção de Áreas de Preservação Permanente e Reserva Legal. A proposta sistemas agroflorestais com potencial apícola são passíveis de serem executadas considerando a multifuncionalidade a que servem, desde os aspectos legais, ecológicos, econômicos e sociais.

Submitted by Vasti Diniz (vastijpa@hotmail.com) on 2017-07-27T14:57:18Z No. of bitstreams: 1 arquivototal.pdf: 1366709 bytes, checksum: c1743058795ad088b94b32608a3154c4 (MD5) / Made available in DSpace on 2017-07-27T14:57:18Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 arquivototal.pdf: 1366709 bytes, checksum: c1743058795ad088b94b32608a3154c4 (MD5) Previous issue date: 2016-03-21 / Coordenação de Aperfeiçoamento de Pessoal de Nível Superior - CAPES / For a long time, human societies have built a great deal of knowledge about the environments in which they are inserted, including knowledge about plant resources. This knowledge, ethnobotany's object of study, has guaranteed the survival of these populations as food, fuel and in the relief and cure of diseases. The present paper was structured in two chapters and had as it's objective to carry out an ethnobotanical survey on the knowledge and use of medicinal plants used by the inhabitants of the Ipiranga quilombola community, located in the south coast of Paraíba. In the first chapter, a survey of medicinal plant species was done according to the local knowledge, along with an analysis of the Usage Value and Informant Consensus Factor indexes. The interview method was applied through semi-structured questionnaires with a total of 100 community residents, 29 men and 71 women, between 20 and 90 years of age. the Usage Value and Informant Consensus Factor indexes were then estimated from the collected data. In the second chapter, a comparison between three different generations on the knowledge of medicinal plants was made, with a total of 171 individuals interviewed, and from the data, a Pearson correlation and an analysis of variance was accomplished. A total of 80 species, distributed in 66 genera and 38 botanical families, were identified. From the interviews, it was known that, in the majority, the leaves are the most used parts in the preparation of the medication, mainly through tea brewing. Most of the species used are grown in backyards. The medicinal species were indicated for the treatment of 66 diseases and classified into 14 categories of bodily systems. Regarding ethnobotanical knowledge among different generations, the results showed that older members of the group knew more species, as well as indicated a greater amount of uses for them. / Durante muito tempo, as sociedades humanas têm construído um grande conhecimento a respeito dos ambientes onde estão inseridas, incluindo os conhecimentos sobre os recursos vegetais. Este saber, objeto de estudo da etnobotânica, tem garantido a sobrevivência dessas populações seja como alimento, como combustível e também no alívio ou cura de doenças. O presente trabalho teve como objetivo realizar um levantamento etnobotânico sobre o conhecimento e uso das plantas medicinais utilizadas pelos moradores da comunidade quilombola Ipiranga, localizada no litoral sul da Paraíba, sendo estruturado em dois capítulos. O primeiro capitulo foi feito um levantamento das espécies de plantas medicinais segundo o conhecimento local, juntamente com a análise dos índices Valor de Uso e Fator de Consenso do Informante. Foi aplicado o método de entrevistas através dos questionários semiestruturados com um total de 100 moradores da comunidade, sendo 29 homens e 71 mulheres, entre 20 e 90 anos de idade. A partir dos dados foram estimados os índices de Valor de Uso e Fator de Consenso do Informante. O segundo capítulo foi feito uma comparação entre três diferentes gerações sobre o conhecimento das plantas medicinais com um total de 171 indivíduos entrevistados, sendo realizada a partir dos dados uma correlação de Pearson e análise de variância. Um total de 80 espécies distribuídas em 66 gêneros e 38 famílias botânicas foram identificadas. A partir das entrevistas ficou conhecido que, em sua maioria, são as folhas as partes mais utilizadas no preparo da medicação, principalmente através dos chás. A maior parte das espécies utilizadas são cultivadas nos quintais. As espécies medicinais foram indicadas para tratamento de 66 doenças e classificadas em 14 categorias de sistemas corporais. Com relação ao conhecimento etnobotânico entre diferentes gerações, os resultados mostraram que as pessoas mais velhas conhecem mais espécies, assim como indicam uma maior quantidade de usos para elas.

MSc (Botany) / Department of Botany

Malaria affects hundreds of millions of people worldwide and equally claims hundreds of thousands of lives each year. With the current spread of drug resistance to standard antimalarial drugs like chloroquine and the emergence of artemisinin-resistant parasites, new antimalarial drugs and formulations are urgently needed. An ethnobotanical survey was carried out in this study in search of novel compounds with promising antiplasmodial activity. Using the ethnobotanical approach, a total of 61 plant species from 59 genera distributed in 34 plant families were found to be used traditionally for the treatment of malaria in Nigeria. Biological evaluation of the plant¿s methanolic extracts was assessed using the parasite lactate dehydrogenase (pLDH) assay against the chloroquine-sensitive (3D7) and chloroquine-resistant (K1) strains of Plasmodium falciparum. A total of five (5) plant species showed more potent antiplasmodial activities against the malaria parasites. These are Acanthospermum hispidum, Cassia occidentalis, Kaempferia aethiopica Prosopis africana and Physalis angulata with MIC values ranging between 7.815µg/ml to 31.25µg/ml (3D7 strain) and 15.63µg/ml to 62.50µg/ml (K1 strain) against the malaria parasites, respectively. Two plants, Prosopis africana (Leguminosae-mimosoideae) and Physalis angulata (Solanaceae) were selected for further study. The phytochemical investigation of the active chloroform extracts of P. africana and P. angulata yielded several compounds with three known alkaloids, namely, prosopinine (I), prosopine (II) and acetamide (III). Their structures were confirmed by MS, 1D and 2D NMR spectroscopy. Compounds I, II and III have moderate in vitro antiplasmodial activity against the malaria parasites. Both chloroquine and artemether were used as standard control. / Association of Commonwealth Universities and the Commonwealth Scholarship Commission in the UK (Commonwealth Scholarship Reference Number: NGCS-2005-259).

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La richesse moléculaire des végétaux constitue une source importante de molécules tinctoriales et bioactives d'origine naturelle, utilisées depuis toujours par les artisans et tradipraticiens dans le domaine artisanal et thérapeutique. Ces travaux contribuent principalement à l’étude chimique de cinq plantes tinctoriales : T. grandis, L. inermis, K. senegalensis, I. tinctoria et P. cyanescens, lesquelles représentent les plus employées par les artisans à l'issue d'une enquête ethnobotanique réalisée au Sud-Est du Bénin. Un essai d'optimisation des conditions d’extraction des colorants de T. grandis assistée par ultrasons a été effectué et comparée à trois autres techniques utilisées conventionnellement. Ce procédé a été établi comme le plus simple, rapide, efficace et donnant le rendement le plus important en colorants jaunes et rouges extraits des plantes étudiées, en comparaison aux extractions classiques. De la même manière, il a été mis au point un procédé d'extraction de l’indigotine par usage du dithionite de sodium. Il a pu être démontré que ce procédé permet d'extraire rapidement et efficacement cette molécule à partir de P. cyanescens comparativement à l'emploi de solvants organiques usuels. Une étude fondamentale sur l’identification des colorants extraits à partir des plantes étudiées a été effectuée. Une approche chromatographique utilisant la CLHP/UV-Vis a permis d’identifier la catéchine et l'épicatéchine ainsi que des acides phénoliques, constitutifs des tanins quantitativement caractéristiques des espèces K. senegalensis et L. inermis. En outre, la lawsone et des flavones ont été identifiées dans L. inermis. Il a été caractérisé en plus de la tectoquinone, trois autres anthraquinones Ta, Tb et Tc dont les structures n'ont pas été élucidées, à ce jour, ainsi que des flavonoïdes dont cinq n'ont jamais été décrits dans littérature de T. grandis. Quant aux plantes à indigo, elles se différencient non seulement par la teneur en indigoïdes issue de leurs divers extraits mais aussi par trois flavonoïdes identifiés spécifiquement dans P. cyanescens. L’ensemble de ces résultats expérimentaux a pu être appliqué avec succès à l’étude de colorants extraits à partir d'échantillons prélevés sur des objets du patrimoine notamment des masques, statuettes et textiles provenant de collections muséales, ce qui a contribué à la détermination de leur origine minérale et botanique. Par ailleurs, des tests chimiques sur des fractions plus ou moins enrichies en molécules colorantes issues des plantes étudiées ont permis l'évaluation des propriétés pharmacologiques réalisés in-vitro révélant une activité antioxydante et cytotoxique sur les cellules cancéreuses MCF-7 et IGROV / Molecular plant wealth is an important source of dyes and naturally occurring bioactive molecules, have always been used by artisans and crafts and traditional healers in the therapeutic field. This work contributes mainly to the chemical study of five dye plants: T. grandis, L. inermis, K. senegalensis, I. tinctoria and P. cyanescens, which represent the most used by the artisans at from a ethnobotanical study conducted in southeastern Benin. An optimization of the extraction conditions dyes from T. grandis assisted ultrasonic tests was carried out and compared with three other techniques conventionally used. This process has been established as the simplest, quick, efficient and providing the most important yield in yellow and red dyes extracted from plants studied, in comparison to conventional extractions. Similarly, a method of indigotine extraction using sodium dithionite has been developed. It could be shown that this method can extract quickly and efficiently indigotine from P. cyanescens compared to the use of conventional organic solvents. A fundamental study of the identification of dyes extracted from plants studied was performed. Chromatographic approach using HPLC / UV-Vis permits to identify catechin and epicatechin and phenolic acids, tannins constituent species characteristics quantitatively and K. senegalensis and L. inermis. Furthermore, lawsone and flavones have been identified in L. inermis. It was further characterized by the tectoquinone, three other anthraquinones Ta, Tb and Tc whose structures have not been elucidated and flavonoids which five were never been described in literature of T. grandis. As for indigo plants, they differ not only by the content of their various end indigoid extracts but also specifically identified by three flavonoids in P. cyanescens. All these experimental results have been successfully applied to the study of dyes extracted from samples of objects including heritage masks, statuettes and textiles from museum collections, which contributed to the determination of their mineral and botanical origin. Furthermore, evaluation of the pharmacological properties, by chemical tests in vitro and antioxidant showed cytotoxic activity on cancer cells MCF-7, IGROV and very important fraction of more or less enriched in the dye molecules from plants tested

Department of Botany / MSc(Botany)

Thesis (M. Sc. (Botany)) -- University of Limpopo, 2018 / The aim of the study was to investigate medicinal plants used for the treatment of various ailments by the traditional healers and local people and to determine antifungal activities against animal fungal pathogens. Ethnobotanical survey was conducted to identify medicinal plants used by local people and traditional healers to treat various ailments in Makhado Local Municipality, Vhembe District, Limpopo, South Africa. A questionnaire was designed to gather information on the local name of plants, plant parts used and the methods of preparation and administration by the traditional healers. In our findings, sixty-three medicinal plants belonging to thirty-three families were identified to be used for treatment of various diseases such as chest complaint, sexual transmitted infections, headache, swollen legs, hypertension, blood purification, asthma, and infertility. Specific parts of the plant used for medicinal purposes vary from species to species and from one traditional healer to another. The dominant families were Fabaceae, Celastraceae and Euphorbiaceae. Of the sixty-three plants species identified, trees were the most predominant plant form (53%), followed by shrubs (23%), herbs (14%), and climbers (10%). Root, fruit, bark, leaves, seeds and in some instances the whole plant are used for the preparation of medicine while decoction and infusion were the general methods of preparation. The mode of administration of medicine was mainly oral. The most frequently used plant species were Warbugia salutaris (Bertol.f.) Chiov, Sclerocarya birrea (A.Rich) Hochst and Eleondron transvaalense (Burtt Davy) R.H. Archer. Eight plant species (Asparagus buchananii Bak., Albuca seineri (Engl. & K.Krause) J.C Manning & Goldblatt, Elephantorrhiza elephantina (Burch.) Skeels, Indigofera circinnata Benth, Maerua juncea Pax, Pentarrhinum insipidum E. Mey., Senna italica Mill. and Schinus molle L.) were selected based on the information given by the local people and the traditional healers for further phytochemical analysis and microbiological assays. Antifungal activities of the selected plant species were determined against three fungal pathogens namely, Candida albicans, Cryptococcus neoformans and Aspergillus fumigatus. Of the tested plant species, hexane leaf extracts of M. juncea, ethyl acetate leaf extracts of S. italica, A. buchananii and E. elephantina were the most active against Candida albicans, Cryptococcus v neoformans and Aspergillus fumigatus with Minimum inhibitory concentration (MIC) values ranging between 0.02 mg/ml and 0.08 mg/ml. Bioautography assay was used to determine the number of active compounds in the plant extracts. No active compounds were observed in some plant extracts against the tested animal fungal pathogens indicating possible synergism. The most promising plant species were: A. buchananii, A. seineri and M. juncea, all had shown good activity with 4 compounds against A. fumigatus. Acetone and methanol extracts had the same active compounds visible on bioautograms. Most of the active compounds were observed in TLC chromatograms developed Benzene: ethanol: ammonia hydroxide (BEA) eluent solvent system. Based on excellent antifungal activity against the tested microorganisms, leaf extracts of A. buchananii, A. seineri M. juncea, P. insipidum and root extracts of I. circinnata were also tested for cytotoxicity against the Vero kidney cells. All plant extracts investigated were relatively not toxic against the cells with LC50 ranging between 0.131 mg/ml and  1 mg/ml. Water extracts of A. buchananii, A. seineri and M. juncea had LC50  1 mg/ml. The leaf aqueous extracts of P. insipidum were less toxic than root aqueous extracts of I. circinnata with LC50 of 0.65 mg/ml and 0.49 mg/ml against the Vero kidney cells respectively. The results indicate that the local people and traditional healers in Makhado Local Municipality use medicinal plants and their indigenous knowledge on the treatment of fungal infections and related ailments. / University of Limpopo and National Research Foundation (NRF)