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Ethnobotanical and phytochemical study of the medicinal plants used by Kanawan Aytas in Morong, Bataan, Philippines

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Title Ethnobotanical and phytochemical study of the medicinal plants used by Kanawan Aytas in Morong, Bataan, Philippines
 
Creator Antonio, Nicolas Czar B
Tuasona, Reneir John G
 
Subject Ethnobotany
Kanawan Aytas
Medicinal plants
Pharmacognosy
Phytochemistry
 
Description 595-604
This study systematically evaluated the medicinal plants used by the Magbukún Ayta Negrito indigenous group in Sitio
Kanawan, Morong, Bataan, Philippines, through ethnobotanical methods i.e., Use Value (UV), Fidelity Level (FL) and
Informant Consensus Factor (ICF). Semi-structured interviews were used to gather data from 35 informants. All the plants
mentioned were collected and identified. The World Health Organisation (WHO) use category and the number of use report
for each botanical specimen were taken into account as well. The therapeutic uses of 61 plant taxa were documented against
12 categories of ailments. Psidium guajava and Category II (Neoplasms) had the highest UV and ICF values respectively.
Five plants with notable ethnobotanical index values were subjected to phytochemical screening for bioactive compounds;
all tested positive for sterols, flavonoids, glycosides and tannins, while Alstonia scholaris (Linn.) R. Br. and Gonocaryum
calleryanum (Baill.) Becc. showed abundant amounts of alkaloids. This study highlights the rich culture and traditions of the
Ayta Negrito indigenous group, although the results also indicate that ethnomedicinal knowledge is fading away.
Nevertheless, this study opens up various avenues in pharmacological research and pharmacognosy.
 
Date 2022-07-28T11:28:49Z
2022-07-28T11:28:49Z
2022-07
 
Type Article
 
Identifier 0975-1068 (Online); 0972-5938 (Print)
http://nopr.niscpr.res.in/handle/123456789/60193
 
Language en
 
Relation Int Cl.22: A61K 36/00
 
Publisher NIScPR-CSIR, India
 
Source IJTK Vol.21(3) [July 2022]