Ethnobotanical study and phytochemical profiling of Heptapleurum hypoleucum leaf extract and evaluation of its antimicrobial activities against diarrhea-causing bacteria

Rakib-Uz-Zaman, S. M.; Iqbal, Asif; Mowna, Sadrina Afrin; Khanom, Mst Gitika; Al Amin, Mohammad Mastak; Khan, Kashmery

doi:10.1186/s43141-020-00030-0

Journal of Genetic Engineering and Biotechnology

Table 2 Ethnomedicinal plants used by the tribal people of Rangamati for treating different diseases (source: Medicinal Plants Database of Bangladesh [24,25,26]). A total of 62 medicinal plant species were found out of which 26 plants treat gastrointestinal ailments (GIA), 12 plants treat respiratory system disorders (RSD). Poisonous bites (PB) and skeleton muscular system disorders (SMSD) were treated by 2 plants. Endocrinal disorders (ED), throat pain, and hemorrhoids (HEM) were healed by 3 plants. Four plants were used to cure different types of fever (Fvr). For liver problems (LP), 5 plants were used. Dermatological infections/diseases (DID) were treated using 9 different plants. Three plants were used to treat hypertension (HTN) and 2 were used to treat anemia

From: Ethnobotanical study and phytochemical profiling of Heptapleurum hypoleucum leaf extract and evaluation of its antimicrobial activities against diarrhea-causing bacteria

Botanical/scientific name of the plant	Local name	Illness/disease treated	Part of the plant used	Mode of preparation
Aegle marmelos	Bel	Abdominal pain, diarrhea	Fruit	Juice
Allium sativum	Roshun	Common cold	Bulb	Juice
Alocasia cucullate	Bilai kochu	Snake bite	Leaves	Paste
Aloe Barbadensis	Ghritokumari	Constipation	Whole plant	Juice
Andrographis paniculate	Kalomegh	Diabetes	Whole plant	Juice
Anisomeles indica	Jongli horinchi	Child fever	Leaves	Juice
Artocarpus heterophyllus	Kathal	Diarrhea	Leaves	Decoction
Averrhoa carambola	Kamranga	Jaundice	Fruit	Whole fruit
Azadirachta indica	Neem	Allergy	Leaves	Paste and juice
Basella alba	Pui Shaak	Anemia	Whole plant	Processed plant
Brassica nigra	Sorisha	Arthritis	Leaves	Extract
Bridelia retusa	Shukujjaa	Eczema	Leaf	Paste
Canna indica	Kolaboti	Intestinal worms	Rhizome	Juice
Carica papaya	Pepe	Diarrhea, jaundice	Fruit	Processed plant
Cassia alata	Dilong	Eczema	Leaves	Paste
Catharanthus roseus	Badam boot	Hypertension	Leaf	Juice
Centella asiatica	Thankuni	Abdominal pain	Whole plant	Juice
Cocos nucifera	Narikel	Jaundice	Fruit	Juice
Commelina paludosa	Baat boitta shaak	Dysentery/diarrhea	Whole plant	Processed plant
Costus speciosus	Ketoki	Bleeding from wounds, constipation	Root	Extract
Curcuma longa	Holud	Eczema	Root	Paste
Cymbopogon citratus	Dhan-shabarang	Common cold	Leaves	Extract
Cymbopogon citratus	Leangra Gach	Snake bite	Root	Paste
Cynodon dactylon	Durbaghash	Bleeding from wounds	Whole plant	Paste
Dryopteris filix-mas	Dheki Shak	Common cold	Whole plant	Processed plant
Eichhornia crassipes	Kochuripana	Asthma, allergy	Leaves	Juice
Glinus oppositifolius	Gima shak	Allergy	Whole plant	Processed plant
Gmelina arborea	Gamari	Abdominal pain	Root	Decoction
Heptapleurum hypoleucum	Jharobbo hogeya	Diarrhea	Stem & Root	Decoction
Hibiscus sabdariffa	Amilla	Jaundice	Leaves	Decoction
Holarrhena antidysenterica	Kurchi	Asthma	Root	Extract
Hordeum vulgare	Barley	Diarrhea	Whole plant	Powder
Jatropha gossypifolia	Titto long	Dengue fever	Seed	Powder
Justicia adhatoda	Bashok	Common cold	Leaves	Juice
Laurus nobilis	Tej pata	Eczema	Leaves	Infusion
Leea macrophylla	Ash	Throat pain	Leaves	Juice
Litsea monopetala	Shurjo Pata	Diarrhea	Leaves	Decoction
Mikania micrantha	Ashamlata	Bleeding from wounds	Leaves	Paste
Momordica charantia	Korolla	Measles	Fruit	Processed plant
Musa paradisiaca	Kacha-kola	Blood dysentery	Fruit	Processed plant
Musa sapientum	Chompa-Kola	Blood dysentery	Fruit	Whole fruit
Nelumbo nucifera	Roktopoddo	Piles	Root	Extract
Ocimum tenuiflorum	Tulsi	Common cold	Leaves	Juice
Pandanus odoratissimus	Keorakata	Abdominal pain	Root	Paste
Phyllanthus emblica	Amloki	Common cold	Fruit	Fruit directly
Piper betel	Paan pata	Gastric	Leaves	Whole leaf
Plumbago indica	Agunitita	Blood dysentery	Leaf	Paste
Psidium guajava	Peyara	Blood dysentery	Leaves	Paste
Punica granatum	Bedana	Anemia	Fruit	Fruit directly
Rourea minor	Kurochik-shak	Diarrhea	Leaf	Infusion
Saccharum arundinaceum	Teng	Dysentery	Leaves	Decoction
Saccharum officinarum	Aakh	Jaundice	Fruit	Juice
Senna alata	Dao long	Ring worm	Leaves	Paste
Stephania japonica	Thandamanik gach	Fever, headache, hypertension	Leaves	Juice
Swertia chirayita	Chirota	Abdominal pain	Fruit	Processed plant
Syzygium cumini	Kalojaam	Dysentery	Fruit	Whole fruit
Tamarindus indica	Tetul	Hypertension	Fruit	Whole fruit
Terminalia arjuna	Arjun	Allergy	Bark	Decoction
Urena lobate	Barokra	Abdominal pain	Stem	Decoction
Vitis sp.	Khoijong	Fever, common cold	Root	Juice
Wedelia trilobata	Khetranga	Dysentery	Rhizome	Extract
Zingiber officinale	Aada	Abdominal pain, common cold	Rhizome	Juice

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