Antidiabetic Medicinal Plants Used by the Ethnic People of Devendrakula Velalar in East Coast District of Tamil Nadu, India
Abstract
The present study mainly focused on the ethnomedicinal plants used by the Devendrakula Velalar community habiting in selected villages of Pudukkottai, an east coast district of Tamil Nadu, to manage diabetes. Ethnomedicinal data were collected using semi-structured interviews with 18 key informants during July 2019 to January 2020. A total of 22 medicinal remedies prepared from 20 ethnomedicinal plant under 13 families have been documented. Trees are the most common medicinal plants in the study area and leaf is mostly used for the preparation of herbal medicine. The most cited medicinal plant species for the diabetes management is Syzygium cumini with use value of 1.44. Further phytochemical and pharmacological studies are very essential on such species to validate their efficacy in the management of diabetes.
Keywords: Antidiabetic plants, Devendrakula Velalar, Pudukkottai district, Tamil Nadu, Use Value.
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Antidiabetic plants, Devendrakula Velalar, Pudukkottai district, Tamil Nadu, Use Value
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2. Modak M, Dixit P, Londhe J, Ghaskadbi S, Paul A & Devasagayam T. Indian herbs and herbal drugs for the treatment of diabetes. Journal of Clinical Biochemistry and Nutrition, 2007; 40: 163-173.
3. Hasani-Ranjbar S, Larijani B & Abdollahi MA. A systematic review of the potential herbal sources of future drugs effective in oxidant-related diseases. Inflammation & Allergy – Drug Targets, 2009; 8:2-10.
4. Subrahmanian N. Sangam Polity: The administration and social life of Sangam Tamils (3rd Edition). Ennes Publications, Udumalaipettai, Tamil Nadu, 1996; p. 425.
5. Venkatasubramanian T. Societas to Civitas. Kalinga Publication Press, 1993; p. 74.
6. Ramaiah A. Untouchability and Inter-Caste relations in Rural India: The case of Souther Tamil villages. Journal of Religious Culture, 2004; 70: 1-13.
7. Gnanasekaran T. Pallu Ilakkiya Thirattu. Sahitya Akademi Publications, 2013; p. 192.
8. Jain SK. Method and Approaches in Ethnobotany. Society of Ethnobotanists, CDRI, Lucknow, 1989.
9. Gamble JS & Fischer CEC. The Flora of the Presidency of Madras (Reprint Edited), Vols. I – III. Botanical survey of India, Calcutta, India, 1957.
10. Matthew KM. An Excursion Flora of Central Tamil Nadu. Oxford and IBH Publishing Co. Pvt. Ltd., New Delhi, India, 1991.
11. The Plant List. A working list of plant species, version 1. www.theplantlist.org. Accessed July 21, 2020.
12. Trotter R & Logan M. Informant consensus: a new approach for identifying potentially effective medicinal plants. In: Etkin NL, editor. Plants in indigenous medicine and diet: Biobehavioral approaches. Bedford Hills, Redgraves publishers, New York, 1986.
13. Sharanappa R & Vidyasagar GM. Documentation of traditional knowledge on medicinal plants used in treating candidiasis in Hyderabad Karnataka region, India. World Journal of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences, 2014; 3(7):739-751.
14. IUCN (International Union for Conservation of Nature). The Red List of Threatened Species (version 3.1). www.iucnredlist.org. Accessed July 21, 2020.
15. Shanmugam S, Ramar S, Ragavendhar K, Ramanathan R & Rajendran K. Plants used as medicine by Paliyar tribes of Shenbagathope in Virudhunagar district of Tamil Nadu. Journal of Economic and Taxonomic Botany, 2008; 32(4):922-929.
16. Shanmugam S, Annadurai M & Rajendran K. Ethnomedicinal plants used to cure diarrhea and dysentery in Pachalur hills of Dindigul district in Tamil Nadu, Southern India. Journal of Applied Pharmaceutical Sciences, 2011a; 1(8):94-97.
17. Shanmugam S, Kalaisevan M, Selvakumar P, Suresh K & Rajendran K. Ethnomedicinal pants used to cure diarrhea and dysentery in Sivagangai district of Tami Nadu, India. International Journal of Research in Ayurveda and Pharmacy, 2011b; 2(3):991-994.
18. Shanmugam S, Rajendran K & Suresh K. Traditional uses of medicinal plants among the rural people in Sivagangai district of Tamil Nadu, Southern India. Asian Pacific Journal of Tropical Biomedicine, 2012a; 2:S429-S434.
19. Shanmugam S, Balamurugan S, Pandiselvam P & Rajendran K. Medicinal plants used by the people of Thiruppuvanam and its surrounding areas of Sivagangai district in Tamil Nadu, Southern India. Journal of Basic and Applied Biology, 2012b; 6:39-45.
20. Gazzaneo LRS, Lucena RFP & Albuquerque UP. Knowledge and use of medicinal plants by local specialists in a region of Atlantic Forest in the state of Pernambuco. Journal of Ethnobiology & Ethnomedicine, 2005; 1:9.
21. Uniyal SK, Singh KN, Jamwal P & Lal B. Traditional use of medicinal plants among the tribal communities Chhota Bhangal, Western Himalaya. Journal of Ethnobiology & Ethnomedicine, 2006; 2:14.
22. Shanmugam S, Rajagopal V & Rajendran K. Multipurpose usable plants in Thalaiyanai hills of Tirunelveli forest division in southern part of Western Ghats. Journal of Non-Timber Forest Products, 2007; 14(4):297-306.
23. Shanmugam S, Manikandan K & Rajendran K. Ethnomedicinal survey of medicinal plants used for the treatment of diabetes and jaundice among the villagers of Sivagangai district, Tamil Nadu. Ethnobotanical Leaflets, 2009; 13:186-193.
24. Shanmugam S, Jeyaprabakaran G & Rajendran K. Medicinal trees from home gardens of urban areas in Madurai district of Tamil Nadu, Southern India. Asian Journal of Ethnobiology, 2020; 3(1):10-15.
25. Ghorbani A. Studies on pharmaceutical ethnobotany in the region of Turkmen Sahra North of Iran (Part 1): General results. Journal of Ethnopharmacology, 2005; 102:58-68.
26. Ayyanar M, Sankarasivaraman K & Ignacimuthu S. Traditional herbal medicines used for the treatment of diabetes among two major tribal groups in South Tamil Nadu, India. Ethnobotanical Leaflets, 2008; 12:276-280.
27. Sandhya B, Thomas S, Isabel W & Shenbagarathai R. Ethnomedicinal plants used by the Valaiyan community of Piranmalai hills (Reserved forest), Tamil Nadu, India – A pilot study. African Journal of Traditional, Complementary and Alternative Medicines, 2006; 3:101-114.
28. Rajendran K & Gunasekaran T. Common and cultivated medicinal plants and their utilization by villagers in southern district of Tamil Nadu. The Indian Forester, 2006; 132(12):1631-1637.
29. Rajendran K, Balaji P & Jothibasu M. Medicinal plants and their utilization by villagers in Southern districts of Tamil Nadu. Indian Journal of Traditional Knowledge, 2008; 7(3):417-420.
30. Parthiban R, Vijayakumar S, Prabhu S & Morvin Yabesh JGE. Quantitative traditional knowledge of medicinal plants used to treat livestock diseases from Kudavasal taluk of Thiruvarur district, Tamil Nadu, India. Revista Brasileira de Farmacognosia, 2016; 26:109-121.
31. Giday M, Asfan Z & Wolduh Z. Medicinal plants of the Meinit group of Ethiopia – an ethnobotanical study. Journal of Ethnopharmacology, 2010; 124(2):513-523.
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Reena ND, Shanmugam S, Rajendran K. Antidiabetic Medicinal Plants Used by the Ethnic People of Devendrakula Velalar in East Coast District of Tamil Nadu, India. JDDT [Internet]. 15Aug.2020 [cited 23Apr.2021];10(4-s):160-6. Available from: http://jddtonline.info/index.php/jddt/article/view/4266
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