Pre Ph.D.

Synopsis
Title of research proposal

“STUDIESON MEDICINAL PLANTS OF FABACEAE USED

IN FOLKLORE MEDICINES FROM MARATHWADA”

Pre Ph.D. Synopsis of the proposed research plan

Submitted to

SWAMI RAMANAND TEERTH MARATHWADA

UNIVERSITY, NANDED

FOR THE AWARD OF

Doctor of Philosophy
DEGREE IN BOTANY

UNDER THE FACULTY OF SCIENCE

Submitted by
PATIL SUNIL C.
Under the Guidance of

Dr. Suresh M. Telang

Assistant Professor,
Department of Botany,
YESHWANT MAHAVIDYALAYA, NANDED.

September-2022

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 Title of research proposal
“STUDIESON MEDICINAL PLANTS OF FABACEAE USED
IN FOLKLORE MEDICINES FROM MARATHWADA”

Submitted by
Name of the Research Scholar:
PATIL SUNIL C.

Place of work
Botany Research Laboratory,
YESHWANT MAHAVIDYALAYA, NANDED.

Under the Supervision of

Dr. Suresh M. Telang

Assistant Professor,
Department of Botany,
YESHWANT MAHAVIDYALAYA, NANDED.

Signature Signature
Research Scholar Research Supervisor/Guide

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 INTRODUCTION

Rigveda, recently declared to be world’s heritage, is the oldest record of Indian

medicine vis-à-vis medicinal plants. Later records of indigenous medicines can
be traced back to
the sixteenth century. Garcia da Orta (1563) documented Indian plantlore /
medicolore in his ‘Colloquios dos simples e drogas e cousas medicinas de
India’. Christobel Acosta (1578) noted some medicinal plants in his ‘Tracado
de las drogas medicinas de las Indians Orientalis’. Hendrik Adriaan Van
Rheede took notice of local medicinal plants in his 12 volumes of ‘Hortus
Indicus Malabaricus’during 1678 to 1693 [Manilal 1999]. Medicinal utilities of
Indian herbs have been recorded in Indian subcontinent before Indian
Independence [Roxburgh 1832, Watt 1889-1896, Bodding 1925, 1927]. After
Indian Independence (1947).
The history of ethnomedicine is nearly as old as human civilization. Modern
societies are seeking to understand the treasures of indigenous medicolore with
the help of tribals and forest dwellers. Investigations on ethnomedicines have
offered immense scope and opportunities for the development of new drugs.
Some modern well known Indian modern drugs have been developed through
ethnomedicine e.g. Ninbolin, Livomyn, Carimnozyme and others. Even some
ethnomedicinal claims find place in modern medicinal uses e.g. Urena lobata,
Garuga pinnata, Tylophora indica against rheumatism, asthma and bronchitis
respectively and many such other sources are on record [Patil 2006]. The drugs
quinine, digoxin, ephedrine, cocaine, artemisine, etc. also form such classic
examples [Patil 2008]. Thus the indigenous wisdom and ethnomedicinal
practices can be validated on modern scientific lines such as bioassay and

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improved methods of fractionation, isolation and characterization of
compounds.
Traditional medicine (also known as indigenous medicine or folk medicine)
comprises medical aspects of traditional knowledge that developed over
generations within the folk beliefs of various societies, including indigenous
peoples, before the era of modern medicine.
Medicinal plants have been known from time immemorial and are highly
known all over the world as a rich source of therapeutic agents for the
prevention of various ailments. Many plants have been used for the treatment
of kidney stones in traditional system of medicine throughout the world.
Indeed along with die tary measure s, plant preparation formed the basis of
treatment of various diseases until the introduction of allopathic medicine.
Ethnobotany and ethnopharmacology has been seen as a tool for drug
discovery (Schultes 1962), a mode of ascertaining conservation (Cox 1997).
Indian folklore medicine encompasses a wide variety of plants and its
products/extracts for general health and to treat reproductive disorders.
Broadly, these treatments are classified under three major groups, namely
Ayurveda, Siddha and Unani. Traditional medicine as practiced especially by
people isolated from modern medical services and usually involving the use of
plant-derived remedies on an empirical basis as comparison to home remedy.

REVIEW OF LITERATURE AND DEVELOPMENT IN THE

SUBJECT (PREVIOUS WORK DONE IN THE RELEVANT AREA)

Pandey and Shukla (2003) in his article titled, Indian subcontinent is

renowned for its cultural and plant biodiversity where large number of
people are still living in tribes. These tribal people possess a pool of

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undisclosed, ethnomedicinal, and ethnopharmaco- logical information
regarding the flora of their surroundings, which may prove to be very
helpful in rural community with its advantage. Natural wealth as well as the
undisclosed ethnopharmacological information and the tribal cultures have
been decreased remarkably at a disturbing rate due to change in life style,
unintentional developmental programs, and mounting recent civilization.
Negligence by the youth also influences the traditional knowledge.

Kala, (2000) in his article titled, Conversely, because information on the

use of plant species for therapeutic purpose has been passed from one
generation to the next through oral tradition, this knowledge of therapeutic
plants has started to decline and become obsolete through the lack of
recognition by younger generations as a result of a shift in attitude and
ongoing socioeconomic changes.

Kanthale and Biradar (2012) studied ethnomedicinal uses of plant wealth by

Gond, Kolam, Pradhan, Naikde and Andh tribes of Mahur range forest. 25
plants were recorded which are used by tribal peoples in formulation of 32
different ethnomedicinal preparations for curing 24 types of different
diseases such as white discharge, dysentery, fever, cough, kidney stone,
asthma etc. They also observed that tribal’s of Mahur forest ranges have
adequate ethnomedicinal knowledge.
Vijigiri and Raut (2019) surveyed ethno-medico botanical explorations in
forest areas of Mahur taluka and subsidiary areas resulted in the
information on the plants used in treating many diseases. Information
gathered from Mahur taluka shows that the indigenous and other village

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people of this region have good knowledge of plants in treating different
ailments.
Majority of the species reported were from families Lamiaceae, Fabaceae,
Acanthaceae and Euphorbiaceae.

Ghorband and Biradar (2012) conducted an explorative ethnomedicinal

survey during 2007-2009 and collected information on the use of medicinal
plants from herbal practitioners of Gond, Andh, Kolam and Pradhan tribes
of Kinwat forest ranges of Nanded district of Maharashtra. Tribes are
mainly depending upon forest flora for their livelihood and for curing the
ailments and diseases. As many 25 ethnomedicinal plants for preparing 25
types of formulations to treat 25 types of diseases used were recorded. 19
plants are used for polyherbal preparations. The study done provides
information about some therapeutic uses of 25 angiospermic plant species
belonging to 21 families. Bhandari, (2004) in his article titled, Due to
inappropriate utilization of eco-resources, many plant and tree species are
endangered and may become scarce due to lack of proper arrangement for
their protection and growth. With the help of tissue culture techniques, it is
period to protect this endangered plant (Citrullus colocynthis).
Opara (2004) in his article titled, In India, the ayurvedic system has
described a large number of such medicines based on plants or plant
product and the determination of their morphological and pharmacological
or pharmacognostical characters can provide a better understanding of their
active principles and mode of action

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 OBJECTIVES OF RESEARCH/PROPOSED HYPOTHESIS
1. To survey the use of medicinal plant in folklore medicine
2. To study the availability of folklore plants.
3. To survey medicinally important plants of folklore medicinal plants.
4. To perform Phytochemical analysis of folklore medicinal plants.
5. To determine bioactivity of folklore medicinal plants.
6. To determine antimicrobial potential of folklore medicinal plants.

METHODOLOGY

PHASE-I: LITERATURE SURVEY, COLLECTION OF PLANT

MATERIALS.
In first phase initially focus will be given on literature survey, knowing
geographical features of the area along with metrological data, brief history of
botanical exploration and general characters and vegetation. Exhaustive
information on medicinal will be gathered from local tribal communities
Accordingly plant materials will be collected from the field identified using
standard flora (Naik V. N. 1998).
PROCEDURE OF DATA COLLECTION
The data will be collected through questionnaire, observation and
interview techniques. The researcher will also use the essential statistical
techniques to analyze and interpret the data.
DATA ANALYSIS
After collecting the data from the respondents by using various tools, the
researcher goes for the data analysis with appropriate statistical techniques. By
using these techniques the researcher will investigate the impact of folklore use

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of plants in relation to service of mankind, particularly in the treatment of
ailments.

PHASE-II:Observation on Folklore uses of medicinal Plants-

The local and rural communities will be approached to collect authentic
information on plants used by them for the treatments of their ailments for
various kinds of diseases. The folklore medicinal plant’s data will be obtained
from local herbal medical practitioners of the respective areas. The folklore
medicinal plants will be studied under the following heads.
(a) Botanical name, vernacular name, and the name of the family.
(According to Bentham and Hooker’s system of classification).
(b) All collected plants will be described in semi technical language.

PHASE-III: PLANT EXTRACTION AND PRELIMINARY

PHYTOCHEMICAL ANALYSIS.
In this phase collected plant samples from the field will be subjected for
solvent extraction using soxhlet unit. The Phytochemical analysis will be done
from different plant parts. To do the Phytochemical analysis standards
procedures will be followed as mentioned by Harborne, (1973) Thimmaiah,
(1999).

Phase-IV: Antimicrobial activities of medicinal plant parts plant extract.

Antimicrobial activity of plant extracts will be tested against different
fungi and bacteria for their growth inhibition. This study will be done by using
standard protocols.
Phase-V: Compilation of work.
Scientific writing of thesis will be done for final submission to SRTM
University.

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Significance of the study: Rich heritage of knowledge of medicinal plants of
the local people will be demonstrated by this investigation. The obvious forces
of acculturation and biotic interference warrant conservation of their
knowledge. However, studies on scientific lines such as chemistry of species
used, their biological activities, clinical trials, etc. are the need of hour.
The study of diversity of medicinal plants from a specific geographical
region is a need of hour. The knowledge by which the tribal and rural
people are surviving since time immemorial will be surely helpful to the
humanity, with this point of view the present work was under taken to explore
more about.
Several folklore medicinally important plants have significant value to
control and treat many pathogenic, metabolic, genetic and other lethal diseases.
These plants are known to be possessing very effective medicinal properties
might provide a basic raw material for making huge medicinal preparations.
It’s therefore necessary of further DNA barcode study to identify new novel
species and proper conservational strategies should be initiated regarding this
important folklore medicinal plants.

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Proposed work Plan/ Formulation and Structure of Study: Year-wise Plan of
work and targets to be achieved

Sr. Tentative
No. Duration
Year Activity
1. Completion of the coursework
2. Review of literature
1) Ist Year 3. Identification the problem 12 Months
4. Finalization of the research problem
statement
5. Formulation of the objectives,
hypotheses and methodology

1. Tool preparation (Validity &

Reliability) of the tool 12 Months
nd
II 2. Data collection
Year 3. Analyzing the data and interpretation
2) of study findings
4. Summary preparation and Submission

3) 1. Conference proceedings 12 Months

rd
III 2. Paper publications
Year 3. Paper presentations
4. Writing the thesis
5. Submission of thesis

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Signature Signature

Patil Sunil C. Dr. Suresh M .Telang

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