Materials and methods Traditional medicinal plant knowledge of the Yuan in Lamphun province was studied from October 2009 through September 2011 in order to determine the important medicinal plant species and dominant use-categories in 5 villages. In each village, questionnaire interviews about medicinal plants uses were applied to 30 informants (5 informants per each of six stratified age groups). The relative importance of plant species was captured by calculation of use value (UV). Likewise, the dominant use-categories were determined by calculation of the informant agreement ratio (IAR). Correlations between informants’ age and number of medicinal plants known by them were determined with the coefficient of determination ( R 2 ). Results A total of 93 medicinal plant species in 82 genera and 49 families were recorded in the five villages.

Diet is to provide an overview of the way or behavior taken by a person or group of people in choosing and using the food consumed every day which includes the regularity of eating frequency, meal portions, and the type of food and drink consumed based on social and cultural factors in which they live. It is better for people who have a history of gastric disease not to eat acidic and spicy foods because they can cause gastritis to recur.

Results: A total of 96 medicinal plant species belonging to 56 families and 85 genera were used for the 40 different ailments documented in the municipality. Herbs (n = 47) occurred most frequently in the study area, and the most frequently used plant part was leaves (n = 30). The majority of the species were collected from the wild (57%). Ocimum tenuiflorum and Curcuma longa had the highest frequency index of 65%. The value of Chi-square test between genders and the number of plants described by them was determined to be significant (p-value < 0.001). A positive correlation (r = 0.708) was found between the age groups of informants and the number of plants described by them.

NOPR NIScPR PUBLICATIONS Research Journals Indian Journal of Natural Products and Resources (IJNPR) [Formerly Natural Product Radiance (NPR)] IJNPR Vol.02 [2011] IJNPR Vol.2(4) [December 2011] Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: http://nopr.niscpr.res.in/handle/123456789/13348 Title: A survey of ethnomedicinal plants of Darjeeling hills for their antimicrobial and antioxidant activities Authors: Sarkar, Prabir K Chattopadhyay, Subrata Keywords: Antimicrobial;Antioxidant;Darjeeling hills;Ethnomedicine;Folk medicine;Jaributi;Medicinal plants;Traditional medicine;Tribals Issue Date: Dec-2011 Publisher: NISCAIR-CSIR, India IPC Code: Int. cl. (2011.01) - A61K 36/00, A61P 31/04, A61P 31/10, A61P 39/06 Abstract: The aims of this study were to document ethnomedicinal knowledge of the tribes of Darjeeling hills and evaluate antimicrobial and antioxidant activities among the sampled plants. For antimicrobial evaluation, disc diffusion assay was used against a panel of 11 microorganisms (6 Gram positive bacteria species, 1 Gram negative bacteria species, 2 yeast species and 2 mould species). Antioxidant potential of the plants was investigated by assaying their total phenol content, total flavonoid content, DPPH· , · OH and ABTS·+ -scavenging activities, reducing power, metal-chelating activity and anti-lipid peroxidation activity.

NOPR NIScPR PUBLICATIONS Research Journals Indian Journal of Traditional Knowledge (IJTK) IJTK Vol.12 [2013] IJTK Vol.12(3) [July 2013] Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: http://nopr.niscpr.res.in/handle/123456789/19448 Title: Plants used in healthcare practices by Limboo tribe in South –West of Khangchendzonga Biosphere Reserve, Sikkim, India Authors: Pradhan, Bharat K Keywords: Indigenous knowledge;Informant Consensus Factor;Khangchendzonga Biosphere Reserve;Limboo tribe ;Sikkim Issue Date: Jul-2013 Publisher: NISCAIR-CSIR, India IPC Code: Int. Cl.8 : A61K 36/00, A62B, A01D 7/00, A01D 20/00, A01N 3/00 Abstract: The study aimed in exploring indigenous knowledge of Limboo tribe on plant use practices for local healthcare in Khangchendzonga Biosphere Reserve, Sikkim.

Objective: The purpose of this article is two-fold: (1) to demonstrate that chronic pain and other degenerative conditions encountered in clinical practice have similar biochemical etiologies, such as a diet-induced proinflammatory state, and (2) to outline a basic nutritional program that can be used by all practitioners. Controlled trial of fasting and one-year vegetarian diet in rheumatoid arthritis Lancet (1991) JM Gaziano Antioxidants in cardiovascular disease: randomized trials Nutrition (1996) R Sperling Dietary omega-3 fatty acids: effects on lipid mediators of inflammation and rheumatoid arthritis Rheum Dis Clin N Am (1991) J Kremer Clinical studies of omega-3 fatty acid supplementation in patients who have rheumatoid arthritis Rheum Dis Clin N Am (1991) J Chin Marine oils and cardiovascular reactivity Prost Leuk Essent Fatty Acids (1994) Cited by (40) Dietary Inflammatory Potential Score and Risk of Breast Cancer: Systematic Review and Meta-analysis 2018, Clinical Breast Cancer Some studies have found a higher risk of breast cancer with Western diets, and some studies have found that healthy dietary patterns can decrease the risk of breast cancer.6 Dietary factors have shown to be related to systemic low-grade inflammation, which plays a key role in several chronic diseases, including metabolic7 and degenerative diseases,8 and in specific cancers, including breast cancer.9 Dietary inflammatory potential (DIP), as updated by Shivappa et al10 (of the work of Cavicchia et al11), is a literature-based scoring system that represents the potential inflammatory properties of the diet from anti-inflammatory to proinflammatory.