Dr. Duke’s Phytochemical and Ethnobotanical Databases, a Cornerstone in the Validation of Ethnoveterinary Medicinal Plants, as Demonstrated by Data on Pets in British Columbia
- Resource Type
- Authors
- Tedje van Asseldonk; Cheryl Lans
- Source
- Medicinal and Aromatic Plants of the World ISBN: 9783030449285
- Subject
- food.ingredient
Database
Ethnoveterinary medicine
Serenoa repens
Hydrangea
Biology
computer.software_genre
biology.organism_classification
Aphanes arvensis
food
Saw palmetto
Ethnobotany
Medicinal plants
Urtica dioica
computer
- Language
In the 1990s we published Ethnoveterinary Medicine (EVM) research in veterinary journals for the first time. Many of the plants used were either considered weeds or were not considered at all. The lack of scientific research on the plants being published resulted in Dr. Duke’s Ethnobotanical database being utilised to fill in the scientific gaps. This chapter reports on the plants used for urinary and other problems in pets. Cushings /hyperadrenocorticism was treated with ginkgo leaf (Ginkgo biloba). Benign prostatic hyperplasia in dogs was treated with saw palmetto (Serenoa repens) fruit. Aphanes arvensis, Hydrangea arborescens and Urtica dioica were used as kidney tonics. The understudied plants parsley-piert (Aphanes arvensis) and Hydrangea arborescens were evaluated using Dr. Duke’s ethnobotanical database.