Статья

Vernacular Taxonomy, Cultural and Ethnopharmacological Applications of Avian and Mammalian Species in the Vicinity of Ayubia National Park, Himalayan Region

Sayda Maria BashirDepartment of Zoology, Women’s University of Azad Jammu and Kashmir, Bagh 12500, PakistanMuhammad AltafDepartment of Forestry, Range and Wildlife Management, The Islamia University of Bahawalpur, Bahawalpur 63100, PakistanTanveer HussainDepartment of Forestry, Range and Wildlife Management, The Islamia University of Bahawalpur, Bahawalpur 63100, PakistanMuhammad UmairCollege of Chemistry and Life Sciences, Zhejiang Normal University, Jinhua 321004, ChinaMuhammad MajeedDepartment of Botany, University of Gujrat, Hafiz Hayat Campus, Gujrat 50700, Punjab, PakistanWali Muhammad MangrioDepartment of Zoology, Faculty of Natural Sciences, Shah Abdul Latif University, Khairpur 66111, PakistanArshad Mahmood KhanDepartment of Botany, Government Hashmat Ali Islamia Associate College Rawalpindi, Rawalpindi 46300, PakistanAllah Bakhsh GulshanDepartment of Botany, Ghazi University, Dera Ghazi Khan 32200, Punjab, PakistanM. Haroon HamedDepartment of Zoology, Wildlife and Fisheries, University of Agriculture, Faisalabad 38000, PakistanSana AshrafDepartment of Zoology, University of Lahore, Sargodha 40100, PakistanMuhammad Shoaib AmjadDepartment of Botany, Women’s University of Azad Jammu and Kashmir, Bagh 12500, PakistanRainer W. BussmannDepartment of Botany, State Museum of Natural History, 76133 Karlsruhe, GermanyArshad Mehmood AbbasiDepartment of Environment Sciences, COMSATS University Islamabad, Abbottabad Campus, Abbottabad 22060, PakistanRyan CasiniSchool of Public Health, University of California, Berkeley, 2121 Berkeley Way, Berkeley, CA 94704, USAAbed AlatawayPrince Sultan Bin Abdulaziz International Prize for Water Chair, Prince Sultan Institute for Environmental, Water and Desert Research, King Saud University, Riyadh 11451, Saudi ArabiaAhmed Z. DewidarDepartment of Agricultural Engineering, College of Food and Agriculture Sciences, King Saud University, Riyadh 11451, Saudi ArabiaMohamed Al-YafrsiDepartment of Plant Production, College of Food & Agriculture Sciences, King Saud University, Riyadh 11451, Saudi ArabiaMahmed H. AminDepartment of Plant Production, College of Food & Agriculture Sciences, King Saud University, Riyadh 11451, Saudi ArabiaHosam O. ElansaryDepartment of Plant Production, College of Food & Agriculture Sciences, King Saud University, Riyadh 11451, Saudi Arabia

2023en

ABI

Аннотация

Numerous investigations on plant ethnomedicinal applications have been conducted; however, knowledge about the medicinal use of wild animals is still limited. This present study is the second on the medicinal and cultural meaning of avian and mammalian species used by the population in the surrounding area of the Ayubia National Park, KPK, Pakistan. Interviews and meetings were compiled from the participants (N = 182) of the study area. The relative frequency of citation, fidelity level, relative popularity level, and rank order priority indices were applied to analyze the information. Overall, 137 species of wild avian and mammalian species were documented. Of these, 18 avian and 14 mammalian species were utilized to treat different diseases. The present research showed noteworthy ethno-ornithological and ethno-mammalogical knowledge of local people and their connection with fauna, which might be useful in the sustainable utilization of the biological diversity of the Ayubia National Park, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa. Furthermore, in vivo and/or in vitro examination of the pharmacological activities of species with the highest fidelity level (FL%) as well as frequency of mention (FM) might be important for investigations on faunal-based new drugs.

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DOI: 10.3390/biology12040609

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