Conference Presentations by Panchito M Labay
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The indigenous knowledge of the herbolarios on the medicinal, nutritional and poisonous propertie... more The indigenous knowledge of the herbolarios on the medicinal, nutritional and poisonous properties of plants is useful in the search for solutions to health problems. Thus, this study was conducted to identify these plants called 'pharmavegetables' that are commonly used by herbolarios in Marinduque. Furthermore, there is market for these plants in Europe, Japan and USA, thus the Philippines can explore the possibility of exporting these plants to these countries. The study revealed 20 species of these plants, which are commonly used as medicine and eaten as vegetables by the rural folks of Marinduque. Majority of these were categorised as annual herbs and found mostly in low to medium altitudes of open fields and secondary forests. Their fresh leaf concoctions are used by herbolarios against 28 diseases because of their therapeutic properties that range from simple antipyretic to antitumor, kidney tonic, cardiotonic and immunostimulant. In the hinterlands, the plants are also eaten as vegetables and prepared in different ways, such as in sinigang, ulang-ulang (a native dish of Marinduque prepared from stewed grated young coconut and deshelled shrimps or crabs), soup, stewed vegetable with coconut milk and fresh vegetable salads. Phytochemical screening of the plant samples revealed that they have triterpenes, alkaloids, triterpenoid glycosides, steroid glycosides, cyanogenic glycosides, saponins and tannins. Chemical analyses revealed that like other vegetables, they have both essential macro-and micronutrients, such as carbohydrates, proteins, fiber, β-carotene, ascorbic acid, calcium, potassium, iron, zinc and copper. The study implies that since the Philippines has diverse 'pharmavegetables', plant breeders can breed these plants into high value pharmafoods by selecting their health benefits or may develop new crops into new health crops.
Papers by Panchito M Labay
Brazilian Journal of Biological Sciences
Ibaka Estuarine in Mbo, Nigeria, has little or no information on its basic properties, therefore ... more Ibaka Estuarine in Mbo, Nigeria, has little or no information on its basic properties, therefore its water samples were studied from March to June 2018 in three different stations and compared with International Standards to evaluate its physic-chemical properties as well as heavy metal contents. The physic-chemical properties studied include pH, salinity (g/L), EC (μs/cm), turbidity (NTU), total suspended solids (mg/L), total dissolved solids (mg/L), dissolved oxygen (mg/L), BOD5 (mg/L), and chemical oxygen demand (mg/L). In addition, some metal concentrations of manganese, iron, copper, lead, zinc, cadmium, chloride and magnesium were determined by atomic absorption spectroscopy (AAS). The range of metal concentrations manganese (0.08-0.12 mg/L), copper (0.05-0.09 mg/L), lead (0.01-0.03 mg/L), iron (1.86-4.66 mg/L), zinc (0.68-1.16 mg/L), cadmium (0.04-0.08 mg/L), chloride (675.0-791.25 mg/L), magnesium (10.66-14.30 mg/L). The study infers that anthropogenic pressure plays damagin...
International Journal of Engineering Research and Technology
International Journal of Engineering Research and Technology
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Conference Presentations by Panchito M Labay
Papers by Panchito M Labay