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ArticleFrontiers in pharmacology2024

Climate change and the sustainable use of medicinal plants: a call for "new" research strategies.

Olha Mykhailenko, Banaz Jalil, Lyndy J McGaw, Javier Echeverría, Marce Takubessi, Michael Heinrich

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Article in Frontiers in pharmacology, 2024. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 18 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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18 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it.

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

6 authors.

Olha MykhailenkoPharmacognosy and Phytotherapy, UCL School of Pharmacy, London, United Kingdom.
Banaz JalilPharmacognosy and Phytotherapy, UCL School of Pharmacy, London, United Kingdom.
Lyndy J McGawPhytomedicine Programme, Department of Paraclinical Sciences, Faculty of Veterinary Science, University of Pretoria, Pretoria, Gauteng, South Africa.
Javier EcheverríaDepartamento de Ciencias del Ambiente, Facultad de Química y Biología, Universidad de Santiago de Chile, Santiago, Chile.
Marce TakubessiPharmacognosy and Phytotherapy, UCL School of Pharmacy, London, United Kingdom.
Michael HeinrichPharmacognosy and Phytotherapy, UCL School of Pharmacy, London, United Kingdom.

Funding

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Climate change and human activities severely impact the viability of plants and ecosystems, threatening the environment, biodiversity, and the sustainable development of plant-based products. Biotic and abiotic (ecosystem) determinants affect species distribution and long-term survival, which in turn influence the quality of plants used as herbal medicines and other high-value products. In recent decades, diverse anthropogenic impacts have significantly affected these quality aspects. Climate change, excessive plant exploitation, habitat loss, species vulnerability, and other factors have adversely affected the growth, reproduction, and adaptation of species populations, as well as the quality and volume of primary plant materials supplied to pharmaceutical markets. Despite these growing challenges, there is limited knowledge of potential strategies to prevent or mitigate these impacts, particularly for vulnerable species collected from the wild or harvested from traditional production systems. Hence, effective strategies for preserving and increasing plant populations are urgently needed. In this study, we propose a new framework including the main sustainability factors to better understand and address the vulnerability of a species, hence mitigate the impact of climate change. We assess the applicability of our proposed framework via seven case studies of vulnerable species (i.e.,

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climate changeconservation strategiesecosystem factorsendangered medicinal plantsethnopharmacologykey sustainability indicatorssustainable practicestraditional medicine

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PMID39963365
PMCPMC11830725

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