Essays about: "medical plants"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 22 essays containing the words medical plants.

1. 1. Inventory of Taxus walliciana and Swertia chirayita : as a part of the The SLU/KU Greenhouse-project for biodiversity and social justice in Nepal

   University essay from Umeå universitet/Institutionen för ekologi, miljö och geovetenskap

   Author : Johanne Linstad; [2023]
   Keywords : Biodiversity; medical plants; nature conservation; sustainability; social justice;

   Abstract : To prevent loss of biological diversity and medical plant resources in Nepal, The Swedish University of Agriculture (SLU) and Kathmandu University (KU) have started a project with the combined aim of nature conservation and social justice where endangered medical plants have been harvested from naturally growing populations in order to cultivate them in greenhouses to help them recover in their natural habitat. The purpose of my study was to see if the project was fulfilling the intended aim, or not. READ MORE

3. 2. Accumulation of 63Ni, 106Ru and 125Sb in phytoplankton

   University essay from

   Author : Yusuf Ali; [2022-08-22]
   Keywords : Medical physics; Environmental radiology; Nuclear Power Plants; concentration factor CF ; phytoplankton; phaeodactylum tricornutum; radioactive releases; nickel; ruthenium; antimony; gamma spectroscopy; liquid scintillation counting;

   Abstract : Background: Nuclear Power Plants (NPPs) release small amounts of radionuclides which contribute with a low radiation dose to the environment as well as humans and animals. In this context, marine ecosystems are critical, since most NPPs in Sweden are located by the sea. READ MORE

4. 3. ENVIRONMENTAL RADIOLOGICAL STUDIES OF KVARNTORPSHÖGEN Dose and Radiological Risk Assessments for Humans and Biota

   University essay from

   Author : Felicia Hultqvist; [2021-04-06]
   Keywords : Medical physics; NORM; TENORM; Shale ash; Uranium; Polonium; Radiological risk; Humans; Biota;

   Abstract : Background: The pile Kvarntorpshögen and the lakes Surpölen and Norrtorpssjön are the remains of an industry which mined and processed oil shales to extract oil during World War II. The pile mainly consists of shale ash, a waste from the production, while the lakes are nowadays water-filled mining pits. READ MORE

5. 4. Garden of the Hesperides - Female Futures in Rural Morocco

   University essay from KTH/Arkitektur

   Author : Sophia Tligui; [2021]
   Keywords : Architecture; maternal health care; female empowerment;

   Abstract : My thesis proposes a female community and maternal health care center, run by the local Kablas themselves, that is linked to the Tangier hospital in order to provide all necessary medical supplies and offer prosperous opportunities to the local commnunities traditional birth attendants and girls.Linked to this, my thesis proposes a maintained “garden of health”, where all local medicinal species of plants are grown and nurtured and the knowledge around their healing properties is shared, in order to conserve both knowledge and species around the local realm of ethnopharmacy regarding female health. READ MORE

6. 5. Why coconut water is both a biostimulant and an anti-cancer agent

   University essay from SLU/Dept. of Biosystems and Technology (from 130101)

   Author : Estefany Reyes Estevez; [2021]
   Keywords : Cocos nucifera; phytohormones; cytokinins; kinetin; kinetin riboside; zeatin; iP; functional foods; cancer; cell cycle; micropropagation; tissue culture;

   Abstract : Coconut water (CW) naturally contains phytohormones called cytokinins, which exist in different forms like kinetin, kinetin riboside and zeatin. The bioactive cytokinins in plants are the zeatin-type, and these natural compounds exert many vital plant physiological effects. READ MORE