Ethnobotanical research and effective utilization of Mongolian medicinal plants

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Ethnobotanical research on of Mongolian medicinal plants wascarried out in order to examine their effective utilization for developing therapeutic agents and/or health care application. Research was performed in the Tov, Ovorhangay, Arhangay, Hovsgol, and Omnogovi provinces, and information for the application of the medicinal plants in Mongolia was obtained from Mongolian nomads, local doctors. Theplant materials for chemical studies were also collected. Mongolian people have been using several medicinal plants similar to those in China or Japan, but they used different part of the plants. Dairy products and several foodstuffs have been also used for their health care. Chemical studies on ten of the collected Mongolian medicinal plants are in progress. Cytotoxicity for the MeOH extract of the several collected plants was also evaluated.