These proceedings contain 24 research papers and abstracts of work presented at the Sandalwood Regional Forum in Vanuatu, in 2019, and bring together the latest knowledge and insight into sandalwood production and trade for smallholder farmers across the Asia-Pacific region. The proceedings explore ...

Forests remain an important resource in Iran, as most of the livelihood activities of local communities, especially in the semi-arid environment of the Zagros forests, are dependent on forest resources. The aim of this study was to identify the type and extent of forest dependency. Semi-structured...

The socio-economic survey explores the factors determining the dependence of local population of Tarai and Bhawar region of Uttarakhand on the phytoresources. The data for this study has been taken from different parts of Tarai and Bhawar region of Uttarakhand. This area is rich in floristic...

The composition of Xylia xylocarpa (Roxb.) Taub. sawdust showed its potential to be used as a lignin source. It is composed of almost 40% lignin, 20% glucan and 10% hemicellulose. In this work, lignin in the sawdust was extracted with potassium hydroxide (KOH) in three different conditions: (1)...

Pterocarpus erinaceus (P. erinaceus) is an eminently useful species to people. This study aimed to contribute to a better knowledge of vene wood in Côte d'Ivoire. To do this, ethnobotanical surveys were conducted among the populations of ten localities in the rural area of Bêoumi and the outskirts...

Objective: To optimize the integrative technology of primary processing for Rhei Radix et Rhizoma by response surface methodology. Methods: Taking the comprehensive scores of 11 kinds of chemical components such as aloe-emodin-8-O-glucoside in Rhei Radix et Rhizoma as the indexes of investigation,...

Several ethnobotanical studies have attempted to understand the criteria for the differential use of plant resources. However, we need more effort to understand the interaction between local uses: how using a species for a given purpose may affect its use for another purpose. Thus, we hypothesize...

Medicinal and aromatic plants have played an important role in the life of human beings since the day humankind are created. This plant structure has started to be used especially in the pharmaceutical industry; in the perfumery industry and in areas where health comes to the fore in parallel with...

In this study, we isolated a new isoflavanostilbene maackiapicevestitol (1) as a mixture of two stable conformers 1a and 1b as well as five previously known dimeric and monomeric stilbens: piceatannol (2), maackin (3), scirpusin A (4), maackiasine (5), and maackolin (6) from M. amurensis heartwood, ...

Luliang, which produces wood jujubes, and Jiaocheng, which produces Jun jujubes, are the largest jujube production bases in my country. Jujubes have been widely planted in my country, and their medicinal and edible effects are also widely used in my country. Today, most jujube products are sold as...