Title
MPdb: Melghat Plant databank
Authors
Nitin M. Atre1, Purna N. Shrimali2 & Dinesh D. Khedkar3,*
Affiliation
1Bioinformatics and Data Management, ICMR – National Institute of Virology, Pune, Maharashtra, India; 2Department of Computer Science, Shri Shivaji Science College, Amravati, Maharashtra, India; 3Department of Botany, Shri Shivaji Science College, Amravati, Maharashtra, India; *Corresponding author:
Nitin M. Atre – E-mail: neet3atre@gmail.com
Purna N. Shrimali– E-mail: purna.workplace@gmail.com
Dinesh D. Khedkar – E-mail: sonudin@gmail.com
Article Type
Research Article
Date
Received November 1, 2022; Revised December 20, 2022; Accepted December 31, 2022, Published December 31, 2022
Abstract
Melghat Plant databank (MPdb) is the first attempt to review all the past floristic documents and medicinal plants and digitize the Melghat Flora. This curated database contains compiled information about 1028 plants from 139 plant families and 537 genera. Curated medicinal plant information gathered 660 medicinal species records from 128 plant families and 421 genera in MPdb for Melghat Flora. Each plant record is reviewed, scrutinizes, and recorded. More than 9000 records for medicinal uses for nearly 140 diseases, reported phytochemicals, and published cross references. MPdb will serve as a valuable information resource for students, researchers, and aboriginal communities to explore Melghat Flora for better-applied prospects in herbal drug research.
Keywords
MPdb, Melghat plant database, Melghat flora, medicinal plants, Melghat.
Citation
Atre et al. Bioinformation 18(12): 1119-1121 (2022)
Edited by
P Kangueane
ISSN
0973-2063
Publisher
License
This is an Open Access article which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly credited. This is distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License.
