MPDB 2.0

MPDB 2.0 provides a comprehensive repository of medicinal plants native to Bangladesh, cataloging taxonomic identifiers, utilized plant parts, associated phytochemicals, and PubMed-linked literature for scientific research.

Key Features:

• Extensive Plant Collection: Contains over five hundred indigenous medicinal plant records from Bangladesh.
• Detailed Taxonomic Information: Documents scientific name, family name, and local names for each plant entry.
• Utilized Parts and Ailments: Annotates specific plant parts used in traditional remedies and the ailments they are reported to treat.
• Active Compounds: Lists active phytochemicals associated with each plant, highlighting potential therapeutic properties.
• Research Integration: Links each entry to related scientific literature via PubMed IDs.

Scientific Applications:

• Human diseases: Provides data relevant to the study of medicinal applications for human diseases.
• Biofuel production (e.g., Jatropha curcas): Includes species such as Jatropha curcas relevant to biofuel research.
• Bioremediation (e.g., Amaranthus cruentus for cadmium reduction in soil): Notes species such as Amaranthus cruentus with reported applications in cadmium reduction in soil for bioremediation.
• Nutritive diets (e.g., Terminalia chebula): Records species such as Terminalia chebula with nutritive dietary uses.
• Cosmetics (e.g., Aloe vera): Includes species such as Aloe vera with applications in cosmetics.

Methodology:

Systematic collection and curation of plant records from literature sources with annotation of taxonomy, utilized parts, phytochemicals, and linkage of entries to PubMed IDs.