Data Brief. 2016 Jun; 7: 1217–1220.
Published online 2016 Apr 6. doi: 10.1016/j.dib.2016.03.102
PMCID: PMC5063808
aNatural Capital and Plant Health Department, Royal Botanic Gardens Kew, Wakehurst Place, Ardingly, West Sussex RH17 6TN, UK
bCentre
for Biocultural Diversity, School of Anthropology and Conservation,
Marlowe Building, University of Kent, Canterbury, Kent CT2 7NR, UK
cNatural Capital and Plant Health Department, Jodrell Laboratory, Royal Botanic Gardens Kew, Richmond, Surrey TW9 3AB, UK
dInstitute
of Pharmaceutical Science, Faculty of Life Sciences & Medicine,
Franklin-Wilkins Building, King’s College London, 150 Stamford Street,
London SE1 9NH, UK
eMedicinal Plant Name Services, Royal Botanic Gardens Kew, Richmond, Surrey TW9 3AB, UK
fCenter for Pharmacognosy & Phytotherapy, UCL School of Pharmacy, Univ. London, 29-39 Brunswick Sq., London WC1N 1AX, UK
Peter Giovannini: moc.liamg@ininnavoig.retep
Abstract
The
data described in this article is related to the review article
“Medicinal plants used in the traditional management of diabetes and its
sequelae in Central America: a review” (Giovannini et al., 2016) [1].
We searched publications on the useful plants of Central America in
databases and journals by using selected relevant keywords. We then
extracted reported uses of medicinal plants within the disease
categories: diabetes mellitus, kidney disease, urinary problems, skin
diseases and infections, cardiovascular disease, sexual dysfunction,
vision loss, and nerve damage. The following countries were included in
our definition of Central America: Belize, Guatemala, Honduras, El
Salvador, Nicaragua, Costa Rica and Panama. Data were compiled in a
bespoke Access database. Plant names from the published sources were
validated against The Plant List (TPL, (The Plant List, 2013) [2]) and
accepted names and synonyms were extracted. In total, the database
includes 607 plant names obtained from the published sources which
correspond to 537 plant taxa, 9271 synonyms and 1055 use reports.
Keywords: Diabetes,
Central America, Medicinal plants, Hypoglycemic, Traditional medicine,
Herbal remedies, Ecosystem services, Natural capital
Specifications Table
Value of the data
- • Data scattered across literature compiled in one database.
- • Future research and analysis on the medicinal plants used to manage diabetes and its sequelae at country and regional level will be facilitated by the data included here.
- • Plant names validated against The Plant List, taxonomic status checked, and current accepted name provided.
- • Complete list of synonyms for compiled medicinal plants to facilitate research.
1. Data
The data includes 1055 use reports of 537 plant taxa used to manage diabetes and its sequelae in Central America (Supplementary material 1:
table MedicinalPlants_ReferencesUseReports). These use reports were
extracted from 32 sources publishing primary data on the useful plants
of Central America (Supplementary material 1:
table References). The data also include the plant names as originally
entered in the database, the name of these were matched to The Plant
List (TPL), and the accepted name according to TPL (Supplementary material 1: table Medicinal Plants_matched_TPL); and a full list of synonyms (9271 records) for each accepted name (Supplementary material 1:
table MedicinalPlants_Synonyms). TPL identifiers, taxonomic status,
data source, International Plant Name Index (IPNI) identifiers and
confidence levels (see [2])
are also provided in the tables. The data also include tables of
analysis of numbers of use reports by family, genus and full accepted
name (Supplementary material 1).
The data are analysed in a related article [1].
2. Experimental design, materials and methods
We
searched publications with data on the useful plants of Central America
in databases (SCOPUS, Web of Science, Google Scholar, and PubMed) and
on relevant journals by using selected relevant keywords (name of the
country and “ethnobotany”, “medicinal plants”, “ethnopharmacology”,
“ethnomedicine”, and “herbal medicine”). We conducted the search using
both English and Spanish Keywords. Then, we extracted reported uses of
medicinal plants and entered the data in a bespoke Access database
within the disease categories diabetes mellitus, kidney disease, urinary
problems, skin diseases and infections, cardiovascular disease, sexual
dysfunctions, visual loss, and nerve damage. We included in our
definition of Central America the following countries: Belize,
Guatemala, Honduras, El Salvador, Nicaragua, Costa Rica and Panama.
Compiled data were entered in a bespoke Access database (Supplementary material 1). Table 1 shows the structure of the database and Fig. 1
shows the relationships among the tables within the database. Only
primary data was extracted from literature and included in the database.
Plant names from the published sources were validated against The Plant
List (TPL, [2])
at point of entry and, after data entry, by evaluating automatically
the entire dataset against TPL. Where synonyms were found in the primary
sources these were matched to the accepted name according to TPL, to
avoid miscounting the number of plant taxa found, as some plants were
found under more than one name. Complete lists of synonyms for each
accepted plant name were extracted from TPL.
Diagram showing the relationships among the tables within the database.
Structure
of the database of medicinal plants used in the traditional management
of diabetes and its sequelae in Central America.
Footnotes
Appendix ASupplementary data associated with this article can be found in the online version at doi:10.1016/j.dib.2016.03.102.
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References
1. Giovannini
P., Howes M.-J.R., Edwards S. Medicinal plants used in the traditional
management of diabetes and its sequelae in Central America: a review. J. Ethnopharmacol. 2016;184:58–71. [PubMed]
2. The Plant List, Version 1.1. 〈http://www.theplantlist.org/〉, 2013 (accessed 01.08.2015).
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