Abstract
High throughput screening of small molecules for a given drug target is achieved using plant materials of medicinal value. Therefore, it is important to document the availability and location of such medicinal plants in the form of a database. Here, we describe a web database containing information (botanical name, common name, local name, botany, chemistry, folklore medicinal use and medicinal uses) about the medicinal and aromatic plants available in JK (Jammu and Kashmir). The database is available for free in public domain. http://www.bioinfoku.org/db/medsearch.php.
Highlights
Medicinal plants documented in the literature from thick vegetations of the world are routinely used for high throughput screening in small molecular drug discovery
It is important to store information related to medicinal and aromatic plants of JK in a database. This will help in the use and exploitation of the plant materials for drug discovery
Dataset: Folklore medicinal usage and other associated data were manually collected from the inhabitants of JK through direct person to person survey for each plant species
Summary
Medicinal plants documented in the literature from thick vegetations of the world are routinely used for high throughput screening in small molecular drug discovery. A database for medicinal and aromatic plants of JK (Jammu and Kashmir) Akbar Masood* and Mujtaba Shafi Bioinformatics Centre, The University of Kashmir, Hazratbal, Srinagar, Jammu and Kashmir, India-190006; Akbar Masood * - Email: akbar@bioinfoku.org; * Corresponding author received September 26, 2005; revised October 6, 2005; accepted October 6, 2005; published online October 7, 2005 Abstract: High throughput screening of small molecules for a given drug target is achieved using plant materials of medicinal value.
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