MPdb: Melghat Plant databank

Bioinformation. 2022 Dec 31;18(12):1119-1121. doi: 10.6026/973206300181119. eCollection 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; Melghat flora; Melghat plant database; medicinal plants.