Data Sources
The medicinal plant data and images posted in this website are the result of a long-term research collaboration between scientists of the Institute of Traditional Medicine (ITM) of the Lao PDR, the University of Illinois at Chicago (UIC), and the Field Museum of Natural History (FMNH) with support from the California Community Foundation, the International Cooperative Biodiversity Groups (ICBG) project, the National Cancer Institute, the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN), and the Institute of International Education (IIE) Fulbright U.S. Student Program.
Select Books and Book Chapters
Soejarto, D. D., Elkington, B. G., & Sydara, K. (Eds.). (2023). Medicinal Plants of Laos (1st ed.). CRC Press. https://doi.org/10.1201/9781003216636
Elkington, B. G., Soejarto, D. D., & Sydara, K. (2014). Ethnobotany of Tuberculosis in Laos. SpringerBriefs in Plant Science. Retrieved from https://www.springer.com/gb/book/9783319106557
Elkington, B. G., Southavong, B., Sydara, K., Bouamanivong, S., Souliya, O., Xayveu, M., Soejarto, D. D. (2010). The Search for Anti-Malarial Plants in Lao Palm-Leaf Manuscripts. In K. Adams & T. J. Hudak (Eds.), Multidisciplinary Perspectives on Lao Studies (pp. 277–288). Tempe, AZ: Southeast Asia Council, Center for Asian Research, Arizona State University.
Libman, A. S., Southavong, B., Sydara, K., Bouamanivong, S., Gyllenhaal, C., Riley, M. C., & Soejarto, D. D. (2009). The Influence of Cultural Tradition and Geographic Location on the Level of Medicinal Plant Knowledge Held by Various Cultural Groups in Laos. In C. J. Compton, J. F. Hartmann, & V. Sysamouth (Eds.), Contemporary Lao Studies: Research on Development, Language and Culture, and Traditional Medicine (p. 339). DeKalb, San Fransisco: Southeast Asia Publications.
Soejarto, D. D., Xuan, L. T., Vu, B. M., Dac, L. X., Bich, T. Q., Southavong, B., Sydara, K., Bouamanivong, S., Zhang, H. J., Fong, H. H., Tan, G. T., Pezzuto, J. M., Franzblau, S. G., Gyllenhaal, C., Riley, M. C., Hiep, N. T., Loc, P. K., Nguyen, V. H. (2002). Implementing IPR and benefit-sharing arrangements: Experiences in the University of Illinois at Chicago-Vietnam-Laos ICBG Program. In Intellectual Property Rights and Traditional Knowledge on Genetic Resources in Pharmaceutical and Cosmetic Business (pp. 47–83). Tokyo: JBA/NITE.
Soejarto, D. D., Gyllenhaal, C., Tarzian-Sorensen, J. A., Fong, H. H., Xuan, L. T., Binh, L. T., Hiep, N. T., Hung, N. V., Vu, B. M., Bich, T. Q., Southavong, B., Sydara, K., Pezzuto, J. M. (2003). Bioprospecting arrangements: Experiences between the North and the South. In Biotec, NSTDA, & M. of S. and Technology (Eds.), Proceedings: The 2nd International Conference on Medicinal Mushroom and the International Conference on Biodiversity and Bioactive Compounds (pp. 5–22). Pattaya, Thailand.
Select Articles and Reports
Henkin, J. M., Sydara, K., Xayvue, M., Souliya, O., Kinghorn, A. D., Burdette, J. E., Chen, W. L., Elkington, B. G., Soejarto, D. D. (2017). Revisiting the linkage between ethnomedical use and development of new medicines: A novel plant collection strategy towards the discovery of anticancer agents. Journal of Medicinal Plant Research, 11(40), 621–634. https://doi.org/10.5897/jmpr2017.6485
Zhang, H. J., Li, W. F., Fong, H. H., & Soejarto, D. D. (2016). Discovery of Bioactive Compounds by the UIC-ICBG Drug Discovery Program in the 18 Years Since 1998. Molecules (Basel, Switzerland), 21(11). https://doi.org/10.3390/molecules21111448
Soejarto D.D., Elkington B.G., Sydara K., Gyllenhaal C., Riley M.C., Dietzman G.R., Xayveu M., Souliya O., Vanthanouvong M., Southavong B., Kadushin M.R., Che C.T. (2015) California Community Foundation Project Report: Medicinal Plants of Laos: Discoveries, Conservation, and Community Engagement.
Elkington, B. G., Phiapalath, P., Sydara, K., Somsamouth, V., Goodsmith, N. I., & Soejarto, D. D. (2014). Assessment of the importance of medicinal plants among communities around Khiat Ngong of Southern Laos. Journal of Environmental Biology, (d), 1–18. Retrieved from http://jeb.co.in/journal_issues/201407_jul14/paper_01.pdf
Elkington, B. G., Sydara, K., Newsome, A., Hwang, C. H., Lankin, D. C., Simmler, C., Soejarto, D. D. (2014). New finding of an anti-TB compound in the genus Marsypopetalum (Annonaceae) from a traditional herbal remedy of Laos. Journal of Ethnopharmacology, 151(2), 903–911. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jep.2013.11.057
Sydara, K., Xayvue, M., Souliya, O., Elkington, B. G., & Soejarto, D. D. (2014). Inventory of medicinal plants of the Lao Peoples Democratic Republic: A mini review. Journal of Medicinal Plants Research. Academic Journals. Vol. 8(43) pp. 1262-1274.
Elkington, B. G., Sydara, K., Hartmann, J. F., Southavong, B., & Soejarto, D. D. (2012). Folk Epidemiology Recorded in Palm Leaf Manuscripts of Laos. Journal of Lao Studies, 4.
Gyllenhaal, C., Kadushin, M. R., Southavong, B., Sydara, K., Bouamanivong, S., Xayveu, M., Xuan, L. T., Hiep, N. T., Hung, N. V., Loc, P. K., Dac, L. X., Bich, T. Q., Cuong, N. M., Ly, H. M. Zhang, H. J., Franzblau, S. G., Xie, H., Riley, M. C., Elkington, B. G., Nguyen, H. T., Waller, D. P., Ma, C. Y., Tamez, P., Pezzuto, J. M., Soejarto, D. D. (2012). Ethnobotanical approach versus random approach in the search for new bioactive compounds: Support of a hypothesis. Pharmaceutical Biology, 50(1). https://doi.org/10.3109/13880209.2011.634424
Soejarto, D.D., Gyllenhaal, C., Kadushin, M. R., Southavong, B., Sydara, K., Bouamanivong, S., Xayveu, M., Zhang, H. J., Franzblau, S. G., Tan, G. T., Pezzuto, J. M., Riley, M. C., Elkington, B. G., Waller, D. P. (2012). An ethnobotanical survey of medicinal plants of Laos toward the discovery of bioactive compounds as potential candidates for pharmaceutical development. Pharmaceutical Biology, 50(1). https://doi.org/10.3109/13880209.2011.619700
Elkington, B. G., Southavong, B., Sydara, K., Souliya, O., Vanthanouvong, M., Nettavong, K., Soejarto, D. D. (2009). Biological evaluation of plants of Laos used in the treatment of tuberculosis in Lao traditional medicine. Pharmaceutical Biology, 47(1), 26–33.
Libman, A., Zhang, H., Ma, C., Southavong, B., Sydara, K., Bouamanivong, S., Soejarto, D. D. (2008). A first new antimalarial pregnane glycoside from Gongronema napalense. Asian Journal of Traditional Medicines, 3(6), 203–210.
Ma, C. Y., Musoke, S. F., Tan, G. T., Sydara, K., Bouamanivong, S., Southavong, B., Soejarto, D. D., Fong, H. H., Zhang, H. J. (2008). Study of antimalarial activity of chemical constituents from Diospyros quaesita. Chemistry and Biodiversity, 5(11), 2442–2448. https://doi.org/10.1002/cbdv.200890209
Libman, A, Bouamanivong, S., Southavong, B., Sydara, K., & Soejarto, D. D. (2006). Medicinal plants: An important asset to health care in a region of Central Laos. Journal of Ethnopharmacology, 106(3), 303–311. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jep.2005.11.034
Soejarto, D. D., Zhang, H. J., Fong, H. H., Tan, G. T., Ma, C. Y., Gyllenhaal, C., Thuy, T. V. (2006). “Studies on biodiversity of Vietnam and Laos” 1998-2005: examining the impact. Journal of Natural Products, 69(3), 473–481. https://doi.org/10.1021/np058107t
He, Z. D., Ma, C. Y., Zhang, H. J., Tan, G. T., Tamez, P., Sydara, K., Bouamanivong, S., Southavong, B., Soejarto, D. D., Pezzuto, J. M., Fong, H. S. (2005). Antimalarial constituents from Nauclea orientalis (L.) L. Chemistry & Biodiversity, 2(10), 1378–1386. https://doi.org/10.1002/cbdv.200590110
Soejarto, D D, Gyllenhaal, C., Fong, H. H., Xuan, L. T., Hiep, N. T., Hung, N. V, Bich, T. Q., Southavong, B., Sydara, K., Pezzuto, J. M. (2004). The UIC ICBG (University of Illinois at Chicago International Cooperative Biodiversity Group) Memorandum of Agreement: a model of benefit-sharing arrangement in natural products drug discovery and development. Journal of Natural Products, 67(2), 294–299. https://doi.org/10.1021/np0304363
Soejarto, D. D., Gyllenhaal, C., Tarzian-Sorensen, J. A., Fong, H. H., Xuan, L. T., Binh, L. T., Hiep N. T., Hung N. V., Vu B. M., Bich T. Q., Southavong B., Sydara K., Pezzuto, J. M. (2004). Bioprospecting Arrangements: Cooperation between the North and the South. In R. T. Mahoney (Ed.), Handbook of Best Practices for Management of Intellectual Property in Health Research and Development (3rd ed., pp. 169–190). Oxford University Press.
Zhang, H. J., Sydara, K., Tan, G. T., Ma, C., Southavong, B., Soejarto, D. D., Fong, H. H. (2004). Bioactive constituents from Asparagus cochinchinensis. Journal of Natural Products, 67(2), 194–200. https://doi.org/10.1021/np030370b
Soejarto, D D, Gyllenhaal, C., Regalado, J. C., Pezzuto, J. M., Fong, H. H., Tan, G. T., Dietzman, G. (2002). An International Collaborative Program To Discover New Drugs from Tropical Biodiversity of Vietnam and Laos. Natural Product Sciences, 8(1), 1–15.
Field Guides
Elkington, B. G., Sydara, K., Phiapalath, P., Soejarto, D. D. (2020). Field Guide: Selected Plants of Xe Pian National Protected Area. Retrieved from https://fieldguides.fieldmuseum.org/guides/guide/1259
Henkin, J. M., Elkington, B. G., Sydara, K., Souliya, O., Xayvue, M., Soejarto, D. D., & Soejarto, D. D. (2019). Field Guide: Selected plants of Xieng Khoang Province. Retrieved from https://fieldguides.fieldmuseum.org/guides/guide/1078
Soejarto, D. D., Elkington, B. G., Sydara, K., Souliya, O., & Xayveu, M. (2018). Field Guide: Selected Plants of Bokeo Province. Retrieved from https://fieldguides.fieldmuseum.org/guides/guide/1040
Soejarto, D. D., Elkington, B. G., Sydara, K., Souliya, O., & Xayveu, M. (2018). Plants of Savannakhet Province. Retrieved from https://fieldguides.fieldmuseum.org/guides/guide/1014
Soejarto, D. D., Elkington, B., Sydara, K., Souliya, O., & Xayveu, M. (2018). Selected Plants of Attapeu Province. Retrieved from https://fieldguides.fieldmuseum.org/guides/guide/998
Elkington, B. G., Sydara, K., & Soejarto, D. D. (2017). Plants of Kiat Ngong Wetlands, Champasak. Retrieved from https://fieldguides.fieldmuseum.org/guides/guide/951