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| Title: | Phytotherapeutical plants from the Deliblato Sands (Serbia): Traditional pharmacopoeia and implications for conservation |
| Authors: | Popović, Zorica
Smiljanić, Miroslava
Matić, Rada
Kostić, Miroslav
Nikić, Predrag
Bojović, Srdjan |
| Keywords: | Deliblato sand
Botanical diversity
Ethnobotany
Medicinal plants
Human resource |
| Issue Date: | Jul-2012 |
| Publisher: | NISCAIR-CSIR, India |
| IPC Code: | Int. Cl.8: A01G 7/00, A61K, G01S 3/72, G01S 7/42, A61K 36/00 |
| Abstract: | This paper reports an ethnobotanical study conducted in the Special Nature
Reserve ‘Deliblatska peščara’. In total,
283 wild plant species of medicinal
importance were recorded, comprised in 70 families and 204 genera. Out of total
number of medicinal plants registered in the area, 228 species were used by
local residents, and 55 were not recognized by their pharmacological properties.
The most used families were Asteraceae, Lamiaceae and Rosaceae and the most
used plants were Achillea millefolium,
Fragaria sp., Hypericum perforatum, Matricaria
chamomilla, Thymus serpyllum, Urtica dioica, all of which had high
relative importance. The wild
medicinal plants were mostly used for treatment of gastrointestinal (54.9%),
urinary (49.8%) and dermatological ailments (46.7%); for respiratory, nervous,
osteoarticular, reproductive, cardiovascular and infectious ailments (35.9%,
26.4%, 21.2%, 20.8%, 16.5%, and 16.2%, respectively); for hot and cold
syndrome, as preventive agents or against endocrine disorders
(15.1%, 10.0%, and 5.2%, respectively). |
| Page(s): | 385-400 |
| CC License: |  CC Attribution-Noncommercial-No Derivative Works 2.5 India |
| ISSN: | 0975-1068 (Online); 0972-5938 (Print) |
| Source: | IJTK Vol.11(3) [July 2012]
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