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as a potential source for antidiabetes pharmacology leads or adjunctive therapeutic strategies.
Identification of bioactive phytoconstituents is warranted.
Key words: Acarbose, -cell proliferation, diabetes ethnomedicine, Eryngium creticum.
2.14 Ethnobotanical Study on Medicinal Plants and their Traditional Uses in
Kabylia (Algeria)
MEDDOUR, Rachid, MEDDOUR-SAHAR, Ouahiba and DERRIDJ, A.
Faculty of Biological and agricultural Sciences, Mouloud Mammeri University, BP 17 RP, 15 000
Tizi Ouzou, Algeria.
<strong>Abstract</strong>: This study aims to assess ethnobotanical knowledge in Kabylia, focusing on the use
of traditional medicinal plants. This region has remained relatively isolated and agro-industrial
development did not cause a significant decline in traditional practices, including the use of plants
in traditional medicine. Ethnobotanical information was gathered using a questionnaire among
herbalists, traditional healers and local populations, within eight rural municipalities in the
department of Tizi Ouzou. At all, 98 vascular plants were identified and recorded, a large majority
of them live in a wild habitats (forests and wetlands, especially), with the exception of 6
crops. They belong to 48 families, the most represented are the Lamiaceae (13 species) and
Asteraceae (12 species). The many diseases listed in the survey are grouped into 10 major
disease groups. The mainly pathologies treated are those of the digestive system (40 plants), skin
diseases (29 plants), circulatory system (24 plants) and respiratory system (21 plants). In contrast,
the visual system, too precious, is treated with a single plant. The toxicity of some herbs used with
caution is well known. Medicinal plants are often multipurpose plants (food, flavor, feed, veterinary,
crafts, etc.). Moreover, 31 of these wild plants yet still have an interest in food for rural populations.
Finally, a large majority of medicinal plants used in Kabylia, are also known for their therapeutic
properties in the Mediterranean basin, e.g. 72 plants (73.5%) of this study are cited by the project
Rubia (Gonzalez-Tejero et al., 2008). However, we must recognize the urgent need to collect
ancestral medicinal know-how, especially since it is held by few and illiterate people (seniors over
60 years old). This ethnopharmacological knowledge constitute a world heritage for finding new
resources (food, medicines, nutraceuticals) for the future, by putting acquired data at disposal of
clinical and pharmaceutical research. But a consequent part of the financial fallout, from such an
initiative, has to return to the holders of this knowledge, in equity within a global frame of
socioeconomic development planned in the durability.
Key words: Algeria, ethnobotanical knowledge, Kabylia, medicinal plants, rural population.
2.15 Ethnomedicinal Anthelmintic Plants of Northern Pakistan
Muhammad Zafar, Ghulam Mujtaba Shah, Mushtaq Ahmad and Shazia
Sultana and Sultan Bibi 2
Department of Plant Sciences, Quaid-i-Azam University Islamabad Pakistan. 2 District Head
Quarter Hospital Abbottabad, Pakistan.
<strong>Abstract</strong>: The present paper deals with 55 plant species belonging to 49 genera and 28 families
used as anthelmintic and vermifuge by the tribal and rural people of Northern Pakistan. The district
has rich plant biodiversity and people belonging to different ethnic groups and cultures yet have
been poorly studied ethnobotanically. Surveys were conducted to identify medicinal plants being
used and their uses. Mostly the herbs are used (31 spp) followed by tree (14spp species), shrubs
(6spp), climbers (3 spp). Data shows that mostly the plants are used as anthelmintic (36spp.)
followed by vermifuge (19spp). The plants being used ethnomedicinaly dominate the herbs (31
species) followed by tree (14 spp), shrubs (6 spp), climbers (3 spp). Study shows that a number of
medicinal plants including Thymus serphyllum, Taxus wallichiana, Matricaria chamomillla,
Cinnamon camphora, Aristolochis bracteata, Acorus calamus are threatened due to
overexploitation and habitat loss. Attention is required to the management and protection of
various ecosystems including in situ and ex situ conservation of species.
Key words: Anthelmintic, medicinal plants, northern, Pakistan.
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