Ethnobotanical Review and Dataset Compiling on Wild and Cultivated Plants Traditionally Used as Medicinal Remedies in Italy
Over the centuries, wild plants have constituted the main food ingredients and traditional medicine in rural communities. In the last decades, thousands of ethnobotanical studies have been conducted, with the aim of documenting the traditional knowledge on wild and cultivated plants both for food an...
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| author | Stefania Monari Maura Ferri Mirko Salinitro Annalisa Tassoni |
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| description | Over the centuries, wild plants have constituted the main food ingredients and traditional medicine in rural communities. In the last decades, thousands of ethnobotanical studies have been conducted, with the aim of documenting the traditional knowledge on wild and cultivated plants both for food and therapeutic purposes. In the present work, 75 published papers related to Italian ethnobotanical knowledge on wild and cultivated plants traditionally used for medical purposes were analyzed and data on 1117 different species organized in the first dataset to target medicinal applications only. For each plant species, the Italian region of use, plant organs, mode of preparation, specific pathological group of application, citation index, and use index were listed. The different therapeutic applications were subdivided into nine main pathological groups according to the targeted human apparatus. Overall, the cited species with highest number of uses were related to the treatment of the digestive system and skin-ears-eyes-hair diseases, followed by diseases of the genito-urinary and respiratory systems. The 13 most relevant species were identified on the basis of their citation and use indexes. The present review on Italian medicinal flora aims to provide valuable information on wild and cultivated species, which are potential sources of plant-based therapeutic remedies, to preserve and reevaluate endangered traditional folk knowledge. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-b4d6ae1e51e248ad92274b7e66dc225a2023-12-03T12:55:35ZengMDPI AGPlants2223-77472022-08-011115204110.3390/plants11152041Ethnobotanical Review and Dataset Compiling on Wild and Cultivated Plants Traditionally Used as Medicinal Remedies in ItalyStefania Monari0Maura Ferri1Mirko Salinitro2Annalisa Tassoni3Department of Biological, Geological and Environmental Sciences, University of Bologna, 40126 Bologna, ItalyDepartment of Biological, Geological and Environmental Sciences, University of Bologna, 40126 Bologna, ItalyDepartment of Biological, Geological and Environmental Sciences, University of Bologna, 40126 Bologna, ItalyDepartment of Biological, Geological and Environmental Sciences, University of Bologna, 40126 Bologna, ItalyOver the centuries, wild plants have constituted the main food ingredients and traditional medicine in rural communities. In the last decades, thousands of ethnobotanical studies have been conducted, with the aim of documenting the traditional knowledge on wild and cultivated plants both for food and therapeutic purposes. In the present work, 75 published papers related to Italian ethnobotanical knowledge on wild and cultivated plants traditionally used for medical purposes were analyzed and data on 1117 different species organized in the first dataset to target medicinal applications only. For each plant species, the Italian region of use, plant organs, mode of preparation, specific pathological group of application, citation index, and use index were listed. The different therapeutic applications were subdivided into nine main pathological groups according to the targeted human apparatus. Overall, the cited species with highest number of uses were related to the treatment of the digestive system and skin-ears-eyes-hair diseases, followed by diseases of the genito-urinary and respiratory systems. The 13 most relevant species were identified on the basis of their citation and use indexes. The present review on Italian medicinal flora aims to provide valuable information on wild and cultivated species, which are potential sources of plant-based therapeutic remedies, to preserve and reevaluate endangered traditional folk knowledge.https://www.mdpi.com/2223-7747/11/15/2041medicinal plantshuman healthtraditional knowledgeItalian folk remediesethnobotany |
| spellingShingle | Stefania Monari Maura Ferri Mirko Salinitro Annalisa Tassoni Ethnobotanical Review and Dataset Compiling on Wild and Cultivated Plants Traditionally Used as Medicinal Remedies in Italy Plants medicinal plants human health traditional knowledge Italian folk remedies ethnobotany |
| title | Ethnobotanical Review and Dataset Compiling on Wild and Cultivated Plants Traditionally Used as Medicinal Remedies in Italy |
| title_full | Ethnobotanical Review and Dataset Compiling on Wild and Cultivated Plants Traditionally Used as Medicinal Remedies in Italy |
| title_fullStr | Ethnobotanical Review and Dataset Compiling on Wild and Cultivated Plants Traditionally Used as Medicinal Remedies in Italy |
| title_full_unstemmed | Ethnobotanical Review and Dataset Compiling on Wild and Cultivated Plants Traditionally Used as Medicinal Remedies in Italy |
| title_short | Ethnobotanical Review and Dataset Compiling on Wild and Cultivated Plants Traditionally Used as Medicinal Remedies in Italy |
| title_sort | ethnobotanical review and dataset compiling on wild and cultivated plants traditionally used as medicinal remedies in italy |
| topic | medicinal plants human health traditional knowledge Italian folk remedies ethnobotany |
| url | https://www.mdpi.com/2223-7747/11/15/2041 |
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