Ethnobotanical survey of medicinal plants used traditionally in two villages of Hamedan, Iran

A notable amount of medicinal plants grow in Iran and local communities in different parts of the country have developed a deep knowledge of various uses of plants during their old history. Several ethnobotanical studies have been conducted by the Traditional Medicine and Material Medica Research Ce...

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Main Authors: Naghibi F., S. Esmaeili, M. Malekmohammadi, A. Hassanpour, M. Mosaddegh
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Language:English
Published: Iranian Society of Pharmacognosy 2014-11-01
Series:Research Journal of Pharmacognosy
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Online Access:http://www.rjpharmacognosy.ir/pdf_5772_e61199a53110c00487c414b887a4d765.html
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author Naghibi F.
S. Esmaeili
M. Malekmohammadi
A. Hassanpour
M. Mosaddegh
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M. Malekmohammadi
A. Hassanpour
M. Mosaddegh
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description A notable amount of medicinal plants grow in Iran and local communities in different parts of the country have developed a deep knowledge of various uses of plants during their old history. Several ethnobotanical studies have been conducted by the Traditional Medicine and Material Medica Research Center (TMRC) to investigate the use of medicinal plants by local people. Some of these studies have been carried out in Kohgiluye va Boyer Ahmad, Azarbayjan-e-Sharghi and Golestan provinces. These ethnobotanical data have been collected by semi-structured interviews. In the present study, two villages of Hamedan province were investigated and eleven informants were interviewed. Our results have presented 45 traditionally used plant species, belonging to 23 plant families and 39 genera. Asteraceae and Fabaceae were the dominant locally used families. The plants were used both for medicinal and non-medicinal purposes and the most treated problems were digestive disorders and infections.
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spelling doaj.art-dbf2810def5b4ad5a452f28830a148792022-12-22T00:25:36ZengIranian Society of PharmacognosyResearch Journal of Pharmacognosy2345-44582345-59772014-11-01137145772Ethnobotanical survey of medicinal plants used traditionally in two villages of Hamedan, IranNaghibi F.0S. Esmaeili1M. Malekmohammadi2A. Hassanpour3M. Mosaddegh4Traditional Medicine and Materia Medica Research Center, Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran. Department of Pharmacognosy, School of Pharmacy, Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran.Traditional Medicine and Materia Medica Research Center, Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran. Department of Traditional Pharmacy, School of Traditional Medicine, Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran.Traditional Medicine and Materia Medica Research Center, Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran.Traditional Medicine and Materia Medica Research Center, Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran.Department of Traditional Pharmacy, School of Traditional Medicine, Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran.A notable amount of medicinal plants grow in Iran and local communities in different parts of the country have developed a deep knowledge of various uses of plants during their old history. Several ethnobotanical studies have been conducted by the Traditional Medicine and Material Medica Research Center (TMRC) to investigate the use of medicinal plants by local people. Some of these studies have been carried out in Kohgiluye va Boyer Ahmad, Azarbayjan-e-Sharghi and Golestan provinces. These ethnobotanical data have been collected by semi-structured interviews. In the present study, two villages of Hamedan province were investigated and eleven informants were interviewed. Our results have presented 45 traditionally used plant species, belonging to 23 plant families and 39 genera. Asteraceae and Fabaceae were the dominant locally used families. The plants were used both for medicinal and non-medicinal purposes and the most treated problems were digestive disorders and infections.http://www.rjpharmacognosy.ir/pdf_5772_e61199a53110c00487c414b887a4d765.htmlEthnobotanyHamedanIranmedicinal plants
spellingShingle Naghibi F.
S. Esmaeili
M. Malekmohammadi
A. Hassanpour
M. Mosaddegh
Ethnobotanical survey of medicinal plants used traditionally in two villages of Hamedan, Iran
Research Journal of Pharmacognosy
Ethnobotany
Hamedan
Iran
medicinal plants
title Ethnobotanical survey of medicinal plants used traditionally in two villages of Hamedan, Iran
title_full Ethnobotanical survey of medicinal plants used traditionally in two villages of Hamedan, Iran
title_fullStr Ethnobotanical survey of medicinal plants used traditionally in two villages of Hamedan, Iran
title_full_unstemmed Ethnobotanical survey of medicinal plants used traditionally in two villages of Hamedan, Iran
title_short Ethnobotanical survey of medicinal plants used traditionally in two villages of Hamedan, Iran
title_sort ethnobotanical survey of medicinal plants used traditionally in two villages of hamedan iran
topic Ethnobotany
Hamedan
Iran
medicinal plants
url http://www.rjpharmacognosy.ir/pdf_5772_e61199a53110c00487c414b887a4d765.html
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