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Pharmacognosy 2018
American Journal of Ethnomedicine
ISSN: 2348-9502
Page 82
April 16-17, 2018
Amsterdam, Netherlands
6
th
Edition of International Conference on
Pharmacognosy and
Medicinal Plants
Aim:
The aim of this study was to identify different plants used in
folk medicine for treating pain, inflammatory diseases, diabetes
and kidney stones by the population of Zagora province, in
southeast Morocco. This investigation was undertaken during
more than two years started in 2013 and ended in 2015.
Materials and Methods:
A total of 1400 persons with different
ages between 20 and 80 years, in 12 areas were included in
this survey; 348 were diabetics, 292 were suffering from kidney
stones and 760 were healthy. Data collected were separated into
two parts. The first part concerned interviewee information (age,
sex, and level of education) and the second part was designed
for plants uses (vernacular names, uses, parts used, and mode
of preparation). Use value (UV), fidelity level and family UV (FUV)
were calculated.
Results:
We inventoried83plants species belonging to40 families
that were used. Ranunculaceae family showed the highest
significance (FUV=0.36). Six species with the highest UV were
ZygophyllumgaetulumL. (0.44), Nigella sativa (0.36),
Rosmarinus
officinalis
L. (0.36),
Trigonella foenum-graecum
L. (0.35), and
Thymus satureioides
L. (0.35). We identified 50 species used for
treating or managing pain, 45 for diabetes, 19 for kidney stone,
seven for treating inflammatory diseases, and only three species
that were recognized with hallucinogenic effects.
Conclusions:
This study shows that folk medicine in Zagora still
occupies a high level in primary health care. Data collected may
help to preserve knowledge about different plants used and their
mode of preparation.
hicham221287@gmail.comEthnopharmacological survey of medicinal plants with
hallucinogenic effect and used against pain, inflammatory
diseases, diabetes and urinary lithiasis in Zagora “Morocco”
Hicham Boufous
1
, Fatimazahra Marhoume
1
, Abderrahman Chait
2
and
Abdellah
Bagri
1
1
Hassan 1
st
University, Morocco
2
Cadi Ayyad University, Morocco
Hicham Boufous et al., Am J Ethnomed 2018, Volume 5
DOI: 10.21767/2348-9502-C1-006