Posts Tagged: medicinal plants

Dec 21

MEDICINAL PLANTS FROM THE FLORA OF ROMANIA BENEFICIAL IN OSTEOARTHRITIS AND RHEUMATIC ARTHRITIS

Răzvan Marian MELINTE 1*, Silvia OROIAN 2, Mihaela Sămărghițan 3
1 Regina Maria – Puls Hospital, Târgu Mureș; Dimitrie Cantemir University of Târgu Mureş
2 "George Emil Palade” University of Medicine, Pharmacy, Science, and Technology of Târgu Mure
3 Mureș County Museum, Natural Sciences Department

In this study, we focus on two arthritic diseases that affect a large part of the population, which cause inflammatory disorders of the joints and oxidative stress, which can cause certain degrees of disability. Arthritis is a chronic disease frequently encountered in the world’s population. Osteoarthritis, and rheumatoid arthritis, autoimmune and inflammatory conditions, are two extensive forms of arthritis associated with pain, swelling, and stiffness in the joints and a low standard of life. Many drugs are used in their treatment, associated with some severe side effects and expensive prices. Today there are many studies carried out with extracts from medicinal plants, used in alternative therapy, and effective in these diseases. They are available for clinical use due to the active phytoconstituents that modulate inflammation and are antioxidants. In carrying out this study, electronic databases were screened: Science Direct, PubMed, and Google Scholar, trying to describe these medicinal plants, and elucidate their biological mechanisms of action. The most numerous references were found on the following plants: Arctium lappa, Glycyrrhiza glabra, Nigella sativa, Urtica dioica, etc. vary parts of plants are used such as different types of seeds, roots, leaves, fruit, bark, flowers, or even the whole plant.

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/abmj-2022-0010

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December 21, 2022
Dec 28

SPONTANEOUS CORMOPHYTES FROM THE ROMANIAN FLORA KNOWN AS MEDICINAL PLANTS IN OTHER COUNTRIES

Mihai COSTICĂ 1*, Anisoara STRATU 1, Naela COSTICĂ 1
1 Departament of Biology, Faculty of Biology, “Alexandru Ioan Cuza” University of Iasi, Romania

Romania’s medicinal flora is an important source of raw material for pharmacological research and drug production. By consulting the pharmacological literature on authenticated scientific sources such as Google Scholar, 15 species of medicinal plants existing in the Romanian flora, but not used in the traditional Romanian medicine, were identified. In accordance with the World Health Organization’s call on all countries to use traditional medicine in primary care, we set out to help complete the list of medicinal plants in Romania using information from traditional medicine in other countries.

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/abmj-2021-0013

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December 28, 2021
Aug 01

BOTANICAL SURVEY OF MEDICINAL PLANTS USED IN THE TRADITIONAL TREATMENT OF HUMAN DISEASE IN MONTAIN HAY MEADOWS FROM GURGHIULUI MOUNTAINS

Silvia OROIAN 1*, Mihaela SĂMĂRGHIŢAN 2, Sanda COŞARCĂ 1, Mariana HIRIŢIU 1, Florentina OROIAN 3, Corneliu TANASE 1
1 Department of Fundamental Pharmaceutical Sciences, Discipline of Pharmaceutical Botany, University of Medicine, Pharmacy, Sciences and Technology of Târgu Mureș, Romania
2 Mureş County Museum, Department of Natural Sciences, Târgu Mureş, Romania
3 The Pharmacy Remedia Târgu Mureş, Romnia

The aim of this study was to identify the medicinal and aromatic plants from mountain hay meadows (6520 – Natura 2000 habitat) of Gurghiului Mountains and to analyze the correlation of these herbs with their therapeutic compounds as well as the human diseases on which they can be used on therapeutic purpose. The area covered by this study was the Gurghiului Mountains. Regarding the vegetation, this area is characterized by the predominance of forest ecosystems, along with semi-natural mountainous grasslands. The floristic inventory for the studied area included numerous medicinal plants with therapeutic chemical compounds. These medicinal plants were grouped in this study according to the dominant active principles used in phytotherapy. Two plant associations were identified: Festuco rubrae-Agrostietum capillaris Horvat 1951 and Poo-Trisetetum flavescentis Knapp ex Oberdorfer 1957. This survey demonstrates that the medicinal plant area in the Gurghiului Mountains is a promising economic resource for developing this region, but it needs planned exploitation.

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/abmj-2019-0005

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August 1, 2019
Jan 07

THE MEDICINAL IMPORTANCE OF WILD PLANTS FROM THE SURROUNDINGS OF ULIEȘ VILLAGE, MUREȘ COUNTY

Silvia OROIAN 1*, Diana LAZĂR 2
1 Department of Fundamental Pharmaceutical Sciences, Discipline of Pharmaceutical Botany, University of Medicine, Pharmacy, Sciences and Technology of Tîrgu Mureș, Romania
2 Novofarm, Înfrățirii no. 4, RO-540036, Tîrgu Mureș, Romania

The village of Ulieş belongs to Râciu Commune. It is located in the south-eastern part of the Transylvanian Plain (N46°41’30” E24°23’56”) in a hilly region crossed by wide valleys. It is situated at 24 km distance from Tîrgu Mureș, in the contact area of Mădăraş Hills and Comlod Hills, on the middle stream of the Comlod River (or Lechința) and its tributaries. The paper aims were the study of the flora from the surroundings of Ulieş Village, the investigation of possible medicinal use of the encountered plants species, and the preservation of plant diversity from the area. Fieldworks were conducted in 2014-2017. A total of 415 vascular plant taxa belonging to 76 families were identified. From these, 185 species are medicinal plants with certain content of active principles. Plants containing tannins (13.51%) were in higher percentage followed by those with essential oils (12.97%), saponins (10.81%), alkaloids (8.10%), flavonoids (7.56%), coumarins (7.02%), mucilages (5.94%), iridoids (5.40%), phenolic glycosides (3.78%), anthraquinone derivatives and cardiotonic glycosides (3.24), organic acids, vitamins and provitamins (3.78%), bitter principles (2.70), bitter-aromatic principles (2.16%), etc.

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/abmj-2018-0010

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January 7, 2019
Aug 07

FLORA FROM FĂRĂGĂU AREA (MUREŞ COUNTY) AS POTENTIAL SOURCE OF MEDICINAL PLANTS

Silvia OROIAN 1*, Mihaela SĂMĂRGHIŢAN 2
1 Department of Pharmaceutical Botany, University of Medicine and Pharmacy of Tîrgu Mureş, Romania
2 Mureş County Museum, Department of Natural Sciences, Tîrgu Mureş, Romania

The aim of this study was to identify a potential source of medicinal plant from Transylvanian Plain. Also, the paper provides information about the hayfields floral richness, a great scientific value for Romania and Europe. The study of the flora was carried out in several stages: 2005-2008, 2013, 2017-2018. In the studied area, 397 taxa were identified, distributed in 82 families with therapeutic potential, represented by 164 medical taxa, 37 of them being in the European Pharmacopoeia 8.5. The study reveals that most plants contain: volatile oils (13.41%), tannins (12.19%), flavonoids (9.75%), mucilages (8.53%) etc. This plants can be used in the treatment of various human disorders: disorders of the digestive system, respiratory system, skin disorders, muscular and skeletal systems, genitourinary system, in gynaecological disorders, cardiovascular, and central nervous sistem disorders. In the study plants protected by law at European and national level were identified: Echium maculatum, Cephalaria radiata, Crambe tataria, Narcissus poeticus ssp. radiiflorus, Salvia nutans, Iris aphylla, Orchis morio, Orchis tridentata, Adonis vernalis, Dictamnus albus, Hammarbya paludosa etc.

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/abmj-2018-0007

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August 7, 2018
Jul 27

PHARMACO-BOTANICAL MAPPING AND EVALUATION OF THE MEDICINAL FLORA – POTENCIAL ALONG THE NIRAJ AND TÂRNAVA MICĂ RIVERS

Zsolt NAGY 1
1 Department of Horticulture, Faculty of Technical and Human Sciences, Sapientia Hungarian University of Transylvania, Târgu Mureș, Romania

This study offers the partial results of the botanical studies, botanical cartography, and the evaluation of the medicinal flora potential in the ROSCI0297 Natura 2000 area (Dealurile Târnavei Mici – Bicheș). From March 4th, 2016 to March 3th, 2017, in a 1000 ha sample area and a 34 days long fieldwork the specific location of 101 officially applied medicinal plant species was identified and mapping was achieved. Simultaneously, 26 medicinal plant analogues, 300 other valuable taxa (e. g. plants under protection, rare orchids etc.), and the cartography of invasive plants were documented. Another important result of the first year is the identification, listing and analysis of the reshaping, influential and impairing factors of the vegetation and habitats.

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/abmj-2018-0005

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July 27, 2018
Jun 21

THE CHARACTERISTIC MEDICINAL PLANTS OF DIFFERENT VEGETATION TYPES FROM THE NIRAJ VALLEY, ROMANIA

Erzsébet DOMOKOS 1*, Beáta CSIZMADIA 1, Tímea ELEKES 1, Andrea Krisztina KÁRP 1, József DOMOKOS 2
1 Department of Fundamental Pharmaceutical Sciences, Discipline of Pharmaceutical Botany, University of Medicine and Pharmacy of Tîrgu Mureș, Romania
2 Department of Electrical Engineering, Faculty of Technical and Human Sciences, Sapientia University, Tîrgu Mureș, Romania

In this study the medicinal plants of some representative vegetation types from a human-modified Eastern European landscapes were investigated. The studied territory is part of a Special Protection Area for bird species. The following sampling areas were included in the study: humid grasslands; mountain hay meadows; semi-natural dry grasslands; Sub-pannonic steppic grasslands; fringe communities of mesothermophilic forest edges; grey willow scrubs; thickets of willow; forests of white willow; hornbeam-beech, oak-hornbeam, and sessile oak forests; scrubs of blackthorn and hawthorn; Subcontinental peri-Pannonic scrubs. The ordering of medicinal plants on the basis of presence/absence data and the abundance data presented the grouping in the following typical communities: to the deciduous forests, to the coppices and scrubs, and to the grasslands and meadows. A total of 208 medicinal plants were found from which 37 species are included in the European Pharmacopoeia, and 13 in the Romanian Pharmacopoeia. The existing list of medicinal plants of the Niraj Valley in the scientific literature was completed with 33 taxa. The medicinal plants containing tannins (18.93%) were in higher percentage followed by those with essential oils (10.68%), flavonoids (10.68%), saponins (9.71%), alkaloids (7.77%), mucilages (6.80%), coumarins (5.34%). However rational (sustainable) exploitation of these natural resources is necessary.

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/abmj-2018-0002

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June 21, 2018