Ethnomedicinal application of species from genus Thymus in the Pirot County (Southeastern Serbia)

Mаrković, Mаrijа; Pljevljakušić, Dejan; Nikolić, Biljana; Rakonjac, Ljubinko; Stаnkov-Jovаnović, Vesnа

doi:10.5937/leksir2040027m

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“…The questionnaire about knowledge and use of plants for medicinal purposes included inhabitants of 144 villages in four municipalities of Pirot District: Pirot, Babušnica, Bela Palanka and Dimitrovgrad. A total of 631 informants were surveyed, of which 337 were man, and 294 woman (Marković, 2019;Marković, Pljevljakušić, Kojičić, Cupara, 2020;Marković, Pljevljakušić, Nikolić, Rakonjac, Stankov Jovanović, 2020;Marković et al, 2021a,b;Marković, Pljevljakušić, Papović, Stankov Jovanović, 2022;Papović, Pljevljakušić, Marković, 2021;Stankov Jovanović, Šmelcerović, Smiljić, Ilić, Marković, 2018).…”

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Ethnobotanical use of plants from the genus Galium in the Pirot District

Marković,

Pljevljakušić,

Pančić

et al. 2023

Pirotski zbornik

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The subject of this paper was the investigation of the ethnobotanical application of plants from the genus Galium in the Pirot District (Southeastern Serbia). The study was conducted in the form of surveys among the rural population in four municipalities. The mentioned plant species from respondents were G. aparine, G. odoratum and G. verum. The use of G. odoratum against bile disease was mentioned. Both G. aparine and G. verum are used for the treatment of inflammation of the oral cavity. G. aparine is additionally useful for the treatment of cardiac diseases, and cancerous diseases. G. verum is also useful against fainting, hoarseness, kidney and bladder diseases, skin diseases, and diabetes. The mentioned ethnopharmacological uses of G. aparine, and uses of G. verum against fainting, inflammation of oral cavity, hoarseness, and diabetes, as well as the ritual use of G. verum against evil eye for women are different and new in presented investigation in comparison with previously conducted ethnobotanical studies in Serbia and Balkan Peninsula.

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Ethnobotanical use of plants from the genus Galium in the Pirot District

Marković,

Pljevljakušić,

Pančić

et al. 2023

Pirotski zbornik

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“…The questionnaire about knowledge and use of herbs included inhabitants of 144 villages in four municipalities: Pirot, Babušnica, Bela Palanka, and Dimitrovgrad. A total of 631 were surveyed, of which 337 were male, and 294 female (Marković, 2019;Marković, Pljevljakušić, Kojičić & Cupara, 2020;Marković, Pljevljakušić, Nikolić, Rakonjac & Stankov Jovanović 2020;Marković et al, 2021;Stankov Jovanović, Šmelcerović, Smiljić, Ilić, Marković, 2018).…”

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Ethnopharmacological application the plants from family Geraniaceae in the Pirot County

Papović¹,

Pljevljakušić²,

Mаrković³

2021

Pirotski zbornik

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The subject of this study was the study of the ethnopharmacological application of plants from family Geraniaceae in the Pirot County (Southeastern Serbia). The research was conducted in the form of surveys among the rural population in four municipalities: Pirot, Babušnica, Bela Palanka, and Dimitrovgrad. The analysis of the survey showed that the population of the County was used Erodium cicutarium (1 report), Geranium macrorrhizum (7 reports), Geranium robertianum (1 report), and Pelargonium graveolens (1 report) in the folk medicine for internal application. Erodium cicutarium was used against spasms in the abdomen of children (1 report), Geranium macrorrhizum against bronchitis (2 reports), diabetes (1 report), for rejuvenation (1 report), high blood pressure (2 reports), and Parkinson' s disease (1 report), and Pelargonium graveolens against diabetes (1 report). One respondent has mentioned the use of Geranium robertianum, but without the knowledge about its use. The results were compared with the results of previous ethnobotanical studies in neighboring regions. Our results about the applications of species from the family Geraniaceae are completely different from their ethnobotanical surveys in Serbia and the Balkan Peninsula.

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“…Plants from the genus Thymus are very polymorphous, represented in Serbia with 30 species and many subspecies, varieties, and forms (Marković et al, 2020c). According to Zarzuelo and Crespo (2002) species from the genus Thymus have been used since ancient times to treat respiratory systems' diseases.…”

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“…Productive cough and bronchitis (Matejić et al, 2020), Thymus pulegioides were used against cold, cough, and fever (Pieroni et al, 2011) and Thymus vulgaris was used in the treatment of respiratory disorders in general (Živković et al, 2020). Pirot County (Marković et al, 2020c) has determined the following plant taxa from the genus Thymus: Thymus longicaulis C. Presl., Thymus praecox Opiz.…”

Section: Thymus Spmentioning

confidence: 99%

The plants traditionally used for the treatment of respiratory infections in the Balkan Peninsula (Southeast Europe)

Mаrković¹,

Pljevljakušić²,

Matejić³

et al. 2022

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Our study's objective was to systematize knowledge and traditional usage of plants against respiratory infections among the population in Serbia, based on literature data, and compare these results with published ethnomedicinal studies conducted in other territories of Balkan region. The study aimed to produce a review that can be a basis for further investigation, which may eventually lead to anti-viral agents' development. The ethnobotanical surveys we comprised in this review include 18 localities dispersed across the Balkan Peninsula, including the rural regions of Greece, Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Serbia, and Montenegro. These surveys identified 213 plants from 57 families represented in the folk medicine of the studied region. The primary indications of reported plant taxa in ethnobotanical studies in the Balkan Peninsula were cough; common cold and cold prevention; pneumonia and pulmonary diseases, bronchitis, asthma, bronchial catarrh, chest pain; fever, headache, influenza; sore throat, laryngitis, pharyngitis, sinusitis, and inhalation; respiratory infections and respiratory diseases in general, and tuberculosis. Presented knowledge on the traditional use of plants against respiratory infections may serve as a basis and helpful guide for selecting plants that deserve new pharmacological and clinical studies, which may eventually lead to the development of efficient antimicrobial and anti-viral medicinal products.

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Ethnomedicinal application of species from genus Thymus in the Pirot County (Southeastern Serbia)

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References 12 publications

Ethnobotanical use of plants from the genus Galium in the Pirot District

Ethnobotanical use of plants from the genus Galium in the Pirot District

Ethnopharmacological application the plants from family Geraniaceae in the Pirot County

The plants traditionally used for the treatment of respiratory infections in the Balkan Peninsula (Southeast Europe)

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