Herbalists and wild medicinal plants in M'Sila (North Algeria): An ethnopharmacology survey

Malva: Food, Medicine and Chemistry

“…In most publications, this activity is mentioned or studied along with the antidiabetic activity. M. sylvestris is traditionally used for this matter (weight loss) in Iran, 101,103 and this use is not "very unusual and rarely mentioned," as Menale and Muoio indicated. 106 Modern research found a possible explanation for this potential activity of Malva species.…”

Antiurolithiatic Plants of Acanthaceae, Amaranthaceae, Amaryllidaceae, Anacardiaceae, Apocynaceae, Arecaceae, Asparagaceae, Aspleniaceae, Caesalpiniaceae, Capparidaceae, Caryophyllaceae, Chenopodiaceae, Cucurbitaceae, Cupressaceae, Ericaceae, Equisetaceae and Euphorbiaceae

“…Whole plant decoction ---Palestine [71] , Turkey [57] ; aerial parts decoction / infusion ---Algeria, Jordan [72,73] ; leaves / flowers decoction ---India, Palestine [7,11] . Palestine: Boil about 100g of dried plant in 100ml water.…”

Antihypertensive and vasorelaxant effects of aqueous extract of Artemisia campestris L. from Eastern Morocco

“…This plant is commonly used as antihypertensive (Boudjelal et al, 2013) besides to other common uses like antidiabetic (Bnouham et al, 2002;Boudjelal et al, 2013) diuretic (Benchelah et al, 2004;Ferchichi et al, 2006), emmenagogue (Benchelah et al, 2004;Hammiche and Maiza, 2006;Popović et al, 2012), against digestive (Djidel et al, 2009;Fakchich and Elachouri, 2014;Hammiche and Maiza, 2006;Leporatti and Ghedira, 2009) and cutaneous problems (Benítez et al, 2010;El Hassani et al, 2013), as febrifuge (Guarino et al, 2008), anthelmintic (Hammiche and Maiza, 2006;Popović et al, 2012). The overall of traditional uses and pharmacological studies of this plant were detailed in a review published by our team (Dib et al, 2016).…”