Plant genetic resources and traditional knowledge on medicinal use of wild shrub and herbaceous plant species in the Etna Regional Park (Eastern Sicily, Italy)

Tuttolomondo, Teresa; Licata, Mario; Leto, Claudio; Gargano, Maria Letizia; Venturella, Giuseppe; Bella, Salvatore La

doi:10.1016/j.jep.2014.07.043

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“…Although there are some reports on the usage of R. canina leaf decoction as antimicrobial preparation, 11 there are no previous data regarding the antimicrobial activity of R. canina leaves which makes the results obtained in this study of great importance.…”

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confidence: 89%

“…8 Besides fruits in traditional Chinese medicine the leaves of some Rosa species are utilized in the treatment of carbuncles, furuncles and burns. In Etna regional park R. canina flower and leaf decoctions are applied in eye infections as an eye wash. 11 Lately there have been a growing number of studies around Rosa species that have confirmed some of the mentioned uses. 10 Recent ethnobotanical studies revealed the use of R. canina leaves in some other parts of the world.…”

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Rosa canina L. – new possibilities for an old medicinal herb

Živković¹,

Stojković

Petrović

et al. 2015

Food Funct.

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Health beneficial properties of Rosa canina species are mainly attributed to rose hips, while the leaves are usually discarded as waste. In the present study we investigated chemical constituents as well as antimicrobial and antibiofilm potential of R. canina methanolic leaf extract. Chemical analysis showed that dominant phenolic compounds are quercetin and isorhamnetin derivatives (isoquercetin and isorhamnetin-3-O-rutinoside). Among the tested bacteria, Pseudomonas aeruginosa and Salmonella typhimurium were the most susceptible to the activity of R. canina leaf extract with MIC and MBC values both 0.009 mg mL −1 . For most of the bacterial strains investigated the extract showed significantly higher activity compared to the used standard compounds streptomycin and ampicillin. Also the tested extract powerfully inhibited in vitro biofilm growth in Pseudomonas aeruginosa, Staphylococcus aureus, Leishmania monocytogenes and Escherichia coli at sub MIC-levels. With concentrations equal to 1/4 and 1/8 of MIC values biofilm growth of P. aeruginosa and E. coli was inhibited by 90%. The obtained results are significant for a wider and efficient use of R. canina leaves.

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Section: Introductionmentioning

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Rosa canina L. – new possibilities for an old medicinal herb

Živković¹,

Stojković

Petrović

et al. 2015

Food Funct.

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“…juncea is used in some countries of southern, SE and SW Europe: the leaves are used in the treatment of nephrolithiasis and abdominal pains (Polat and Satil, 2012), a decoction from the flowers helps treat liver diseases (Tuttolomondo et al, 2014), fresh latex is applied externally to treat haemorrhaging (González et al, 2010), while the young shoots are used as a salad in people's diet (Pieroni et al, 2002). However, in the Suva planina region, this plant has another use: tea made from the aerial parts of the plant is used as an anti-diarrhoeal, while the root is used externally to induce miscarriages.…”

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An ethnobotanical survey of traditionally used plants on Suva planina mountain (south-eastern Serbia)

Jarić

Mačukanović-Jocić

Djurdjević

et al. 2015

Journal of Ethnopharmacology

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“…The plant grows on dry meadows and stony and rocky slopes up to 1300 m above sea level. In the traditional medicine, A. alba has been considered as a mineralising agent and its leaves decoction was used to heal burns and contusions (Tuttolomondo et al 2014). Decoctions of aerial parts have been used as digestive and tonic (Rigat et al 2007).…”

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Phytochemical investigations on Artemisia alba Turra growing in the North-East of Italy

Peron

Baldan

Sut

et al. 2016

Natural Product Research

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Artemisia alba Turra (Asteraceae) is an Euro-Mediterranean plant used in Veneto (North-East of Italy) as traditional medicine for the treatment of various diseases. A. alba is a taxonomically problematic species, characterised by common polymorphism leading to a quite high variability in secondary metabolites content. Nonetheless, the phytochemical knowledge on its phytoconstituents, especially non-volatile components, is limited. In the present paper, the phytochemical composition of a tincture obtained from the aerial parts of A. alba growing in Veneto is presented. Extensive chromatographic separations led to the isolation of three new sesquiterpene derivatives, whose structures were elucidated by 1D and 2D NMR experiments and mass spectrometry. Furthermore, flavonoid composition and volatile constituents of the tincture of A. alba were preliminary studied by HPLC-MS and GC-MS, respectively.

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Plant genetic resources and traditional knowledge on medicinal use of wild shrub and herbaceous plant species in the Etna Regional Park (Eastern Sicily, Italy)

Cited by 36 publications

References 67 publications

Rosa canina L. – new possibilities for an old medicinal herb

Rosa canina L. – new possibilities for an old medicinal herb

An ethnobotanical survey of traditionally used plants on Suva planina mountain (south-eastern Serbia)

Phytochemical investigations on Artemisia alba Turra growing in the North-East of Italy

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