Ethnobotanical inventory of medicinal plants in Bulgaria

Ivancheva, S.; Stantcheva, B

doi:10.1016/s0378-8741(99)00129-4

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“…For the last three decades, many plants from the Bulgarian traditional medicine were investigated for their biological activity as potential sources of biologically active substances [26][27][28][29][30][31][32][33]. As a result of the conducted studies, the Bulgarian medicinal plants are characterized to content various biologically active compounds, which determine their wide and various applications.…”

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“…After the efficiency of this healing was proved to excel the efficiency of all other remedies used in the therapy of Parkinson's disease, Raev's method was universally recognized under the name of Cura bulgara (Bulgarian healing). The medicinal plants from the families Asteraceae, Lamiaceae and Poaceae have a most common usage [9]. An original Bulgarian herbal drug, Leucojum aestivum, is used in the long-term treatment of mild and moderate degenerative diseases such as dementia and others of the peripheral nervous system [34].…”

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“…Herbal utilization in Bulgaria has a long tradition [7]. This traditional knowledge has been documented during the [19][20] th centuries by naturalists, folklorists, physicians, and others [8] and is currently an object of interest for national and foreign scientists [9][10][11][12][13]. More than 70 species of medicinal plants are included in The Red Data Book of Bulgaria and are protected by law.…”

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A Review of the Medicinal Plants in Bulgaria – Collection, Storage, and Extraction Techniques

Popova

Mihaylova

2018

Asian J Pharm Clin Res

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Objective: As old as humankind itself, plants have been used as a source of flavor, food preservatives, natural remedies, and ailments. As a part of human culture, medicinal plants are recognized for their healing properties, and the plant knowledge has successfully been transferred from generations to present days. Since natural ingredients enhance safety, medicinal plants' significance is constantly gaining interest because of the therapeutic phytochemicals that they contain. Methods and Results:The paper offers summarized information about the collection, storage, and extraction practices used in Bulgaria. A brief information regarding the distribution of the medicinal plants of the Bulgarian dendroflora is provided along with a review of the biological activities possessed. The various applications in the traditional and folk medicine are presented. Conclusion:Sustainable usage of medicinal plants plays a crucial to their conservation and increased healing potency. Thus, this paper reviews and emphasizes on the optimal collection, harvesting, and extracting approaches of medicinal plants.

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A Review of the Medicinal Plants in Bulgaria – Collection, Storage, and Extraction Techniques

Popova

Mihaylova

2018

Asian J Pharm Clin Res

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“…His books have gone into numerous editions, the last one after his death (Dimkov, 2001). The last decades ethno botanical research was performed both by national and foreign scientists (Ivancheva and Stantcheva, 2000;Leporatti and Ivancheva, 2003;Nedelcheva, 2009;Nedelcheva and Dogan, 2009).…”

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Ethnobotanical records of not yet documented therapeutic effects of some popular Bulgarian medicinal plants

Kozuharova

Benbassat

Getov

2014

Emir. J. Food Agric

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Despite the existence of many relevant publications, and of reliable records of the traditional empiric data about medicinal plants in Bulgaria, over the last few years we found quite a lot of hitherto undocumented data about the healing properties of plants. In order to test the contemporary status of the traditional knowledge about medicinal plants, we performed the study as a Rapid Ethnobotanical Appraisal in the way of structured interview based on fixed questions namely what plants are used against certain health disorders. We therefore interviewed 183 people during the summer of 2011: some whom we knew to be particularly interested in medicinal plants and traditional ways of healing, and also a random sample of people of different ages. These subjects were all over l8. The survey was called "Granny had a cure for this." (or "Granny knew how to cure this.") In this paper we present data for remedial properties of popular medicinal plants which have not been documented in the literature yet -Pulsatilla pratensis -fresh leaves used as compress against exostoses, Sambucus ebulus -immature fresh leaves used for compress in case of exostoses, Primula veris -leaves infusion used against vertigo and Nepeta nuda -application of decoction internally against cystitis and prostate gland inflammation as well as externally against wounds and on the stock udder against mastitis. Comparative analysis of relevant studies was also done.

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“…13,14 An infusion prepared from the fruits of R. cathartica L. is used in Bulgarian folk medicine as an antiseptic for wounds. 15 In folk medicine in Bosnia and Herzegovina the bark of R. fallax is used to treat mange and skin diseases. 14 Previous chemical studies of Rhamnus species were mainly focused on anthranoides, due to their purgative effect.…”

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Rhamnus intermedia Steud. et Hochst. – a New Source of Bioactive Phytochemicals

Šamec¹,

Kremer²,

Grúz³

et al. 2012

Croat. Chem. Acta

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Abstract. Antioxidant capacity and various classes of phenolic antioxidants were quantified in leaf and bark methanol extracts of a medicinal plant, Rhamnus intermedia Steud. et Hochst., whose phytochemical composition is unknown. Three well-established assays were used to determine the antioxidant potency of the extracts: the Ferric Reducing/Antioxidant Power assay (FRAP), 2,2-diphenyl-1-picrylhydrazyl (DPPH) assay, and 2,2'-azinobis (3-ethylbenzthiazoline-6-sulphonic acid) (ABTS) assay, as well as oxygen radical absorbance capacity (ORAC) assay. Total phenol (TP, Folin-Ciocalteu assay), total flavonoid (TF, colorimetric assay with AlCl 3 ) and free phenolic acid (UPLC-MS/MS) content of extracts was quantified. In comparison to bark extracts, leaf extracts exhibited significantly higher TP and TF contents, as well as higher antioxidant capacity according to all four assays. Ten free phenolic acids were quantified in leaf extracts while six were detected in bark extracts. The most abundant phenolic acid in leaves was vanilic acid (1647.06 ± 79.35 μmol g -1 DW; DW, dry weight) while salycilic acid was the most concentrated in the bark (111.10 ± 14.14 μmol g -1 DW). (doi: 10.5562/cca1946)

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Ethnobotanical inventory of medicinal plants in Bulgaria

Cited by 111 publications

References 4 publications

A Review of the Medicinal Plants in Bulgaria – Collection, Storage, and Extraction Techniques

A Review of the Medicinal Plants in Bulgaria – Collection, Storage, and Extraction Techniques

Ethnobotanical records of not yet documented therapeutic effects of some popular Bulgarian medicinal plants

Rhamnus intermedia Steud. et Hochst. – a New Source of Bioactive Phytochemicals

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