Traditional phytotherapy in the Agri Valley, Lucania, Southern Italy

Traditional plant use in the areas of Monte Vesole and Ascea, Cilento National Park (Campania, Southern Italy)

“…The results of the present study are compared with ethnobotanical data from other regions of Campania and Italy: Southern Italy (Antonone et al, 1988;Barone, 1963;Capasso et al, 1982;De Feo and Senatore, 1993;De Feo et al, 1992;Leporatti and Pavesi, 1989;Pieroni and Heinrich, 2002;Pieroni et al, 2002aPieroni et al, , 2002b, Tuscany (Camangi Fig. 2.…”

“…Other studies have however been conducted in adjacent regions of the National Park, i.e. in the Campania region (Antonone et al, 1988;De Feo and Senatore, 1993;De Feo et al, 1992), in the Calabria region (Barone, 1963;Leporatti and Pavesi, 1989), and in the Basilicata region (Capasso et al, 1982;Pieroni and Heinrich, 2002;Pieroni et al, 2002aPieroni et al, , 2002b. The latter studies from Basilicata emphasize the continuum of traditional food and medicinal plants, and evaluate the antioxidant and antiinflammatory properties of some of the plant compounds.…”

Folk phytotherapeutical plants from Maratea area (Basilicata, Italy)

“…This geographic area was never fully investigated during previous ethnobotanical studies (Caneva et al, 1997b;Pieroni et al, 2002a,b;Pieroni and Heinrich, 2002) and fewer still ethnobotanical investigations into other regions of southern Italian Peninsula (Capasso et al, 1982;Antonone et al, 1988;De Feo et al, 1991, 1992De Feo and Senatore, 1993). The present research site is located in the Potenza district, between the regions of Campania to the north and of Calabria to the south, including roughly 30 km of coastline, and lying between the two national parks of Cilento and Mt.…”

Medicinal and useful plants in the tradition of Rotonda, Pollino National Park, Southern Italy

“…Within the sphere of research aimed at producing a census of the heritage of usage and folk traditions of useful plants, which today disappear due to an increasing technological lifestyle, ethnobotanical inquiries have been conducted in different parts of Southern Italy, with the purpose of gathering information on traditional medicinal use of plants. In fact, Basilicata Region results partially investigated and some reports on ethnobotanical research are available for this region [5-13]: in particular, a previous study of flora, vegetation and spontaneous food plants underlined the still low industrial and urban impact upon the area of study, considered a good source of information for ethnobotanical applications typical in the central Mediterranean area [14]. …”