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An ethnopharmacologicalandhistoricalanalysisof “Dictamnus”, a Europeantraditionalherbalmedicine


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Title:
An ethnopharmacologicalandhistoricalanalysisof “Dictamnus”, a Europeantraditionalherbalmedicine
Authors:
MARTINEZ-FRANCES, VANESSA  
Rivera, D.
Heinrich, M
Obon, Concepcion  
Ríos, Segundo
Editor:
Elsevier
Department:
Departamentos de la UMH::Biología Aplicada
Issue Date:
2015-09
URI:
https://hdl.handle.net/11000/31001
Abstract:
Ethnopharmacologicalrelevanceandbackground: “Dictamnus” wasapopularnameforagroupofmedicinal herbaceousplantspeciesoftheRutaceaeandLamiaceae,whichsincethe4thcenturyhavebeenusedfor gynaecologicalproblemsandotherillnessesBCEandstillappearinnumerousethnobotanicalrecords. Aims: Thisresearchhasasfouroverarchingaims: Determiningthehistoricalevolutionofmedicalpreparationslabelled “Dictamnus” andthedifferent factorsaffectingthislong-standingherbaltradition. Decipheringanddifferentiatingthosemedicinalusesof “Dictamnus” whichstrictlycorrespondto Dictamnus (Rutaceae), fromthoseof Origanumdictamnus andotherLamiaceaespecies. Quantitativelyassessingthedependencefromherbalbooks,andpharmaceuticaltradition,ofmodern Dictamnus ethnobotanicalrecords. DeterminingwhetherdifferencesbetweenWesternandEasternEuropeexistwithregardstothe Dictamnusalbus usesinethnopharmacologyandethnomedicine. Methods: An exhaustivereviewofherbals,classicalpharmacopoeias,ethnobotanicalandethnopharma- cologicalliteraturewasconducted.Systematicanalysisofusesreportedwhichwerestandardizedac- cordingtoInternationalClassificationofDiseases – 10andmultivariateanalysisusingfactorial,hierarchical andneighbourjoiningmethodswasundertaken. Resultsanddiscussion: Thepopularconcept “Dictamnus” includes Origanumdictamnus L., Ballotapseudo- dictamnus (L.)Benth.and B. acetabulosa (L.)Benth.(Lamiaceae),aswellas Dictamnusalbus L. and D. his- panicus WebbexWillk.(Rutaceae),with86differenttypesofuses.Between1000and1700CEnumerous complexpreparationswith “Dictamnus” wereusedinthetreatmentof35differentpathologies.Onbio- geographicalgroundsthewidespread D. albus is afarmorelikelyprototypical “Dictamnus” thantheCretan endemic Origanumdictamnus. Howeverbothformintegralpartsofthe “Dictamnus” complex. Evidenceexistsforasufficientlylongandcoherenttraditionfor D. albus and D. hispanicus, usetotreat 47differentcategoriesofdiseases. Conclusions: Thisapproachisamodelforunderstandingtheculturalhistoryofplantsandtheirroleas resourcesforhealthcare. “Dictamnus” showshowtransmissionoftraditionalknowledgeaboutmateria medica,over26centuries,representsremarkablelevelsofdevelopmentandinnovation.Allthisleadusto callattentionto D. albus and D. hispanicus whicharehighlypromisingaspotentialherbaldrugleads.The nextstepsofresearchshouldbetosystematicallyanalysephytochemical,pharmacologicalandclinical evidenceandtodevelopsafety,pharmacologyandtoxicologyprofilesofthetraditionalpreparations.
Keywords/Subjects:
Dictamnus
WesternMediterranean
Ethnobotany
Ethnomedicine
History ofpharmacy
European herbalmedicine
Knowledge area:
CDU: Ciencias puras y naturales: Biología: Biología general y teórica
Type of document:
application/pdf
Access rights:
info:eu-repo/semantics/closedAccess
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jep.2015.09.011
Appears in Collections:
Artículos Biología Aplicada



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