Ethnobotanical survey on dandelion use in the western region of Algeria
Abstract
Introduction: Dandelion (Taraxacum officinale) is an edible and medicinal plant. We use the leaves, flowers and roots. The objective of this study is to show interest in the use of dandelion as a natural remedy in the primary treatment of serval pathologies.
Methods : An ethnobotanical survey of 1000 people in the western region of Algeria was conducted using a questionnaire.
Results: the obtained results from this study show that 60% of the population questioned prefer traditional medicine the majority of them use the plant in the medical field whose leaves and roots are most used. Infusion and maceration are the most usable methods for the preparation of the plant and administration is exclusively oral. Most users testify that the plant has significant efficacy with a percentage of 61%.
Conclusion :All this information constitutes a database to perform other research in vivo or in vitro to value this planton the therapeutic level.
Keywords : Taraxacum Officinale, traditional medicine, leaves, ethnobotanical study.
Keywords:
Taraxacum Officinale, traditional medicine, leaves, ethnobotanical study
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Identification of Dandelion Taraxacum officinale Leaves Components and Study Its Extracts Effect on Different Microorganisms. Journal of Al-Nahrain University; 2012; 15(3) :7-14
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[4] Katrin SchützReinholdCarleAndreasSchieber. Taraxacum—A review on its phytochemical and pharmacological profile. Journal of Ethnopharmacology, 2006 ; 107(3):313-323
[5] Coralie Bergeerault. Les plantes sauvages en gastronomie : précautions à prendre et risques d’intoxications par confusionsavec des plantes toxiques. Thèse de doctorat en Pharmacie. Université de Nantes. 2010.
[6] Eric Yarnell, ND, RH (AHG), Kathy Abascal, JD, RH (AHG). Dandelion (Taraxacum Officinale and T monogolicum). Integrative Medecine. 2009; 8(2).
[7] LIFA Fatma Zohra, LIFA Saoussane. L’Effet de l'extrait aqueux de Taraxacum officinale sur les paramètres lipidiques plasmatiques et tissulaires chez des rats rendus obèses par régime cafétéria. Université of Eloued. 2019; 572.01/097.
[8] Colle D, Arantes LP, Gubert P, Sônia Cristina Almeida da Luz, Margareth Linde Athayde, João Batista Teixeira Rocha, Félix Alexandre Antunes Soares. Antioxidant properties of Taraxacum officinale leaf extract are involved in the protective effect against hepatoxicity induced by acetaminophen in mice. J Med Food. 2012; 15(6):549-556. doi:10.1089/jmf.2011.0282
[9] Tettey, Ocloo, Augustine, Nagajyothi, Lee. Antioxidant Activity of Solvent Fractions of Taraxacum officinale (Dandelion) Leaves. Journal of Herbs Spices & Medicinal Plants 2014; 20(4). DOI: 10.1080/10496475.2013.871382
[10] M. Amin Mir, S.S. Sawhney, Manmohan Singh Jassal. Taraxacum officinale Herb as an Antiinflammatory Medicine. American Journal of Advanced Drug Delivery. ISSN 2321-547X 2015; 160-180.
[11] M. Amin Mir, S. S. Sawhney, M. M. S. Jassal. In-vitro antidiabetic studies of various extracts of Taraxacum officinale. The Pharma Innovation Journal 2015; 4(1):61-66.
[12] Bodeker C, Bodeker G, Ong CK, Grundy CK, Burford G, Shein K. WHO Global Atlas of Traditional, Complementary and Alternative Medicine. Geneva, Switzerland: World Health Organization. 2005.
[13] Sheezan Rasoo, Bharti Sharma, Taraxacum officinale: a high value less known medicinal plant. Annals of Plant Sciences, 2014; 3(12) :908-915.
[14] Fonyuy E Wirngo, Max N Lambert, Per B Jeppesen, The Physiological Effects of Dandelion (Taraxacum Officinale) in Type 2 Diabetes. Summer-Fall; 2016; 13(2-3):113–131.
[15] EMA (Ereupean Medecines Agency). Assessment report on Taraxacum Officinale Weber ex Wigg ; radix cum herba. Eur. Med. Agency, 2009 ; p.19.
[16] K Schütz, R Carle, A Schieber. Taraxacum- a review on its phytochimical and pharmacological profile. J. Ethnopharmacol, 2006; 107(3) :313-323.
[17] Pizzorno JE, Murray MT. Textbook of Natural Medicine. London: ChurchillLivingstone, 1999; 979-982.
[18] Chakurski I, Matev M, Koichev A, I Angelova, G Stefanov. Treatment of chronic colitis with an herbal combination of Taraxacum officinale, Hipericum perforatum, Melissa officinaliss, Calendula officinalis and Foeniculumvulgare [Article in Bulgarian]. Vutr Boles, 1981; 20 :51-54.
[19] Hu C, Kitts DD. Dandelion (Taraxacum officinale) flower extract suppresses bothreactive oxygen species and nitric oxideand prevents lipid oxidation in vitro.Phytomedicine, 2005; 12(8) :588-597
[20] Yasukawa K, Akihisa T, Inoue Y, Tamura T, Yamanouchi S, Takido M. Inhibitory effect of the methanol extracts from compositae plants on 12-O tetradecanoylphorbol-13-acetate-induced ear oedema in mice. Phytother Res, 1998; 12(7):484-487.
[21] Mohaddese Mahboubi, Mona Mahboubi, Hepatoprotection by dandelion (Taraxacum officinale) and mechanisms. Asian Pacific Journal of Tropical Biomedicine ; 2019; 10(1):1-10.
[22] Funke I, Melzig MF. Traditionally used plants in diabetes therapyphytotherapeutics as inhibitors of α- amylase activity. Braz J Pharmacognosy, 2006; 16:1-5.
[23] Racz-Kotilla E, Racz G, Solomon A. The action of Taraxacum officinale extracts on the body weight and diuresis of laboratory animals. Planta Med, 1974; 26:212-217.
[24] Blumenthal M, Busse WR, Goldberg A, Werner R., The Complete German Commission E Monographs: Therapeutic Guide to Herbal Medicines. Austin: American Botanical Council and Boston: Integrative Medicine Communications. 1998.
[25] Muhammad Shoaib Akhtar, Qaiser Mahmood Khan, Tanweer Khaliq (1985)
Identification of Dandelion Taraxacum officinale Leaves Components and Study Its Extracts Effect on Different Microorganisms. Journal of Al-Nahrain University; 2012; 15(3) :7-14
[26] Bekhaled I, Benalia A, Mehida H, Meziani S, Tarfaoui L, Djjebar AA, Mai AH, Bensaid I, Demmouche A. Evaluation of the Acute Toxicity of Dandelion (Taraxacum officinale) Roots, Journal of Drug Delivery and Therapeutics. 2020; 10(3):159-163.
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Bekhaled I, Benalia A, Mehida H, Meziani S, Tarfaoui L, Djebbar AA, Demmouche A. Ethnobotanical survey on dandelion use in the western region of Algeria. JDDT [Internet]. 15Nov.2020 [cited 20May2024];10(6):86-0. Available from: https://jddtonline.info/index.php/jddt/article/view/4564
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