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Use of medicinal plants in the South-Eastern area of the Partenio Regional Park (Campania, Southern Italy)
No full textEthnopharmacological relevance: This study documents the pharmaceutical importance of plant resources in the South-Eastern area of the Partenio Regional Park (PRP), inland Campania, Avellino province. This is reflected in the great diversity of plants used for medicinal purposes as well as in their wide range of medicinal applications.
Materials and methods: In order to collect information on medicinal plants used in the investigated area and to maximize the collection of local knowledge, informants were randomly contacted in the streets, squares and fields. Data were collected through both open and semi-structured interviews with native people between April 2012 and April 2013.
Results: The study recorded 87 plant species belonging to 76 genera and 35 families used as medicine for treating various diseases, both human and veterinary. Herbs represent the majority (56 species), followed by trees (18) and shrubs (13). Among the recorded plants, leaves were the most frequently used and topic use is the most common remedy. Cough is the most treated human disease followed by wounds healing.
Conclusion: The investigated area is endowed with a strong tradition of herbal medicine usage for primary healthcare (PHC). The preservation of this knowledge is due to the continued use of plants for PHC by the local community. This is due to the fact that in the study area still exists an oral tradition that allows the persistence of such information. Recovering ancient knowledge is very important for preserving ethno-biodiversity and to discover new entities for a further evaluation of their biological activity
L'allestimento nell'Orto Botanico di Napoli di un'area espositiva destinata ai non vedenti.
No full textEffects of ACTH and corticosteroids on phenylethanolamine-N-methyltransferase (PNMT) expression as determined by immunocytochemical localization in the adrenal gland of the lizard Podarcis sicula
No full textThis study was undertaken to investigate whether, in the lizard Podarcis sicula, the expression of adrenaline synthesizing enzyme phenylethanolamine-N-methyltransferase (PNMT) is influenced by variations in corticosteroid levels. Adrenal glands of specimens treated with ACTH or corticosteroids were collected and stained with avidin-biotin complex (ABC) and immunogold techniques, for light and electron microscopical observations, respectively. In non treated specimens, positive staining was mainly confined to the catecholamine containing cells (adrenaline cells), located closer to the steroidogenic ones. In treated specimens, instead, positive staining was found in all the cells of the chromaffin portion of the gland (adrenaline and noradrenaline cells). Immunoelectron microscopy confirmed the distribution of immunoreactive cells observed at the light microscope. These results support the hypothesis that corticosteroids regulate PNMT expression in reptilian adrenal glands similarly to what occurs in mammals
Conservation ex situ and exhibition of wild food plants of the Campania region (Italy) in Naples Botanical Garden.
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Le piante medicinali nella storia: nuovi criteri espositivi nell'Orto Botanico di Napoli.
No full textAttualmente, nello svolgimento delle attività didattiche l’Orto Botanico di Napoli manifesta l’intento di adottare nuovi criteri espositivi per richiamare un numero sempre crescente di visitatori. In tale ottica, nell’area denominata Sezione Sperimentale delle Piante Officinali, che ospita in coltivazione specie usate dall’uomo per scopi diversi, è stato recentemente realizzato un nuovo settore secondo criteri diversi da quelli tradizionali. Tale zona, dedicata alle piante medicinali, è stata progettata e realizzata secondo un criterio storico-temporale considerando le farmacopee delle tradizioni mediche più consolidate
A comparative study of sulphur content of some Allium L. species
No full textL’aglio è stato usato universalmente in medicina popolare per curare un’ampia gamma di patologie. Sebbene Allium sativum è la specie comunemente usata, è noto che altre specie di Allium sono state usate come suoi sostituti nel passato. Questo lavoro ha riguardato la comparazione di estratti di bulbi di aglio comune con quelli di altre specie quali A. subhirsutum, A. pendulinum, A. roseum e A. triquetrum; in particolare, è stato paragonato il diverso contenuto di composti solforati utilizzando la tecnica della cromatografia su strato sottile. I risultati hanno evidenziato che l’utilizzo delle su citate specie non è privo di fondamento scientifico
Ethnobotanical investigation on medicinal plants in the Vesuvio National Park (Campania, Southern Italy)
No full textThis paper illustrates the results of an ethnobotanical study carried out in the Vesuvio National Park (VNP) (Campania, Southern Italy). It describes the medicinal uses of the plants in an ancient area rich in ethnobiodiversity investigated for the first time.
The main aim of the study was to understand at what extent current knowledge on medicinal plant uses is still alive in VNP.
The informations were collected using semi-structured and unstructured interviews performed on 136 persons living in the investigated area from March to November 2014 and from April to October 2015. Local plant uses were listed and analyzed in a table and compared with uses in other localities in Italy and in other regions of the Mediterranean basin.
In VNP were recorded a total number of 132 plant species, belonging to 110 genera and 51 families mentioned for medicinal purposes. Among the recorded 132 plant species, 70 are spontaneous or subspontaneous and 62 are cultivated above all in the kitchen gardens or in the apartments, as food or as ornamental. The investigated plants were used to cure 116 different human health diseases and 4 veterinary problems. The majority of plants are used in the treatment of gastrointestinal, skin and respiratory problems.
The number of medicinal plants reported in this paper reflects a well-preserved traditional popular knowledge (TPK) of the elderly people living in the rural areas and in the small villages of VNP.
The conservation of TPK is owed to the persistence of an oral tradition that safeguard the use of plants as herbal medicine. We realized that while the use of some wild plants is decreasing, people continue to gather some cultivated and invasive plants for preparing remedies. Researches like this are necessary to protect ancient memories, to promote the transfer of information to the younger generations, to preserve ethno-biodiversity and to provide a starting point fur further biochemical investigations on medicinal entities
The collection of Brendel Botanical Models at the Botanical Garden of Naples, Italy
Full text linkThe Botanical Garden of Naples has a collection of papier-mâché models that reproduce plant structures, whole plants, or fungi. They are known as Brendel Models, named after the German Company that built and supplied them to the Botanical Garden in the early nineteenth century. For their state of decay, due to time and continuous use for educational purposes, the models have undergone recovery interventions. Given their historical and artistic interest, and in order to preserve them, the models are no longer used today. In order not to completely lose such a cultural heritage for didactics, a CD-ROM has been created which includes, for each species reproduced by the models, photos in nature of the plants represented and didactic cards re-porting all the useful information for the use of models in computer mode
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