Lucia Viegi1, Kamel Ghedira2. 1. Department of Biology, Botany Unit, Pisa University, Via L. Ghini, 13, 56126 Pisa, Italy. 2. Université de Monastir, Faculté de Pharmacie, Laboratoire de Pharmacognosie, Unité de Recherche "Substances naturelles bioactives et biotechnologie (UR12 ES12)", Rue Avicenne, 5000 Monastir, Tunisie.
Abstract
BACKGROUND: A survey relative to the use of plants for the cure of animals in Tunisia was conducted in order to make a comparison with the same species (or similar ones) in central and southern Italy. MATERIALS AND METHODS: available bibliographical data both for Italy and for Tunisia were consulted. RESULTS: Thirty-nine plants, representing 22 families, used in Tunisia in ethnoveterinary medicine were reported, and comparisons made with close species used in Central and Southern Italy. Seven of the 39 species (about the 18% of the total) are not present in Italian flora. Fourteen of the 39 species (35% of the total) are also used in Italy. Camelidae (dromedaries and camels) are the most valuable types of domestic animals cured in Tunisia, but ovines, horses, bulls, dogs are also treated. Some uses coincide with those existing in different Italian regions. The plants used are the most common and most easily found in these areas. CONCLUSION: The present study confirms the convergence in ethnoveterinary medicine between Tunisia and Italy, even if it appears less significant than in human ethnobotany. Further studies are required in areas of Tunisia that have not yet been studied, in order to get the possibility of an evaluation of active compounds.
BACKGROUND: A survey relative to the use of plants for the cure of animals in Tunisia was conducted in order to make a comparison with the same species (or similar ones) in central and southern Italy. MATERIALS AND METHODS: available bibliographical data both for Italy and for Tunisia were consulted. RESULTS: Thirty-nine plants, representing 22 families, used in Tunisia in ethnoveterinary medicine were reported, and comparisons made with close species used in Central and Southern Italy. Seven of the 39 species (about the 18% of the total) are not present in Italian flora. Fourteen of the 39 species (35% of the total) are also used in Italy. Camelidae (dromedaries and camels) are the most valuable types of domestic animals cured in Tunisia, but ovines, horses, bulls, dogs are also treated. Some uses coincide with those existing in different Italian regions. The plants used are the most common and most easily found in these areas. CONCLUSION: The present study confirms the convergence in ethnoveterinary medicine between Tunisia and Italy, even if it appears less significant than in human ethnobotany. Further studies are required in areas of Tunisia that have not yet been studied, in order to get the possibility of an evaluation of active compounds.
Authors: Diego Rivera; Alonso Verde; José Fajardo Rodríguez; Segundo Ríos; Francisco Alcaraz; Carlos Cárceles; Juana Ortíz; Arturo Valdés; Jose Reyes Ruíz-Gallardo; Aida García-Flores; José Antonio Palazón; Concepción Obón Journal: Front Vet Sci Date: 2022-05-03
Authors: Hanae Naceiri Mrabti; Naoual El Menyiy; Saoulajan Charfi; Mohammed Saber; Saad Bakrim; Reema A Alyamani; Abdur Rauf; Ahmed M H Ali; Emad M Abdallah; Naserddine El Omari; Abdelhakim Bouyahya; Hamza Assaggaf Journal: Biomed Res Int Date: 2022-05-24 Impact factor: 3.246