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Ethnobotanical survey of three members of family Lamiaceae among the inhabitants of Bejaia, Northern Algeria

  • Nabyla Khaled-Khodja , Fatiha Brahmi EMAIL logo , Khodir Madani and Lila Boulekbache-Makhlouf
Published/Copyright: December 25, 2020

Abstract

Background

This paper presents the uses of Calamintha nepeta, Teucrium flavum and Thymus numidicus in food and in traditional herbal medicines in six districts from Bejaia state, Northern Algeria.

Materials

A semi-structured interview was conducted to 52 informants, including questions on the demographic data of the informants and uses of the three medicinal plants to determine the alimentary and the medicinal uses of these plants in Bejaia state.

Results

The demographic data of the informants indicate that rural participants are the principal consumers of medicinal plants. Data regarding experience of medicinal plants preparation show that 36.5% was confined to the experienced informants, while 63.5% of the informants were inexperienced. Women used medicinal plants more frequently than men; it is recorded that there were 42.3% male informants and 57.7% female informants. Studied plants were used for curing a total of 10 diseases. Also, C. nepeta and T. numidicus were applied as condiment in food, but T. flavum was found to have no food uses in all districts.

Conclusion

Bejaia district is rich in biodiversity of food and medicinal plants and there is need for further studies to validate their use as potential drugs.

Acknowledgments

We address our thanks to the Dr Elsebai Mahmoud Fahmi from the Mansoura University (Egypt) for English language editing. We also thank everyone who helped us in the realization of this survey.

  1. Author contributions: All the authors have accepted responsibility for the entire content of this submitted manuscript and approved submission.

  2. Research funding: None declared.

  3. Employment or leadership: None declared.

  4. Honorarium: None declared.

  5. Competing interests: The funding organization(s) played no role in the study design; in the collection, analysis, and interpretation of data; in the writing of the report; or in the decision to submit the report for publication.

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Received: 2019-08-03
Accepted: 2019-11-17
Published Online: 2020-12-25

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