<abstract xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><p>In this study the medicinal plants of some representative vegetation types from a human-modified Eastern European landscapes were investigated. The studied territory is part of a Special Protection Area for bird species. The following sampling areas were included in the study: humid grasslands; mountain hay meadows; semi-natural dry grasslands; Sub-pannonic steppic grasslands; fringe communities of mesothermophilic forest edges; grey willow scrubs; thickets of willow; forests of white willow; hornbeam-beech, oak-hornbeam, and sessile oak forests; scrubs of blackthorn and hawthorn; Subcontinental peri-Pannonic scrubs. The ordering of medicinal plants on the basis of presence/absence data and the abundance data presented the grouping in the following typical communities: to the deciduous forests, to the coppices and scrubs, and to the grasslands and meadows. A total of 208 medicinal plants were found from which 37 species are included in the European Pharmacopoeia, and 13 in the Romanian Pharmacopoeia. The existing list of medicinal plants of the Niraj Valley in the scientific literature was completed with 33 taxa. The medicinal plants containing tannins (18.93%) were in higher percentage followed by those with essential oils (10.68%), flavonoids (10.68%), saponins (9.71%), alkaloids (7.77%), mucilages (6.80%), coumarins (5.34%). However rational (sustainable) exploitation of these natural resources is necessary.</p></abstract>

In this study the medicinal plants of some representative vegetation types from a human-modified Eastern European landscapes were investigated. The studied territory is part of a Special Protection Area for bird species. The following sampling areas were included in the study: humid grasslands; mountain hay meadows; semi-natural dry grasslands; Sub-pannonic steppic grasslands; fringe communities of mesothermophilic forest edges; grey willow scrubs; thickets of willow; forests of white willow; hornbeam-beech, oak-hornbeam, and sessile oak forests; scrubs of blackthorn and hawthorn; Subcontinental peri-Pannonic scrubs. The ordering of medicinal plants on the basis of presence/absence data and the abundance data presented the grouping in the following typical communities: to the deciduous forests, to the coppices and scrubs, and to the grasslands and meadows. A total of 208 medicinal plants were found from which 37 species are included in the European Pharmacopoeia, and 13 in the Romanian Pharmacopoeia. The existing list of medicinal plants of the Niraj Valley in the scientific literature was completed with 33 taxa. The medicinal plants containing tannins (18.93%) were in higher percentage followed by those with essential oils (10.68%), flavonoids (10.68%), saponins (9.71%), alkaloids (7.77%), mucilages (6.80%), coumarins (5.34%). However rational (sustainable) exploitation of these natural resources is necessary.

The Characteristic Medicinal Plants of Different Vegetation Types from the Niraj Valley, Romania

Department of Fundamental Pharmaceutical Sciences, Discipline of Pharmaceutical Botany

University of Medicine and Pharmacy of Tîrgu Mureș

Department of Electrical Engineering, Faculty of Technical and Human Sciences

Acta Biologica Marisiensis

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In this study the medicinal plants of some representative vegetation types from a human-modified Eastern European landscapes were investigated. The studied...

The Characteristic Medicinal Plants of Different Vegetation Types from the Niraj Valley, Romania

Published Online: Jun 08, 2020

Page range: 10 - 17

Received: May 15, 2018

Accepted: Jun 15, 2018

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/abmj-2018-0002

Keywords
medicinal plants, Niraj River, Jaccard index, Bray-Curtis index, indicator value, traditional medicine, active principles

© 2018 Erzsébet Domokos et al., published by Sciendo

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 3.0 License.

The Characteristic Medicinal Plants of Different Vegetation Types from the Niraj Valley, Romania

Published Online: Jun 08, 2020

Page range: 10 - 17

Received: May 15, 2018

Accepted: Jun 15, 2018

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/abmj-2018-0002

Keywordsmedicinal plants, Niraj River, Jaccard index, Bray-Curtis index, indicator value, traditional medicine, active principles

© 2018 Erzsébet Domokos et al., published by Sciendo

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 3.0 License.

Keywords
medicinal plants, Niraj River, Jaccard index, Bray-Curtis index, indicator value, traditional medicine, active principles