Traditional uses of some medicinal plants in Malatya (Turkey).

Ethnobotanical study on medicinal use of wild and cultivated plants in middle, south and west Bosnia and Herzegovina

In the present work the authors report the result of their food ethnobotanical researches, which have been carried out in Sicily during the last thirty years. Data concerning 188 wild species used in the traditional Sicilian cuisine are reported. The authors underline those species that are partially or completely unknown for their culinary use and they illustrate other species that local inhabitants suggested in the prevention or treatment of symptomatologies caused by a refined diet, poor in vegetables. These data want to contribute to avoid the loss of traditional knowledge on uses and recipes concerning wild food botanicals, and to encourage further studies for those species that have not yet been sufficiently researched in their food chemical and nutritional profile. These studies may also suggest new applications for a few botanicals in medico-nutritional fields. The work includes also a short review of the seaweeds and mushrooms traditionally gathered and consumed in Sicily.

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Wild food plants of popular use in Sicily.

The herbal market of Thessaloniki (N Greece) and its relation to the ethnobotanical tradition.

The hydrodistilled essential oils of the aerial parts of wild-growing Salvia sclarea originated from two localities in Greece were analyzed by GC-MS. Sixty-six compounds, representing 93.26−98.19% of the oils, were identified. Linalyl acetate (19.75−31.05%), linalool (18.46−30.43%), geranyl acetate (4.45−12.1%), and α-terpineol (5.08−7.56%) were the main components. The antifungal activity of the oil of one locality and of the main components, linalyl acetate and linalool, was evaluated in vitro against three soil-borne pathogens. Keywords: Salvia sclarea; GC-MS analysis; essential oil; linalool; linalyl acetate; antifungal activity; soil-borne pathogens

Katerina Katradi

Papers

Ethnobotanical survey of Zagori (Epirus, Greece), a renowned centre of folk medicine in the past