Evaluation of the most commonly used medicinal plants purchased from the traditional markets of Semnan city, in order to identify plants that need protection

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1 Department of Plant Sciences, Faculty of Biology, Damghan University,, Damghan, Iran.

2 Department of Biology, Faculty of Science, University of Tehran, Tehran, Iran

10.22091/ethc.2023.9504.1001

Abstract

Today, due to the growing interest of people in medicinal plants, the information about these plants is increasing. Medicinal plant sellers are people who are directly in contact with medicinal plants and with knowledgeable and uninformed people in the field of medicinal plants. Therefore, they can play a prominent role in transmitting information about medicinal plants and methods of consumption, their properties, and introducing plants that need protection. to be in charge The results of this study showed that among the 14 medicinal plants sellers investigated in Semnan city, 57% of the sellers were male and in the age range of 30 to 40 years (43%). Most of them had a diploma (43%) and 57% had less than 5 years of experience in this profession. 43% of the sellers had the ancestral job of selling medicinal plants. A total of 70 plant species were introduced by the questionnaires, of which 36 plant species belonged to the Lamiaceae and Apiaceae families. Zireh is the most used plant. The people of Semnan city have mostly turned to medicinal plants sellers for the treatment of digestive problems. The aerial parts of the collected species, including leaves, flowers, seeds, and fruits, are mostly used, and the most common recommendation of sellers for how to use medicinal plants is boiling.

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