Chaachouay N
Ait Laasri Massaghra El Kansera, Morocco
Posters & Accepted Abstracts: Altern Integr Med
Background: Since early times, the people of Morocco use medicinal and aromatic plants as traditional
medicine to heal different human ailments. However, little studies have been made in the past to properly
document and promote the traditional ethno medical knowledge.
Objective: This study was carried out in the Rif (North of Morocco), it aimed to establish the catalog of
medicinal plants and to identify medicinal and aromatic plant used by the local people to treat diseases,
together with the associated ethno medicinal knowledge.
Material and Methods: The ethno medical information collected was from 1000 local healers using semistructured
interviews, free listing and focus group. Family importance value (FIV), relative frequency of
citation (RFC), plant part value (PPV), fidelity level (FL) and informant consensus factor (ICF) were employed
in data analysis. Medicinal and aromatic plant were collected, identified and kept at the natural resources and
biodiversity laboratory, Ibn Tofail University, Kenitra.
Results: During the present study 290 medicinal plant species belonging to 74 families has been documented.
The most frequent ailments reported were osteoarticular diseases (ICF = 0.9818). The majority of the remedies
were prepared from decoction (38.6%). Leaves were the most frequently used plant part (PPV 0.364) and
Rosmarinus officinalis L. (RFC = 0.189) was the specie most commonly prescribed by local herbalists.
Conclusion: The results of this study showed the existence of indigenous ethno medicinal knowledge of
medicinal plants in the Moroccan Rif to treat diseases. Further research on phytochemical, pharmacological
and toxicological should be considered to discover new drugs from these documented plants.
E-mail: nour.chay@gmail.com
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