Ethnopharmacological and Ethnobotanical study of Medicinal plants in the High Atlas Central, Morocco ﺔﺳاردﻟا ﺔﯾﺟوﻟوﻛﻣرﻓوﻧﺛﯾﻹا ﻹاو ﺔﯾﺟوﻟوﺑوﻧﺛ تﺎﺗﺎﺑﻧﻠﻟ ﺔﯾﺑطﻟا ﻲﻓ سﻠطﻷا طﺳوﺗﻣﻟا رﯾﺑﻛﻟا برﻐﻣﻠﻟ . Souad Belhaj, Jamila Dahmani, Nadia Belahbib, Lahcen Zidane Databases and Inventoiries Ceratonia siliqua L. and diabetic diseases such as Anthemis nobilis L., Euphorbia resinifera Berg. Abstract These diseases are mainly cured using leaves of the plants cited. The predominant preparation method is decoction. Background: This ethnobotanical and ethnopharmacological study was conducted in the Correspondence High Atlas Central of Morocco. Its aim is to promote the use of medicinal plants through the realisation of 1* 2 an inventory of these plants and their therapeutic Souad Belhaj , Jamila Dahmani , Nadia 2 1 uses in this region. Belahbib , Lahcen Zidane 1 Methods: The ethnopharmacological surveys Department of Biology, UFR: Biodiversity and conducted in the field from 2015 to 2017 have Natural Resources Laboratory, IbnTofail University, allowed filling 1192 questionnaires. Information was PB 133, 14000, Kenitra Faculty of Science, Morocco 2 collected by an ethnobotanical and a floristic survey Department of Biology, Botanical, Biotechnology with using open-ended and semi-structured and Plant Protection Laboratory, IbnTofail University, interviews. Data were analyzed using ANOVA and PB 13314000, Kenitra Faculty of Science, Morocco Student's t test; Quantitative ethnobotanical indices * such as Fidelity Level (FL), Relative Citation Corresponding Author: Frequency (RCF) Frequency (F), and Family
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