| traditional antihelmintic, antiparasitic and repellent uses of plants in central italy. | the uses of 51 plants of marche, abruzzo and latium, distributed in 28 families, are listed here. memories and news of continued use of the plants in these sectors were collected from farmers and shepherds in person (mostly old people). the plants most frequently used as antiparasitics and repellents are juglans regia, lupinus albus, ruta graveolens, fraxinus ornus, datura stramonium, artemisia absinthium, allium cepa, while r. graveolens, cucurbita maxima, a. absinthium, allium sativum are the ... | 1999 | 10624877 |
| traditional phytotherapy in central italy (marche, abruzzo, and latium). | in this study, the more significant results of extensive ethnopharmacobotanical research carried out by the author in the years 1977-2000 in 175 localities of three regions of central italy (marche, abruzzo, and latium) have been reported and compared. the usages of 80 species belonging to 36 families are described, of which 71 were used in human therapy and 29 in veterinary medicine. uses are suited with the number of localities in which they have been mentioned. among the wild plant mainly sti ... | 2005 | 15664457 |
| ethnophytotherapeutical research in the high molise region (central-southern italy). | in the years 2003-2005 research was carried out concerning ethno-medicine in the high molise (central- southern italy), a region that has been the object of very little investigation from the ethnobotanical point of view. upper molise is a continuation of the mountain profiles of the abruzzi appenines: a series of hills, steep slopes and deep fluvial valleys making communications difficult. primordial traditions (e.g. harvest feasts) are typical of the region. | 2008 | 18334029 |