Contribution to the Knowledge of Rifian traditional medicine III: Phytotherapy of Diabetes in Chefchaouen province (North of Morocco)

Authors

  • A MERZOUKI Laboratoire d’Ethnobotanique, Dpt. de Biologie, Fac. des Sciences, Univ. Abdelmalek Essaâdi. 2121 Tétouan Maroc Botanica, Facultad de Farmacia, Campus de Cartuja, 18071 Granada Spain
  • F ED-DERFOUFI Département de Biologie, Faculté des Sciences Université Mohamed I Oujda Maroc
  • J MOLERO-MESA Botanica, Facultad de Farmacia, Campus de Cartuja, 18071 Granada Spain

Keywords:

Ethnobotany, Medicinal plants, Diabetes, Rif, Morocco

Abstract

Continuous and intensively ethnobotanical surveies were carried out in the Rif (North om Morocco) since 1992 withaims to study diferents aspects of Cannabis crops and recense flora with ethnobotanical interest. This paper deal withresults about plant species commonly used to treating diabets in three villages of Chefchaouen province. Analysed datacorrespond to a period from1995 to 1997. Thirty eight species from twenty four botanical families were catalogued withhypoglycemiant properties.

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2002-12-20

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MERZOUKI A, ED-DERFOUFI F, MOLERO-MESA J. Contribution to the Knowledge of Rifian traditional medicine III: Phytotherapy of Diabetes in Chefchaouen province (North of Morocco). Ars Pharm [Internet]. 2002 Dec. 20 [cited 2025 Jan. 15];44(1):59-67. Available from: https://revistaseug.ugr.es/index.php/ars/article/view/5125

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