Screening pharmacologique de quelques plantes médicinales de la région de Sétif

Abstract

Despite the industrial development in the pharmaceutical field, the use of medicinal herbs didn’t decrease among the populations: this trigged the interest of scientists into finding the active compounds responsible for the efficiency of this kind of treatments. To ensure a coherent translation of this empiric knowledge into a scientific one, we proceeded with an ethnobotanical study over 24 town in SETIF province in which we sorted 53 species all put into an ethnobotanical and pharmacological repertory. The analysis of the 160 surveys revealed that women favorized phytotherapy (56%) essentially for therapeutical use (77%). Infusion was the most pharmaceutical method employed (46%) whereas leaves were the most common part used (44%) and the most cured affections were the digestive ones (29%). Nowadays, it’s at most important to preserve the transmission of this heritage assuring its association with modern science to guarantee a safe base for the use of phytotherapy in treatments.