TY - JOUR
T1 - From ethnobotany to experimental research: the therapeutic properties of Sicilian hellebore
AU - Spadaro, Vivienne
AU - Raimondo, Francesco Maria
AU - Pasqualetti, Marcella
AU - Faqi, Ali Said
AU - Faqi, Ali Said
AU - Faqi, Ali' Said
PY - 2018
Y1 - 2018
N2 - Spadaro, V., Pasqualetti M., Faqi, A.S. & Raimondo F.M.: From ethnobotany to experimental research: the therapeutic properties of Sicilian hellebore . — Fl. Medit. 28: 247-252. 2018. — ISSN: 1120-4052 printed, 2240-4538 online. The Sicilian hellebore (Helleborus bocconei subsp. intermedius) is an endemic plant of the family Ranunculaceae from southern Italy and Sicily. This plant is known for the traditional use of dried rhizomes for treating pneumonia in domestic animals, cattle and horses in particular. In recent years, this plant was subject to various ethnobotanical, phytochemical, morpho-anatomical and mycological investigations. In addition, lately, was evaluated antibacterial activity of Chaetomium strumarium strain RR1, an endophytic ascomycete of this plant. On the whole, the different phases of this study are here reported and can be interrelated. However, they support our initial hypothesis, that the therapeutic effect of the hellebore’s rhizomes extract is due to metabolites reputedly produced by an endophytic fungus.
AB - Spadaro, V., Pasqualetti M., Faqi, A.S. & Raimondo F.M.: From ethnobotany to experimental research: the therapeutic properties of Sicilian hellebore . — Fl. Medit. 28: 247-252. 2018. — ISSN: 1120-4052 printed, 2240-4538 online. The Sicilian hellebore (Helleborus bocconei subsp. intermedius) is an endemic plant of the family Ranunculaceae from southern Italy and Sicily. This plant is known for the traditional use of dried rhizomes for treating pneumonia in domestic animals, cattle and horses in particular. In recent years, this plant was subject to various ethnobotanical, phytochemical, morpho-anatomical and mycological investigations. In addition, lately, was evaluated antibacterial activity of Chaetomium strumarium strain RR1, an endophytic ascomycete of this plant. On the whole, the different phases of this study are here reported and can be interrelated. However, they support our initial hypothesis, that the therapeutic effect of the hellebore’s rhizomes extract is due to metabolites reputedly produced by an endophytic fungus.
KW - Endemic plant
KW - Endophytic fungi
KW - Folk veterinary medicine
KW - Helleborus bocconei subsp. intermedius
KW - Plant Science
KW - Pneumonia
KW - Ranunculaceae
KW - Endemic plant
KW - Endophytic fungi
KW - Folk veterinary medicine
KW - Helleborus bocconei subsp. intermedius
KW - Plant Science
KW - Pneumonia
KW - Ranunculaceae
UR - http://hdl.handle.net/10447/338841
UR - http://www.herbmedit.org/flora/FL28_247-252.pdf
M3 - Article
VL - 28
SP - 247
EP - 252
JO - Flora Mediterranea
JF - Flora Mediterranea
SN - 1120-4052
ER -