Diversity, Ecology and Therapeutic Properties of the Medicinal Plants in Ziban Region (Algeria)

Nouidjem Yassine,Hadjab Ramzi,Khammar Hichem,Merouani Sakina,Bensaci Etayeb

doi:10.35691/jbm.1202.0163

Abstract

With the aim to assess the floristic population diversity, distribution and therapeutic properties in the Ziban region (Algeria), a survey was conducted along two successive study years in the main area. The objective of this study was to contribute to the knowledge and description of this plant groups with exhaustive inventory spontaneous vegetation. In order to study the dynamics of medicinal plants, we used a quantitative method based essentially on the classic technique of linear surveys and floristic inventory using the minimum area method. The results showed that the floristic procession of medicinal plants is represented by 21 species belonging to the 13 families, with a total of 31 species for the 08 study stations, which represents 68% of the total procession. The results obtained showed that the overall recovery is higher at the Ain Ben Noui station with 69%, even if the clumps of Aristida pungens, Atractylis serratuloides and Atriplexhalimus are isolated and scattered. The lowest overall coverage at the Oumache station is less than 21%, as it is an area with sandy soils. The species that contribute most to the recovery of mobile sand accumulations is Astragalus armatus with a rate of 76.19% at the Ain Ben Noui station. Frequency results allowed us to say that Atriplex halimus and Zizyphus lotus are the ubiquitous species (100% of the surveys). On the other hand, Nitraria retusa, Teucrium polium, Shismus barbatus, Sueda mollis and Halocnemum strobilaceum are the species present in only one survey.

Highlights

Medicinal plants still remain a source of medical care in the countries of Maghreb (Baba-Aissa, 2000) the composition of the Algerian Sahara vegetation carpet has been the subject of some works, such as those of (Quezel and Santa, 1962-1963; Ozenda., 1977-1982; Chehma, 2004; Chalabi, 2007)
The region of Ziban in the wilaya of Biskra very few studies have been devoted to the vegetation of sandy accumulations except those of Laadjal (2005) who studied the distribution of spontaneous vegetation in the region of Zibans and Merabeti (2006) on the degradation of spontaneous plant genetic resources in the region of Biskra
The work that will be exposed here aims to listing the medicinal plants of the Ziban region, to provide information on their ecology and to get an idea for their therapeutic properties

Summary

Introduction

Medicinal plants still remain a source of medical care in the countries of Maghreb (Baba-Aissa, 2000) the composition of the Algerian Sahara vegetation carpet has been the subject of some works, such as those of (Quezel and Santa, 1962-1963; Ozenda., 1977-1982; Chehma, 2004; Chalabi, 2007). Within the framework of having a database on the genetic background of these medicinal plants and their biotechnological applications based on the values of their bioactive substances of which are little known, several authors have published books on phytotherapy and ethnobotany (Baba-Aissa, 1991; Beloued, 1998; Baba, 2000 and Ait, 2006) and ethnobotanical research (Rebbas et al, 2012; Miara et al, 2013; Meddour and Meddour-Sahar, 2015; Benarba et al, 2015; Chermat and Gharzouli, 2015; Lakhdari et al, 2016 Ouelbani et al, 2016 and Miara et al, 2019). The work that will be exposed here aims to listing the medicinal plants of the Ziban region, to provide information on their ecology and to get an idea for their therapeutic properties

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