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Gafforov Y, Rašeta M, Zafar M, Makhkamov T, Yarasheva M, Chen JJ, Zhumagul M, Wang M, Ghosh S, Abbasi AM, Yuldashev A, Mamarakhimov O, Alosaimi AA, Berdieva D, Rapior S. Exploring biodiversity and ethnobotanical significance of Solanum species in Uzbekistan: unveiling the cultural wealth and ethnopharmacological uses. Front Pharmacol 2024; 14:1287793. [PMID: 38333226 PMCID: PMC10851437 DOI: 10.3389/fphar.2023.1287793] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/02/2023] [Accepted: 12/21/2023] [Indexed: 02/10/2024] Open
Abstract
Despite its millennial existence and empirical documentation, the ethnological knowledge of herbs is a more recent phenomenon. The knowledge of their historical uses as food, medicine, source of income and small-scale businesses, and the sociological impacts are threatened due to the slow ethnobotanical research drive. Species of the genus Solanum have long been extensively used in folk medicine to treat various illnesses of humans since the dawn of civilization. All data were systematically obtained from papers, monographs, and books written in Uzbek, Russian, and English through various scientific online databases, including Google, Google Scholar, PubMed, Scopus, Semantic Scholar, Science Direct, and Web of Science using specific keywords focused on eight Solanum species. Eight native and non-native Solanum species as S. dulcamara L., S. lycopersicum L., S. melongena L., S. nigrum L., S. rostratum Dunal., S. sisymbriifolium Lam., S. tuberosum L., and S. villosum Mill. have been recorded in Uzbekistan of Central Asia. In this article we presented recently obtained data on the diversity, morphological characteristics, global distribution, habitat, population status, phenology, reproduction, pharmacology and phytochemistry of these Solanum species in Uzbekistan. Furthermore, relying on a combination of literature reviews and analyses from various scientific papers, we focus on food consumption coupled with global ethnobotanical and ethnopharmacological uses in human diseases of the Solanum species growing in Uzbekistan. Since the dawn of civilization, these eight cultivated and non-cultivated species of Solanum have provided sustainable resources of medicinal plants in Uzbekistan to prevent and treat various human diseases. Based on the collected data, it was shown that Solanum species have not been studied ethnobotanically and ethnomedicinally in Uzbekistan and it is necessary to conduct phytochemical and biotechnological research on them in the future. Traditional uses and scientific evaluation of Solanum indicate that S. nigrum, S. sisymbriifolium and S. tuberosum are one of the most widely used species in some parts of the world. Although considerable progress has been made to comprehend the chemical and biological properties of S. nigrum and S. tuberosum species, more research on the pharmacology and toxicology of these species is needed to ensure the safety, efficacy, and quality of their biologically active extracts and isolated bioactive compounds. Additionally, conducting additional research on the structure-activity relationship of certain isolated phytochemicals has the potential to enhance their biological efficacy and advance the scientific utilization of traditional applications of Solanum taxa.
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- Yusufjon Gafforov
- Central Asian Center for Development Studies, New Uzbekistan University, Tashkent, Uzbekistan
- School of Engineering, Central Asian University, Tashkent, Uzbekistan
- Institute of Botany, Academy of Sciences of Republic of Uzbekistan, Tashkent, Uzbekistan
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- Department of Chemistry, Biochemistry and Environmental Protection, Faculty of Sciences, University of Novi Sad, Novi Sad, Serbia
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- Department of Plant Sciences, Quaid-i-Azam University, Islamabad, Pakistan
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- Department of Forestry and Landscape Design, Tashkent State Agrarian University, Tashkent, Uzbekistan
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- Department of Education and Training Management, Tashkent International University of Education, Tashkent, Uzbekistan
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- College of Landscape Architecture, Jiangsu Vocational College of Agriculture and Forestry, Zhenjiang, China
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- Faculty of Biology and Biotechnology, Al-Farabi Kazakh National University, Almaty, Kazakhstan
- Higher School of Natural Sciences, Astana International University, Astana, Kazakhstan
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- State Key Laboratory of Rice Biology and Breeding, Ministry of Agricultural and Rural Affairs Laboratory of Molecular Biology of Crop Pathogens and Insects, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, China
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- Department of Genetics, Faculty of Natural and Agricultural Sciences, University of the Free State, Bloemfontein, South Africa
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- Department of Environmental Sciences, COMSATS University Islamabad, Abbottabad Campus, Abbottabad, Pakistan
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- Department of Ecology and Botany, Andijan State University, Andijan, Uzbekistan
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- Department of Ecology Monitoring, National University of Uzbekistan, Tashkent, Uzbekistan
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- Biology Department, College of Science, Imam Abdulrahman Bin Faisal University, Dammam, Saudi Arabia
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- Department Faculty and Hospital Therapy -1, Occupational Pathology, Tashkent Medical Academy, Tashkent, Uzbekistan
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- Centre d’Ecologie Fonctionnelle et Evolutive, Centre National de Recherche Scientifique, Ecole Pratique des Hautes Etudes, Institut pour la Recherche et le Développement, University of Montpellier, Montpellier, France
- Laboratory of Botany, Phytochemistry and Mycology, Faculty of Pharmacy, University of Montpellier, Montpellier, France
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Sõukand R, Kalle R. The Appeal of Ethnobotanical Folklore Records: Medicinal Plant Use in Setomaa, Räpina and Vastseliina Parishes, Estonia (1888-1996). PLANTS (BASEL, SWITZERLAND) 2022; 11:2698. [PMID: 36297723 PMCID: PMC9611039 DOI: 10.3390/plants11202698] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/17/2022] [Revised: 10/08/2022] [Accepted: 10/09/2022] [Indexed: 06/16/2023]
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The historical use of medicinal plants is of special interest because the use of plants for healing is a rapidly changing, highly culture-specific and often need-specific practice, which also depends on the availability of resources and knowledge. To set an example of folkloristic data analysis in ethnobotany, we analyzed texts from the database, HERBA, identifying as many plants and diseases as possible. The research was limited to the Seto, Räpina and Vastseliina parishes in Estonia. The use of 119 taxa belonging to 48 families was identified, of which nine were identified at the genus level, four ethnotaxa were identified as two possible botanical taxa and fifteen ethnotaxa were unidentifiable. The most frequently mentioned taxa were Pinus sylvestris, Matricaria discoidea and Valeriana officinalis. High plant name diversity as well as high heterogeneity in the plants used were observed, especially in earlier records. The use of local wild taxa growing outside the sphere of everyday human activities, which was abandoned during Soviet occupation, signals an earlier, pre-existing rich tradition of plant use and a deep relationship with nature. Working with archival data requires knowledge of historical contexts and the acceptance of the possibility of not finding all the answers.
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- Renata Sõukand
- Department of Environmental Sciences, Informatics and Statistics, Ca’ Foscari University of Venice, Via Torino 155, Mestre, 30172 Venice, Italy
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- University of Gastronomic Sciences, Piazza Vittorio Emanuele II 9, 12042 Pollenzo, Italy
- Kuldvillane OÜ, Umbusi, Põltsamaa v, 48026 Jõgeva, Estonia
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