<abstract xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><p>The village of Ulieş belongs to Râciu Commune. It is located in the south-eastern part of the Transylvanian Plain (N46°41’30” E24°23’56”) in a hilly region crossed by wide valleys. It is situated at 24 km distance from Tîrgu Mureș, in the contact area of Mădăraş Hills and Comlod Hills, on the middle stream of the Comlod River (or Lechința) and its tributaries. The paper aims were the study of the flora from the surroundings of Ulieş Village, the investigation of possible medicinal use of the encountered plants species, and the preservation of plant diversity from the area. Fieldworks were conducted in 2014-2017. A total of 415 vascular plant taxa belonging to 76 families were identified. From these, 185 species are medicinal plants with certain content of active principles. Plants containing tannins (13.51%) were in higher percentage followed by those with essential oils (12.97%), saponins (10.81%), alkaloids (8.10%), flavonoids (7.56%), coumarins (7.02%), mucilages (5.94%), iridoids (5.40%), phenolic glycosides (3.78%), anthraquinone derivatives and cardiotonic glycosides (3.24), organic acids, vitamins and provitamins (3.78%), bitter principles (2.70), bitter-aromatic principles (2.16%), etc.</p></abstract>

The village of Ulieş belongs to Râciu Commune. It is located in the south-eastern part of the Transylvanian Plain (N46°41’30” E24°23’56”) in a hilly region crossed by wide valleys. It is situated at 24 km distance from Tîrgu Mureș, in the contact area of Mădăraş Hills and Comlod Hills, on the middle stream of the Comlod River (or Lechința) and its tributaries. The paper aims were the study of the flora from the surroundings of Ulieş Village, the investigation of possible medicinal use of the encountered plants species, and the preservation of plant diversity from the area. Fieldworks were conducted in 2014-2017. A total of 415 vascular plant taxa belonging to 76 families were identified. From these, 185 species are medicinal plants with certain content of active principles. Plants containing tannins (13.51%) were in higher percentage followed by those with essential oils (12.97%), saponins (10.81%), alkaloids (8.10%), flavonoids (7.56%), coumarins (7.02%), mucilages (5.94%), iridoids (5.40%), phenolic glycosides (3.78%), anthraquinone derivatives and cardiotonic glycosides (3.24), organic acids, vitamins and provitamins (3.78%), bitter principles (2.70), bitter-aromatic principles (2.16%), etc.

The Medicinal Importance of Wild Plants from the Surroundings of Ulieş Village, Mureş County

Department of Fundamental Pharmaceutical Sciences, Discipline of Pharmaceutical Botany

University of Medicine, Pharmacy, Sciences and Technology of Tîrgu Mureș

Acta Biologica Marisiensis

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The village of Ulieş belongs to Râciu Commune. It is located in the south-eastern part of the Transylvanian Plain (N46°41’30” E24°23’56”) in a hilly region...

The Medicinal Importance of Wild Plants from the Surroundings of Ulieş Village, Mureş County

Published Online: Jun 08, 2020

Page range: 22 - 34

Received: Nov 14, 2018

Accepted: Nov 28, 2018

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/abmj-2018-0010

Keywords
spontaneous flora, medicinal plants, active principles, remedies for human diseases, Mureş County

© 2018 Silvia Oroian et al., published by Sciendo

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 3.0 License.

The Medicinal Importance of Wild Plants from the Surroundings of Ulieş Village, Mureş County

Published Online: Jun 08, 2020

Page range: 22 - 34

Received: Nov 14, 2018

Accepted: Nov 28, 2018

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/abmj-2018-0010

Keywordsspontaneous flora, medicinal plants, active principles, remedies for human diseases, Mureş County

© 2018 Silvia Oroian et al., published by Sciendo

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 3.0 License.

Keywords
spontaneous flora, medicinal plants, active principles, remedies for human diseases, Mureş County