Amiri Mohammad Sadegh, Joharchi Mohammad Reza
Department of Biology, Payame Noor University, Tehran, Iran.
Department of Botany, Research Center for Plant Sciences, Ferdowsi University of Mashhad, Mashhad, Iran.
Avicenna J Phytomed. 2016 Nov-Dec;6(6):621-635.
Apiaceae (Umbelliferae) family is one of the biggest plant families on the earth. Iran has a huge diversity of Apiaceae members. This family possesses a range of compounds that have many biological activities. The members of this family are well known as vegetables, culinary and medicinal plants. Here, we present a review of ethnobotanical uses of Apiaceae plants by the Iranian people in order to provide a comprehensive documentation for future investigations.
We checked scientific studies published in books and journals in various electronic databases (Medline, PubMed, Science Direct, Scopus and Google Scholar websites) from 1937 to 2015 and reviewed a total of 52 publications that provided information about different applications of these plant species in human and livestock.
As a result of this review, several ethnobotanical usages of 70 taxa, 17 of which were endemic, have been determined. These plants were used for medicinal and non-medicinal purposes. The most commonly used parts were fruits, leaves, aerial parts and gums. The most common methods of preparation were decoction, infusion and poultice.
To our knowledge, this paper represents a comprehensive literature search of ethnobotanical uses of Apiaceae reported from Iran. This study highlights the rich traditional knowledge of this family that has remained in Iran. However, most of this knowledge survive only as memories from the past in the minds of the elderly, and will probably vanish in a few decades. Thus, we compiled these scattered data together in a single document for the next scientific works with ethnobotanical interests.
伞形科是地球上最大的植物科之一。伊朗拥有种类繁多的伞形科植物。该科含有一系列具有多种生物活性的化合物。这个科的植物作为蔬菜、烹饪用植物和药用植物广为人知。在此，我们对伊朗人对伞形科植物的民族植物学用途进行综述，以便为未来的研究提供全面的文献记录。
我们查阅了1937年至2015年期间在各种电子数据库（Medline、PubMed、Science Direct、Scopus和谷歌学术网站）上发表的书籍和期刊中的科学研究，共审查了52篇提供这些植物物种在人类和牲畜中不同应用信息的出版物。
通过本次综述，确定了70个分类群的几种民族植物学用途，其中17种为特有种。这些植物用于药用和非药用目的。最常用的部位是果实、叶子、地上部分和树胶。最常见的制备方法是煎煮、冲泡和敷贴。
据我们所知，本文对伊朗报道的伞形科植物的民族植物学用途进行了全面的文献检索。这项研究突出了伊朗留存的关于这个科的丰富传统知识。然而，这些知识大多仅作为老年人脑海中过去的记忆留存，可能在几十年内消失。因此，我们将这些零散的数据汇总在一份文件中，以供未来对民族植物学感兴趣的科学研究使用。
