Ivanova Aleksandra, Bogdanova Stefka, Petrov Veselin, Gechev Tsanko
Center of Plant Systems Biology and Biotechnology, 4023 Plovdiv, Bulgaria.
Department of Plant Physiology, Biochemistry and Genetics, Agricultural University of Plovdiv, 4000 Plovdiv, Bulgaria.
Plants (Basel). 2025 Jul 14;14(14):2176. doi: 10.3390/plants14142176.
Bulgarian botanical gardens harbor more than 3600 plant species from across the world. Some of them are well-known plants widely used by humans, others are underutilized crops or little-known exotic species. The latter group constitutes a rich reservoir of plant resources whose potential to bring benefits to society is still untapped. The aim of this review is to describe the diversity of species and their potentially valuable secondary metabolites in three of the largest Bulgarian botanical gardens, with a focus on underutilized crops and medicinal plants that are typical of Bulgaria. With this, we aim to pave the way for future research on the most promising of these plants. The report includes currently available ethnobotanical data on the properties and composition of their bioactive components, known culinary or therapeutic uses, and nutritional profiles. We also outline the vast potential of these plants in providing healthy diets, as well as for performing future groundbreaking biomedical research. Finally, we present the approach that will be used to screen extracts from these plants for biological activity.
保加利亚的植物园里有来自世界各地的3600多种植物。其中一些是人类广泛使用的知名植物，另一些则是未得到充分利用的作物或鲜为人知的外来物种。后一组构成了丰富的植物资源库，其为社会带来益处的潜力仍未被挖掘。本综述的目的是描述保加利亚三个最大的植物园中物种的多样性及其潜在的有价值的次生代谢产物，重点关注保加利亚典型的未充分利用的作物和药用植物。借此，我们旨在为未来对这些最具潜力的植物的研究铺平道路。该报告包括目前可用的民族植物学数据，这些数据涉及它们生物活性成分的特性和组成、已知的烹饪或治疗用途以及营养成分。我们还概述了这些植物在提供健康饮食以及开展未来开创性生物医学研究方面的巨大潜力。最后，我们介绍了将用于筛选这些植物提取物生物活性的方法。
