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Table 1 The list of the tested plant species names with common names, family names, tested parts and traditional uses in Armenian folk medicine

From: Antimicrobial activity of some plant materials used in Armenian traditional medicine

Plant namea

Common name

Family

Part tested

Traditional usesb

Agrimonia eupatoria L. (ERCB 13207) c

Common agrimony

Rosaceae

Whole plant

Hepatitis, nephritis, stomatitis, yellow fever, purulent wounds

Hypericum alpestre subsp. polygonifolium (Rupr.) Avet. & Takht. (ERCB 13206)

Hypericum

Hypericaceae

Aerial part

Pneumonia, wounds, hepatitis, cholecystitis gastrointestinal inflammation, nephritis, skin diseases

Lilium armenum (Miscz. ex Grossh.) Manden. (ERCB 13209)

Unknown

Liliumceae

Leaf with stalk, bulb

Whooping cough, purulent wounds, burns, leprosy, fungal diseases, mastitis, cystitis

Rumex obtusifolius L. (ERCB 13208)

Broad-leaved dock

Polygonaceae

Leaf, root, inflorescence seed

Infectious diseases, skin rash, mucosal inflammation

Sanguisorba officinalis L. (ERCB 13205)

Great burnet

Rosaceae

Aerial part, root

Tonsillitis, purulent wounds, inflammations, skin infections, dysentery, typhoid fever, trichomoniasis, stomatitis, gingivitis, flu

  1. aThe plants names have been checked with http://www.theplantlist.org/
  2. bIn this section there are presented only such traditional uses which can imply the presence of antimicrobial compounds [20, 21]
  3. cVoucher specimen serial number