title: Ethnopharmacological studies of indigenous medicinal plants of Saravan region, Baluchistan, Iran.
abstract: BACKGROUND
  This study was aimed to explore the indigenous knowledge of medicinal plant species of Baluch tribes in Saravan region, Baluchistan province, Iran.
  
  
  METHODS
  Rapid appraisal approach along with the semi-structured open ended questionnaire, interviews and personal observations were used to collect the indigenous medicinal information. Quantitative analysis including the informant consensus factor (ICF) and use value (UV) was performed to evaluate the valued medicinal plants.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  A total 64 medicinal plants belonging to 30 families were reported from the study area. Among families, Lamiaceae dominated over other families and leaves dominated with 31% over other plant parts used as herbal remedies. Rhazya stricta and Datura stamonium (0.35) attributed the higher UV, followed by Otostegia persica (0.33) and Teucrium polium (0.32). Results of the ICF showed that cold/flu/fever (0.71) and blood disorders (0.57) were the most common diseases of the study area.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  The use value and informant consensus factor substantiated that the relative importance of plant species and sharing knowledge of herbal therapies between different tribal communities of this area is still rich.
authors: Department of Production and Utilization of Medicinal Plants, Faculty of Agricultural and Natural Resources, High Educational Complex of Saravan, Saravan, PO Box 9951634145, Sistan and Baluchistan, Iran.
authors: Zahra
authors: Z
authors: Sadeghi
authors: Department of Production and Utilization of Medicinal Plants, Faculty of Agricultural and Natural Resources, High Educational Complex of Saravan, Saravan, PO Box 9951634145, Sistan and Baluchistan, Iran.
authors: Kimia
authors: K
authors: Kuhestani
authors: Department of Production and Utilization of Medicinal Plants, Faculty of Agricultural and Natural Resources, High Educational Complex of Saravan, Saravan, PO Box 9951634145, Sistan and Baluchistan, Iran.
authors: Vahideh
authors: V
authors: Abdollahi
authors: Environmental Biology and Ecotoxicology Laboratory, Department of Plant Sciences, Faculty of Biological Sciences, Quaid-I-Azam University, Islamabad, PO 45320, Pakistan. Electronic address: adilqau5@gmail.com.
authors: Adeel
authors: A
authors: Mahmood
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D020834:Ethnopharmacology; D005260:Female; D007722:Health Knowledge, Attitudes, Practice; D006801:Humans; D007492:Iran; D008297:Male; D008519:Medicine, Traditional; D008517:Phytotherapy / Q000379:methods; D028321:Plant Preparations / Q000494:pharmacology*; D010946:Plants, Medicinal / Q000737:chemistry*; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires
chemical_list: D028321:Plant Preparations
keywords: Ethnopharmacology; Informant consensus factor; Iran; Saravan; Use value