Planta Med 2010; 76 - P473
DOI: 10.1055/s-0030-1264771

Treatment of malaria in Iranian traditional medicine

F Naghibi 1, M Mosaddegh 1, S Esmaeili 2
  • 1Traditional Medicine and Materia Medica Research, School of Pharmacy, Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, Pharmacognosy, Shams Alley, Valiasr St., 1516745811 Tehran, Iran, Islamic Republic Of
  • 2Traditional Medicine and Materia Medica Research, School of Traditional Medicine, Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, Traditional Pharmacy, Shams Alley, Valiasr St., 1516745811 Tehran, Iran, Islamic Republic Of

The declining efficacy of classical medication in relation to the rapid extension of Plasmodium falciparum chloroquine-resistant strains has led to a need for new efficient anti malarial drugs. It is a real necessity to search for new efficient anti malarial compounds and make them accessible to most of the people. An ethnobotanical study was conducted to find plants traditionally used against malaria in Iran. In this study 35 plants were found on the basis of ethnobotanical investigation and searching in Iranian ancient traditional physician's books (1–4). At the same time the anopheles mosquito has developed resistance to many insecticides. There are some plants in Iran that are traditionally used as insect repellent (1–4). Also matching the old medicinal plant names with scientific terminology was done (5–8). First ethnobotanical studies on these plants were carried out at theTraditional Medicine and Materia Medica Research Center (TMRC). Further assessments are in process.

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