Ethnobotanical and ethnopharmacological study of medicinal plants used in treating some liver diseases in the Al-Haouz Rehamna region (Morocco)

Background: Medicinal plants have always been important in therapeutic and preventive folk medical remedies for humans cattle. Plants are also quite today's global economy. Objectives: This study is part of the development plant resources Al-Haouz Rehamna region. Its general objective was to inventory medicinal used traditional pharmacopeia against certain liver diseases. Methods: Ethnobotanical field surveys were conducted using 1700 questionnaire forms. indices such as informant agreement ratio (IAR), family use value (FUV), use-value (UV), Plant Part Value (PPV) employed data analysis rate. Results: The findings enabled us classify 86 into 79 genera 37 families, among which four predominate: Asteraceae (17), Lamiaceae (9), Fabaceae (8 species), Apiaceae (7). Among reported species, 21 toxic, population said region widely uses ten: Ridolfia segetum (Guss.) Moris, Curcuma longa L., Ononis natrix Rhamnus alaternus Cladanthus arabicus (L.) Cass, Rhaponcticum acaule DC, Corrigiola telephiifolia Pourr, Cynara cardunculus Cicer arietinum L. Aframomum melegueta K. Schum. main parts leaves (PPV=0.183) seeds (PPV= 0.165). A decoction most method (34.88%). recipes mainly administered orally rarely by cutaneous route a poultice on abdomen. diversity therapies identified area cultural richness. Conclusion: Thus, this could be precious reference basis further phytochemistry produce identify new natural drugs that endowed with interesting hepatoprotective properties treatment or prevention Keywords: Ethnobotany, ethnopharmacology, medicine, disease, hepatoprotective, toxicity, Rehamna, Morocco.