Vol.15, No 3, 2008 pp. 119 - 124
UC 633.88
CHRYSANTHEMUM BALSAMITA (L.) BAILL.:
A FORGOTTEN MEDICINAL PLANT
Mohammad-Bagher Hassanpouraghdam1*,
Seied-Jalal Tabatabaie2, Hossein Nazemiyeh3,
Lamia Vojodi4, Mohammad-Ali Aazami1,
Atefeh Mohajjel Shoja5
1Department of Horticulture, Faculty
of Agriculture, University of Maragheh, Iran.
2Department of Horticulture, Faculty
of Agriculture, University of Tabriz, Iran.
3Drug Applied Research Center, Faculty
of Pharmacy, Tabriz University of Medical Sciences, Iran.
4Department of Plant Sciences, Faculty
of Natural Sciences, University of Tabriz, Iran
E-mail: hassanpouraghdam@gmail.com
Summary. Costmary (Chrysanthemum balsamita (L.) Baill. syn. Tanacetum
balsamita L.) is one of the most important medicinal and aromatic plants
of Azerbaijan provinces in Iran. This plant has been used for more than
several centuries as flavor, carminative and cardiotonic in traditional
and folk medicine of Iran, and some parts of the world such as the Mediterranean,
Balkan and South American countries, but there is scarce information about
this plant. In most substances and, for majority of folk and medical applications,
costmary is harvested from the natural habitats. This trend i.e. harvests
from natural habitats and different ecological conditions lead to the production
of different medicinal preparations because of the divergent intrinsic
active principle profiles of different plant origins. In addition, harvest
from natural habitats can cause deterioration of genetic resources of plant
and, the result would be imposing of irreversible destructive effects on
the ecological balance of flora and ecosystems. Taking into account the
widespread uses of costmary and its preparations in most countries especially
in North-West of Iran and Turkey, also because of limited scientific literature
for Chrysanthemum balsamita (L.) Baill., this article will survey the literature
for different characteristics of costmary and its essential oil for the
first time.
Key words: Chrysanthemum balsamita
(L.) Baill., Asteraceae, essential oil, carvone, α-thujone, β-bisabolene
CHRYSANTHEMUM BALSMAITA (L.) Baill.:
ZABORAVLJENA LEKOVITA BILJKA
Kratak sadržaj: Matičnjak (Chrysanthemum balsamita (L.) Baill.
syn. Tanacetum balsamita L.) je jedna od najvažnijih lekovitih i aromatičnih
biljaka azerbejdžanskih provincija u Iranu. Vekovima se koristila kao
začin, karminativ i kardiotonik u tradicionalnoj i narodnoj medicini Irana,
kao i u pojedinim delovima sveta kao što su Mediteran, Balkan i zemlje
Južne Amerike. Medjutim, o ovoj biljci postoji veoma malo podataka. Kod
većine supstanci i narodnih i medicinskih preparata, matičnjak se ubire
iz prirodnih staništa. Ovakav pojava, tj. ubiranje u prirodnom staništu
i različita ekološka okruženja, uslovljavaju proizvodnju raznovrsnih
lekovitih preparata što je rezultat raznolikih urodjenih aktivnih principa
u profilu iste biljke sa različitim poreklom. Takodje, ubiranje iz prirodnih
staništa može da dovede do slabljenja genetskih resursa biljke a kao
rezultat toga dolazi do nepovratnog destruktivnog uticaja na ekološku
ravnotežu flore i ekosistema. Imajući u vidu široku primenu matičnjaka
i njegovih preparata u većini zemalja, naročito na severo-zapadu Irana
i u Turskoj, kao i nedovoljno naučne literature koja izučava Chrysanthemum
balsamita (L.) Baill, ovaj članak bavi se pregledom literature u cilju
pronalaženja različitih karakteristika matičnjaka i njegovih eteričnih
ulja.
Ključne reči: Chrysanthemum
balsamita (L.) Baill, Asteraceae, eterična ulja, karvon, α-tujon, β-bisabolen
