Author(s):
Dahbi Sahar, Raouane Mohammed, Amghar Souad
Email(s):
saharenam69@gmail.com
DOI:
10.52711/0974-360X.2025.00413 
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Dahbi Sahar*, Raouane Mohammed, Amghar Souad
Lombricidae, Improving Soil Productivity and Environment (LAPSE), Center Water, Natural Resources, Environment and Sustainable Development (CERNE-2D), Ecole Normale Supérieure Rabat, Mohammed V University in Rabat, Morocco.
*Corresponding Author
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Volume - 18,
Issue - 6,
Year - 2025
ABSTRACT:
Medicinal plants have long been used worldwide to treat various diseases. Solanaceae species are a prominent part of these practices. The present work highlighted the traditional uses of these plants and gathered the most recent scientific findings on their biological properties. More than 140 studies that concern folk medicine, phytochemical screening, or diverse biological activities of Solanaceae medicinal species were collected using various scientific search engines including Web of Science, PubMed, and Google Scholar. This review bridges the gap between conventional practices and modern research, raising awareness of the imperative need to explore certain species such as Mandragora automnalis, Mandragora officinarum L., Nicotiana tabacum L., and various Solanum members that have garnered attention elsewhere but remain unstudied in Morocco. Moreover, this study illuminated the advantageous effects of some endemic plants and exceptionally rare species including Atropa baetica, and Atropa belladona. In this context, more comprehensive studies have been recommended to protect these unique species in order to ensure the preservation of biodiversity.
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Dahbi Sahar, Raouane Mohammed, Amghar Souad. Dahbi Sahar, Raouane Mohammed, Amghar Souad. Research Journal of Pharmacy and Technology. 2025;18(6):2868-4. doi: 10.52711/0974-360X.2025.00413
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Dahbi Sahar, Raouane Mohammed, Amghar Souad. Dahbi Sahar, Raouane Mohammed, Amghar Souad. Research Journal of Pharmacy and Technology. 2025;18(6):2868-4. doi: 10.52711/0974-360X.2025.00413 Available on: https://rjptonline.org/AbstractView.aspx?PID=2025-18-6-66
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