Exploring biodiversity and ethnobotanical significance of Solanum species in Uzbekistan: unveiling the cultural wealth and ethnopharmacological uses

Gafforov Y. Rašeta M. Zafar M. Makhkamov T. Yarasheva M. Chen J.-J. Zhumagul M. Wang M. Ghosh S. Abbasi A.M. Yuldashev A. Mamarakhimov O. Alosaimi A.A. Berdieva D. Rapior S.
2023 Frontiers Media SA

Frontiers in Pharmacology
2023 #14

Despite its millennial existence and empirical documentation, the ethnological knowledge of herbs is a more recent phenomenon. The knowledge of their historical uses as food, medicine, source of income and small-scale businesses, and the sociological impacts are threatened due to the slow ethnobotanical research drive. Species of the genus Solanum have long been extensively used in folk medicine to treat various illnesses of humans since the dawn of civilization. All data were systematically obtained from papers, monographs, and books written in Uzbek, Russian, and English through various scientific online databases, including Google, Google Scholar, PubMed, Scopus, Semantic Scholar, Science Direct, and Web of Science using specific keywords focused on eight Solanum species. Eight native and non-native Solanum species as S. dulcamara L., S. lycopersicum L., S. melongena L., S. nigrum L., S. rostratum Dunal., S. sisymbriifolium Lam., S. tuberosum L., and S. villosum Mill. have been recorded in Uzbekistan of Central Asia. In this article we presented recently obtained data on the diversity, morphological characteristics, global distribution, habitat, population status, phenology, reproduction, pharmacology and phytochemistry of these Solanum species in Uzbekistan. Furthermore, relying on a combination of literature reviews and analyses from various scientific papers, we focus on food consumption coupled with global ethnobotanical and ethnopharmacological uses in human diseases of the Solanum species growing in Uzbekistan. Since the dawn of civilization, these eight cultivated and non-cultivated species of Solanum have provided sustainable resources of medicinal plants in Uzbekistan to prevent and treat various human diseases. Based on the collected data, it was shown that Solanum species have not been studied ethnobotanically and ethnomedicinally in Uzbekistan and it is necessary to conduct phytochemical and biotechnological research on them in the future. Traditional uses and scientific evaluation of Solanum indicate that S. nigrum, S. sisymbriifolium and S. tuberosum are one of the most widely used species in some parts of the world. Although considerable progress has been made to comprehend the chemical and biological properties of S. nigrum and S. tuberosum species, more research on the pharmacology and toxicology of these species is needed to ensure the safety, efficacy, and quality of their biologically active extracts and isolated bioactive compounds. Additionally, conducting additional research on the structure-activity relationship of certain isolated phytochemicals has the potential to enhance their biological efficacy and advance the scientific utilization of traditional applications of Solanum taxa. Copyright

Avicenna , biodiversity , Central Asia , ethnomedicine , flowering plant , folk medicine , Solanaceae

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Central Asian Center for Development Studies, New Uzbekistan University, Tashkent, Uzbekistan
School of Engineering, Central Asian University, Tashkent, Uzbekistan
Institute of Botany, Academy of Sciences of Republic of Uzbekistan, Tashkent, Uzbekistan
Department of Chemistry, Biochemistry and Environmental Protection, Faculty of Sciences, University of Novi Sad, Novi Sad, Serbia
Department of Plant Sciences, Quaid-i-Azam University, Islamabad, Pakistan
Department of Forestry and Landscape Design, Tashkent State Agrarian University, Tashkent, Uzbekistan
Department of Education and Training Management, Tashkent International University of Education, Tashkent, Uzbekistan
College of Landscape Architecture, Jiangsu Vocational College of Agriculture and Forestry, Zhenjiang, China
Faculty of Biology and Biotechnology, Al-Farabi Kazakh National University, Almaty, Kazakhstan
Higher School of Natural Sciences, Astana International University, Astana, Kazakhstan
State Key Laboratory of Rice Biology and Breeding, Ministry of Agricultural and Rural Affairs Laboratory of Molecular Biology of Crop Pathogens and Insects, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, China
Department of Genetics, Faculty of Natural and Agricultural Sciences, University of the Free State, Bloemfontein, South Africa
Department of Environmental Sciences, COMSATS University Islamabad, Abbottabad Campus, Abbottabad, Pakistan
Department of Ecology and Botany, Andijan State University, Andijan, Uzbekistan
Department of Ecology Monitoring, National University of Uzbekistan, Tashkent, Uzbekistan
Biology Department, College of Science, Imam Abdulrahman Bin Faisal University, Dammam, Saudi Arabia
Department Faculty and Hospital Therapy -1, Occupational Pathology, Tashkent Medical Academy, Tashkent, Uzbekistan
Centre d’Ecologie Fonctionnelle et Evolutive, Centre National de Recherche Scientifique, Ecole Pratique des Hautes Etudes, Institut pour la Recherche et le Développement, University of Montpellier, Montpellier, France
Laboratory of Botany, Phytochemistry and Mycology, Faculty of Pharmacy, University of Montpellier, Montpellier, France

Central Asian Center for Development Studies
School of Engineering
Institute of Botany
Department of Chemistry
Department of Plant Sciences
Department of Forestry and Landscape Design
Department of Education and Training Management
College of Landscape Architecture
Faculty of Biology and Biotechnology
Higher School of Natural Sciences
State Key Laboratory of Rice Biology and Breeding
Department of Genetics
Department of Environmental Sciences
Department of Ecology and Botany
Department of Ecology Monitoring
Biology Department
Department Faculty and Hospital Therapy -1
Centre d’Ecologie Fonctionnelle et Evolutive
Laboratory of Botany

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