Echium amoenum

Echium amoenum (In Persian: گل گاوزبان) is one of the important medicinal herbs in Iranian traditional medicine.[1] It is a biennial or perennial herb indigenous to the narrow zone of northern part of Iran, Caucasus and Russia, where it grows at an altitude ranging from 60 to 2,200 m (200 to 7,220 ft). E. amoenum has been advocated for a variety of effects such as demulcent, anti-inflammatory and analgesic, especially for the common cold, and as an anxiolytic and sedative.[2][3]

Plant with bright green leaves and trumpet-shaped pink flowers
Echium amoenum plant

Echium amoenum
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Asterids
Order: Boraginales
Family: Boraginaceae
Genus: Echium
Species:
E. amoenum
Binomial name
Echium amoenum
Fisch. & C.A.Mey.

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References
  1. Motahhari, Khadijeh; Pirani, Atefeh; Moazzeni, Hamid; Joharchi, Mohammad Reza; Bussmann, Rainer W. (December 2022). "High–Demand Medicinal Plants of Herbal Markets in Mashhad, Iran". Economic Botany. 76 (4): 414–433. doi:10.1007/s12231-022-09557-4.
  2. Patocka, Jiri; Navratilova, Zdenka (2019-08-02). "Bioactivity of Echium Amoenum: A Mini Review". Biomedical Journal of Scientific & Technical Research. 20 (2): 14915–14917. Retrieved 2021-03-16.
  3. Abed, A.; Vaseghi, G.; Jafari, E.; Fattahian, Ehsan; Babhadiashar, Nima; Abed, M. (2014). "Echium Amoenum Fisch. Et Mey: A Review on its Pharmacological and Medicinal Properties". Asian Journal of Medical and Pharmaceutical Researches. 4 (1): 21–23. ISSN 2322-4789. S2CID 87427219.
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