EXOTIC MEDICINAL PLANTS GROWING IN IRAN: A SYSTEMATIC AND PHARMACOLOGICAL REVIEW

Medicinal plants are being used as desirable natural sources of various preparations made in traditional herbal therapy worldwide. Since ancient times, traditional remedies have been trusted by Iranian people. Plants of various families can be found in the prescription of rural healers in all regions of Iran. Some of these, are native to Iran but many others are known as exotic plants, which only grow in especial regions worldwide. This study for the first time illustrates the presence and the growth of several families of these plants in the climate of Iran, along with some of their most important pharmacological effects and their active constituents.