Erica arborea

Common Names: briar root, tree heath

Ethnobotanical Studies

Studies

Evaluation of Diuretic Activity of Aqueous and Hydro Methanolic Crude Extracts and Solvent Fraction of the Hydromethanolic Flower Extract of Erica Arborea L. (Ericaceae) in Swiss Albino Mice.

Wondimu NL, Mengistie MG and Yesuf JS (2024).
J Exp Pharmacol.
DOI:
10.2147/JEP.S453578
PubMed:
38650861

Anti-urolithiatic, antibacterial, anti-inflammatory and analgesic effects of Erica arborea flowers and leaves hydromethanolic extracts: An ethnopharmacological study.

Summary

The study investigates the medicinal use of L. plant in Algeria, specifically its anti-urolithiatic, antibacterial, anti-inflammatory, and analgesic effects. Results show significant activity in all tested areas, making it a potential natural source for drugs with these effects.

ImmunologyPain
Amari S et al (2023).
Saudi J Biol Sci.
DOI:
10.1016/j.sjbs.2023.103785
PubMed:
37680977

Woody species diversity and regeneration status of Sub-Alpine forest of Mount Adama exclosure site, Northwestern highlands of Ethiopia.

Mengistu DA et al (2023).
Heliyon.
DOI:
10.1016/j.heliyon.2023.e16473
PubMed:
37251442

Triterpenoid and Steroid Content of Lipophilic Extracts of Selected Medicinal Plants of the Mediterranean Region.

Gadouche L et al (2023).
Molecules.
DOI:
10.3390/molecules28020697
PubMed:
36677757

Woody Species Composition, Plant Communities, and Environmental Determinants in Gennemar Dry Afromontane Forest, Southern Ethiopia.

Ahmed S, Lemessa D and Seyum A (2022).
Scientifica (Cairo).
DOI:
10.1155/2022/7970435
PubMed:
35784587

8,000 years of climate, vegetation, fire and land-use dynamics in the thermo-mediterranean vegetation belt of northern Sardinia (Italy).

Pedrotta T et al (2021).
Veg Hist Archaeobot.
DOI:
10.1007/s00334-021-00832-3
PubMed:
34720442

Relationships between topographic factors, soil and plant communities in a dry Afromontane forest patches of Northwestern Ethiopia.

Birhanu L et al (2021).
PLoS One.
DOI:
10.1371/journal.pone.0247966
PubMed:
33711027

In-vivo anti-inflammatory activity and safety assessment of the aqueous extract of Algerian Erica arborea L. (Ericaceae) aerial parts.

Immunology
Amroun D et al (2021).
J Ethnopharmacol.
DOI:
10.1016/j.jep.2021.113881
PubMed:
33508369

Sensorial, Melissopalynological and Physico-Chemical Characteristics of Honey from Babors Kabylia's Region (Algeria).

Ghorab A et al (2021).
Foods.
DOI:
10.3390/foods10020225
PubMed:
33499111

Early impact of agropastoral activities and climate on the littoral landscape of Corsica since mid-Holocene.

Vella MA et al (2019).
PLoS One.
DOI:
10.1371/journal.pone.0226358
PubMed:
31856226

Impact of wildfires on subsurface volcanic environments: New insights into speleothem chemistry.

Miller AZ et al (2020).
Sci Total Environ.
DOI:
10.1016/j.scitotenv.2019.134321
PubMed:
31783462

Impact of altitude and anthropogenic disturbance on plant species composition, diversity, and structure at the Wof-Washa highlands of Ethiopia.

Yirga F et al (2019).
Heliyon.
DOI:
10.1016/j.heliyon.2019.e02284
PubMed:
31453405

Unprecedented herbivory threatens rear-edge populations of Betula in southwestern Eurasia.

Morales-Molino C et al (2019).
Ecology.
DOI:
10.1002/ecy.2833
PubMed:
31323116

Vibrational and Thermal Studies of Essential Oils Derived from Cistus ladanifer and Erica arborea Shrubs.

Phytochemistry
Carrión-Prieto P et al (2017).
Nat Prod Commun.
PubMed:
30549843

Germination sensitivity to water stress in four shrubby species across the Mediterranean Basin.

Chamorro D et al (2017).
Plant Biol (Stuttg).
DOI:
10.1111/plb.12450
PubMed:
26998911

Scaling Erica arborea transpiration from trees up to the stand using auxiliary micrometeorological information in a wax myrtle-tree heath cloud forest (La Gomera, Canary Islands).

Regalado CM and Ritter A (2013).
Tree Physiol.
DOI:
10.1093/treephys/tpt071
PubMed:
24072518

Drought impact on water use efficiency and intra-annual density fluctuations in Erica arborea on Elba (Italy).

Battipaglia G et al (2014).
Plant Cell Environ.
DOI:
10.1111/pce.12160
PubMed:
23848555

Does forest fragmentation affect the same way all growth-forms?

Rodríguez-Loinaz G, Amezaga I and Onaindia M (2012).
J Environ Manage.
DOI:
10.1016/j.jenvman.2011.06.024
PubMed:
21924813

Antioxidant activity of Erica arborea.

Ay M et al (2007).
Fitoterapia.
PubMed:
17570611

First determination of arthropod assemblages associated with Erica arborea L. and Erica scoparia L.

Anglade JY and Bigot L (2001).
C R Acad Sci III.
PubMed:
11291310