Medicinal plants with hepatoprotective activity in Iranian folk medicine
| Autor: | Nafiseh. Azimi, Najme. Kafash-Farkhad, Mahmoud Rafieian-Kopaei, Ebrahim Alinia-Ahandani, Ali Fasihi, Majid Asadi-Samani |
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lcsh:Arctic medicine. Tropical medicine
lcsh:RC955-962 Nigella sativa Iran Iranian traditional medicine Biochemistry Genetics and Molecular Biology (miscellaneous) Medicinal plants Medicine Hepatoprotective Agent lcsh:QH301-705.5 biology Traditional medicine business.industry Cynara scolymus Compounds food and beverages Marrubium vulgare Therapeutic uses biology.organism_classification lcsh:Biology (General) Liver Calendula officinalis Agrimonia eupatoria business CC14 |
| Zdroj: | Scopus-Elsevier BASE-Bielefeld Academic Search Engine Asian Pacific Journal of Tropical Biomedicine, Vol 5, Iss 2, Pp 146-157 (2015) |
| Popis: | There are a number of medicinal combinations in the Iranian traditional medicine which are commonly used as tonic for liver. In this review, we have introduced some medicinal plants that are used mainly for the treatment of liver disorders in Iranian folk medicine, with focus on their hepatoprotective effects particularly against CC14 agent. In this study, online databases including Web of Science, PubMed, Scopus, and Science Direct were searched for papers published from January 1970 to December 2013. Search terms consisted of medicinal plants, traditional medicine, folk medicine, hepatoprotective, Iran, liver, therapeutic uses, compounds, antioxidant, CC14, anti-inflammatory, and antihepatotoxic, hepatitis, alone or in combination. Allium hirtifolium Boiss., Apium graveolens L., Cynara scolymus, Berberis vulgaris L., Calendula officinalis, Nigella sativa L., Taraxacum officinale, Tragopogon porrifolius, Prangos ferulacea L., Allium sativum, Marrubium vulgare, Ammi majus L., Citrullus lanatus Thunb, Agrimonia eupatoria L. and Prunus armeniaca L. are some of the medicinal plants that have been used for the treatment of liver disorders in Iranian folk medicine. Out of several leads obtained from plants containing potential hepatoprotective agents, silymarin, β-sitosterol, betalain, neoandrographolide, phyllanthin, andrographolide, curcumin, picroside, hypophyllanthin, kutkoside, and glycyrrhizin have been demonstrated to have potent hepatoprotective properties. Despite encouraging data on possibility of new discoveries in the near future, the evidence on treating viral hepatitis or other chronic liver diseases by herbal medications is not adequate. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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