Antiprotozoal and Antimicrobial Activities ofCentaurea. Species Growing in Turkey

Abstract

Extracts obtained from different parts of 10 Centaurea L.

Total phenolic contents, free radical scavenging activities and inhibitory effects on the activation of NF‐kappa B of eight Centaurea L. species

“…Only in our very recent studies, have the antiprotozoal activity of C. hierapolitana and the antifungal activity C. depressa and C. urvillei subsp. urvillei been reported (Karamenderes et al, 2006).…”

Total Phenolic Contents, Antioxidant Activities Cytotoxicity of Three Centaurea Species: C. calcitrapa subsp. calcitrapa, C. ptosimopappa C. spicata

“…[4,6] Members of Centaurea species were proposed to have antimicrobial, [5,[7][8][9][10] antifungal, [8,11] anti-inflammatory, [12] anti-ulcerogenic, [13] antioxidant, [14][15][16][17] antiplasmodial, [18] antiprotozoal, [8] antiviral [19] and cytotoxic [18,[20][21][22] activities. C. calcitrapa which grows up on northwestern Anatolia is used (2-6% infusion) as a fever reducer.…”

Secondary metabolites of three endemic Centaurea L. species

“…3 The species of the genus Centaurea have been used in folk medicine for a long time. Various Centaurea species have certain biological activities, such as antifungal, 4 antimicrobial, 5 anti-ulcerogenic, 6 anti-inflammatory, 7 antioxidant, 8 antiviral, 9 anti-Helicobacter pylori, 10 anticancer and cytotoxic. 11 The genus was also the subject of interest of several phytochemical investigations for their potentially active constituents, particularly sesquiterpene lactones [12][13][14][15][16] and flavonoids.…”