Chemistry and pharmacology of Rhaponticum carthamoides: A review

Rhaponticum carthamoides regeneration through direct and indirect organogenesis, molecular profiles and secondary metabolite production

“…The roots and rhizomes of R. carthamoides have been used for a long time in Siberian folk medicine in the treatment of overstrain and weakness after illness. They also have adaptogenic, antioxidant, immunomodulatory, anticancerogenic and antimicrobial properties (Kokoska et al 2002;Biskup and Lojkowska 2009;Kokoska and Janovska 2009). The raw material (roots and rhizomes) of R. carthamoides is used to eliminate physical and mental weariness, and to promote muscle growth and sexual function (Kokoska and Janovska 2009).…”

“…They also have adaptogenic, antioxidant, immunomodulatory, anticancerogenic and antimicrobial properties (Kokoska et al 2002;Biskup and Lojkowska 2009;Kokoska and Janovska 2009). The raw material (roots and rhizomes) of R. carthamoides is used to eliminate physical and mental weariness, and to promote muscle growth and sexual function (Kokoska and Janovska 2009). The major chemical constituents in this plant are ecdysteroids, flavonoids, phenolic acids, triterpenoid glycosides, polyacetylenes and sesquiterpene lactones (Kokoska and Janovska 2009).…”

Study on callus induction and plant regeneration of Leuzea carthamoides via tissue culture system

“…R. carthamoides is a perennial herb, commonly known as a maral root or Russian leuzea, which has been used for centuries in Eastern parts of Russia due to its marked medicinal properties (Kokoska and Janovska, 2009). The West and East of Siberia, Northern Mongolia and central Asia are its natural habitats.…”

“…It is a medicinal herb with a tonic effect (Selepcova et al, 1993). Several different classes of compounds were previously isolated from various parts of R. carthamoides of which the main groups are steroids, particularly ecdysteroids, and phenolics phenolics (flavonoides and phenolic acids) accompanied with polyacetylenes, sesquiterpene lactones, triterpenoid glycosides and terpenes (essential oil) (Kokoska and Janovska, 2009). 20-hydroxy-Ecdison or Leuzine is the most important compound present in ecdysterone (Omidbaigi, 2007).…”

Detection and extraction of anti-listeral compounds from <i>Calligonum comosum</i>, a medical plant from arid regions of Tunisia

“…Screening of potential antimicrobial compounds from plants by clinical microbiologists is commonly performed with pure substances or crude extracts using broth dilution assay and the disc or agar well diffusion assay. Thus, these plant secondary metabolites have been demonstrated to possess a large spectrum of activity against pathogenic and non pathogenic bacteria (Shigella flexneri, diverse Staphylococcus, Streptococcus and Enterococcus species, Pseudomonas aeruginosa, Salmonella typhimurium, Mycobacterium tuberculosis, Klebsiella pneumonia, Escherichia coli etc) and fungal species as well as viruses like HIV (Saravanakumar et al, 2009) for review; (Liu, 2007;Mahady, 2005) and parasites like Trypanosoma and Plasmodium organisms (for reviews (Athanasiadou and Kyriazakis, 2004;Kokoska and Janovska, 2009). …”