Pharmacognostic and phytopharmacology study of Anacyclus pyrethrum: An insight

Abstract

Anacyclus pyrethrum an amazing medicinal plant is one of the most widely growing species of the family Asteraceae. The present review endow with significant information about its phytochemical investigations, pharmacological activities and medicinal properties as a folk medicine to treat several disease like anti-rheumatic, analgesic, antibacterial, antiviral, carminative, anti-catarrh, improve digestion, emmenagogue, febrifuge, nervine, vermifuge, and sialagogue. The plant has been reported several pharmacological actions such as antidiabetic, immunostimulating effect, inhibitory effects, antidepressant activity, anticonvulsant activity, memory-enhancing activity, aphrodisiacs, antimicrobial activity, antioxidant, local anesthetic effect, insecticidal effect, action on COX and LOX, interactions with testosterone, interaction with libido, and it interaction with testicles. Mainly the root portion has beneficial properties that can serve the mankind. The entire plant can be extensively studied for further future prospective.

Étude ethnobotanique, ethno-taxonomique et ethnoécologique de Anacyclus pyrethrum var. pyrethrum (L.) Link. (Asteraceae) dans la vallée d’Ait Mhamed (Région d’Azilal, Maroc)

“…La racine est beaucoup plus utilisée à l'état sec pour les cas de rhumatisme et de gastroentérite, alors qu'il est recommandé de l'utiliser fraiche pour les maux de dents et dans l'hygiène intime de la femme. L'utilisation des racines contre ces maladies concorde parfaitement avec ce qui a été rapporté dans des travaux antérieurs (Usmani et al 2016).…”

Antimicrobial Activity and Chemical Composition Screening of Anacyclus pyrethrum Root

“…3 This herbal plant has many uses in different cultures as aphrodisiac, analgesic, antirheumatic, antiarthritic, antibacterial, antiviral, antibiotic, anticatarrhal, carminative, digestion, diuretic, emmenagogue, febrifuge, nervine, vermifuge, sialagogue. 4 Several experimental studies have been carried out on A. pyrethrum plant and many biological activities have been identified such as antibacterial, immunostimulating and antioxidant, antidepressant.…”

Aqarqarha (Anacyclus Pyrethrum Dc.) a Potent Drug in Unani Medicine: A Review on Its Historical and Phyto-Pharmacological Perspective

“…28 The study of Bendjeddou et al shows immunostimulating activity in mice. 29 Suganya S et al evaluated Anti-convulsant activity in mice. 31 Ronald Darwin et al studied on memory enhancing activity.…”