Present aspects of the use of plants in traditional medicine

Marini-Bettòlo, G. B.

doi:10.1016/0378-8741(80)90021-5

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“…For this reason, research on ethnopharmacological use related to this subject can provide new approaches and novel solutions, giving to pharmaceutical companies supplementary knowledge about plants that can lead to innovative drugs, as well as benefiting local communities, able to share such knowledge, experiment with it, and promote its use. Traditional remedies, especially for minor illnesses, have gained importance and popularity in industrialized countries due, in part, to their perceived lower toxicity in front of synthetic compounds; during most part of the late 20 th century, naturopathic medicine has become mainstream worldwide (Marini-Bettolo, 1980;Elvin-Lewis, 2001;Panthi and Singh, 2013). Many skin troubles are not severe, but some are serious, what is consistent with the idea that phytotherapy (either folk or industrial), as most so-called complementary and alternative medicines, mostly deals with mild or chronic affections, although they can also be useful in stronger cases (Barnes, 2003).…”

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Plants with topical uses in the Ripollès district (Pyrenees, Catalonia, Iberian Peninsula): Ethnobotanical survey and pharmacological validation in the literature

Rigat

Vallès

D'Ambrosio

et al. 2015

Journal of Ethnopharmacology

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Ethnopharmacological relevance: The skin is the main structure that protects the human body from environmental factors and has, in addition, a relevant relationship to people's appearance and beauty. Official medicine and cosmetics have shown interest on elaborating products to protect the dermal system, yet the role of folk medicine is highly unknown in this field.Aims of the study: Taking this into account, we performed an ethnobotanical study in a Catalan district of the eastern Pyrenees (northeast Iberian Peninsula), with the purpose of assessing popular plant knowledge and use. In this paper, we present exclusively the results on topically-

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Plants with topical uses in the Ripollès district (Pyrenees, Catalonia, Iberian Peninsula): Ethnobotanical survey and pharmacological validation in the literature

Rigat

Vallès

D'Ambrosio

et al. 2015

Journal of Ethnopharmacology

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“…It is believed that 75 to 80% of the world's population relies on traditional remedies to treat the disease (10); plants thus represent the only antimalarial therapy for a large proportion of the world's population. The reputation of plants used as febrifuges and in the treatment of malaria is increasingly being investigated, since plants may yield novel antimalarial agents.…”

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In vitro antiplasmodial, antiamoebic, and cytotoxic activities of a series of bisbenzylisoquinoline alkaloids

Marshall

Russell

Wright

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Antimicrob Agents Chemother

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Twenty-four bisbenzylisoquinoline alkaloids were screened for antiplasmoidal, antiamoebic, and cytotoxic activities by use of in vitro microtests. Eight of the alkaloids had antiplasmodial activity, with a 50% inhibitory concentration (IC50) of less than 1 microM against a multidrug-resistant strain of Plasmodium falciparum (chloroquine had an IC50 of 0.2 microM). The three alkaloids most active against Entamoeba histolytica, aromoline, isotrilobine, and insularine, had IC50s of 5 to 11.1 microM (metronidazole had an IC50 of 1.87 microM). None of the 24 bisbenzylisoquinoline alkaloids exhibited significant cytotoxicity against the KB cell line, the most toxic being berbamine, with an IC50 of 17.8 microM (the IC50 of podophyllotoxin was 0.008 microM). Bisbenzylisoquinoline alkaloids merit further investigation as potential novel antimalarial agents.

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“…Therefore, this investigation was tried to be a more comprehensive study of the anticancer effects of this native Iranian plant. Because of the importance of medicinal plants to obtain medication, studying the efficacy, safety, and the features of medicinal plants is very important (16). Some medicinal plants contain biologically activated components and have antimicrobial and anticancer properties.…”

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Assessing the Anticancer Effect of the Euphorbia condylocarpa Plant on AGS Gastric Cancer Cell Line

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Background: Spurge family is a large family of plants that contains more than 300 genera and 800 species of which 5 genera and 72 species are native to Iran. This important family of plants can be used in various disease treatments such as cancer, arthritis, asthma, bacterial infections, and neuralgia. This study investigated the anticancer effects of the alcoholic extract of Euphorbia condylocarpa whose native Iranian Kurdish name is "Shoalehkolah".

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Present aspects of the use of plants in traditional medicine

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Plants with topical uses in the Ripollès district (Pyrenees, Catalonia, Iberian Peninsula): Ethnobotanical survey and pharmacological validation in the literature

Plants with topical uses in the Ripollès district (Pyrenees, Catalonia, Iberian Peninsula): Ethnobotanical survey and pharmacological validation in the literature

In vitro antiplasmodial, antiamoebic, and cytotoxic activities of a series of bisbenzylisoquinoline alkaloids

Assessing the Anticancer Effect of the Euphorbia condylocarpa Plant on AGS Gastric Cancer Cell Line

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