Revisão das Propriedades Medicinais de Cajanus cajanna Doença Falciforme

Abstract

RESUMO:Este artigo descreve a ocorrência, características botânicas, fitoquímicas e a composição nutricional do feijão guandu [Cajanus cajan (L.) Millsp], e sua relação no processo de inibição da falcização na doença falciforme, um distúrbio genético que acomete as hemácias, gerando hemólise e anemia crônica. Dois constituintes químicos estariam mais relacionados aos efeitos inibitórios na falcização de células falciformes: L-fenilalanina e o ácido p-hidroxibenzóico. Estudos químico-biológicos detalhados com o feijão guandu no Brasil poderão esclarecer melhor os mecanismos pelos quais ocorre a inibição da falcização das hemácias e a diminuição do estresse oxidativo, ajudando no tratamento de pessoas com DF.Palavras-chave: propriedades medicinais, cajanus cajan, anemia falciforme. ABSTRACT: Review of Medicinal Cajanus cajan of properties in Sickle Cell Disease.This article describes the occurrence, botanical characteristics, phytochemical and nutritional composition of pigeonpea [Cajanus cajan (L.) Millsp], and their relationship in the process inhibition of sickling in sickle cell disease (SCD), a genetic disorder that affects red blood cells, causing hemolysis and chronic anemia. Two chemical components would be related to the inhibitory effect on sickling of sickle cells: the L-phenylalanine and the p-hydroxybenzoic acid. In Brazil, detailed studies with pigeonpea chemical-biological may clarify the mechanisms by which the inhibition of sickling of red blood cells occurs, reducing oxidative stress and thus helping treating people affected by this disease.

Ethnobotanical and ethnopharmacological study of medicinal plants used by a traditional community in Brazil’s northeastern

“…The "feijão andu" Cajanus cajan L. Huth. (Fabaceae) is used as a tranquilizer (inhaling the steam) and to relieve headaches; using the sanitized sheet, grinded and placed in a glass, add boiling water, cover, and when it gets cold, take it three times a day, it helps to quickly eliminate headaches from labyrinthitis; toasting the seed and grinding it, it creates a powder similar to coffee, then put boiling water, strain it and drink it, it helps to lower the blood pressure too, as well as tea (AIC); Cordovil et al (2015), in a review of the medicinal properties of this plant, mention significant findings related to the inhibition of red blood cell sickness, helping to treat anemia and hemolytic diseases. The "Fedegoso" Senna macranthera (Dc.…”