Chemical constituents and medical benefits of Plantago major

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The medicinal benefits of Plantago major have been acknowledged around the world for hundreds of years. This plant contains a number of effective chemical constituents including flavonoids, alkaloids, terpenoids, phenolic acid derivatives, iridoid glycosides, fatty acids, polysaccharides and vitamins which contribute to its exerting specific therapeutic effects. Correspondingly, studies have found that Plantago major is effective as a wound healer, as well as an antiulcerative, antidiabetic, antidiarrhoeal, anti-inflammatory, antinociceptive, antibacterial, and antiviral agent. It also combats fatigue and cancer, is an antioxidant and a free radical scavenger. This paper provides a review of the medicinal benefits and chemical constituents of Plantago major published in journals from year 1937 to 2015 which are available from PubMed, ScienceDirect and Google Scholar.

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E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2017

Erschienen:

2017

Enthalten in:

Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:96

Enthalten in:

Biomedicine & pharmacotherapy = Biomedecine & pharmacotherapie - 96(2017) vom: 15. Dez., Seite 348-360

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Adom, Muhammad Bahrain [VerfasserIn]
Taher, Muhammad [VerfasserIn]
Mutalabisin, Muhammad Fathiy [VerfasserIn]
Amri, Mohamad Shahreen [VerfasserIn]
Abdul Kudos, Muhammad Badri [VerfasserIn]
Wan Sulaiman, Mohd Wan Azizi [VerfasserIn]
Sengupta, Pinaki [VerfasserIn]
Susanti, Deny [VerfasserIn]

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Themen:

Anti-Bacterial Agents
Anti-Inflammatory Agents
Antineoplastic Agents, Phytogenic
Chemical constituents
Flavonoids
Hypoglycemic Agents
Journal Article
Medicinal benefits
Plant Extracts
Plantago major
Review

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Date Completed 26.07.2018

Date Revised 26.07.2018

published: Print-Electronic

Citation Status MEDLINE

doi:

10.1016/j.biopha.2017.09.152

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NLM276974018