A Review of the Ethnobotany, Biological Activity, and Phytochemistry of the Plants in the Gundelia Genus

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A comprehensive literature search was conducted in PubMed, Cochrane Library, Web of Science, Scopus, the National Library of Medicine (NLM) catalog, and Google Scholar from January 1980 up until October 2023 on plants in the Gundelia genus. Gundelia L. (Asteraceae) has been treated as a monospecific genus with Gundelia tournefortii L. (1753: 814) in most recent floras with wide variation in corolla color, but nowadays, the genus consists of 17 species. The unripe inflorescences of these species, especially G. tournefortii L., are consumed in many ways. 'Akkoub' or 'akko' in Arabic, "Kangar" in Persian, and "Silifa" in Greek are the common names of G. tournefortii L., also known as tumble thistle in English. They have been used in traditional medicine to treat bronchitis, kidney stones, diarrhea, stomach pain, inflammation, liver and blood diseases, bacterial and fungal infections, and mumps. Based on recent studies, their extracts have exhibited hepatoprotective, hypolipidemic, antioxidant, anti-inflammatory, and antimicrobial effects. Moreover, a variety of phytochemicals, including terpenoids, sterols, and fatty acids, as well as vitamins and minerals, have been identified in this genus. This study reviewed the ethnobotany, phytochemicals, and biological activities of the plants in the Gundelia genus as functional foods and herbal remedies.

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E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2024

Erschienen:

2024

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Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:21

Enthalten in:

Chemistry & biodiversity - 21(2024), 3 vom: 15. März, Seite e202301932

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Mehrzadeh, Marziyeh [VerfasserIn]
Ziayeezadeh, Faezeh [VerfasserIn]
Pasdaran, Ardalan [VerfasserIn]
Kozuharova, Ekaterina [VerfasserIn]
Goyal, Rohit [VerfasserIn]
Hamedi, Azadeh [VerfasserIn]

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Themen:

Asteraceae
Functional food
Gundelia
Journal Article
Phytochemicals
Plant Extracts
Review
Tumble thistle
Tumbleweed

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Date Completed 18.03.2024

Date Revised 18.03.2024

published: Print-Electronic

Citation Status MEDLINE

doi:

10.1002/cbdv.202301932

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NLM367843900