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J Ethnopharmacol ; 280: 114080, 2021 Nov 15.
Article in English | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-33798662

ABSTRACT

ETHNOPHARMACOLOGICAL RELEVANCE: Lorestan Province (Iran) has a great diversity of habitats and plant diversity and the people living in this province have a good knowledge of herbal therapies. AIM OF THE STUDY: In this study, the authors aimed to identify and report the medicinal plants used in the folk medicine of Lorestan. MATERIAL AND METHODS: The indigenous medicinal information was collected with a semi-structured open-ended questionnaire, interviews, and personal observations. The relative importance of the species were estimated through frequency of citations (FC). RESULTS: and discussion: A total of 555 plants belonging to 91 families were identified. The plants belong to Asteraceae with 62 species followed by Lamiaceae (56), Apiaceae (44), Fabaceae (41), and Brassicaceae (31). The plants were mostly used as a decoction or eaten raw (32%). Leaves (22%) were the most utilized plant parts followed by shoots (16%), and seeds (13%). Thymus daenensis, Thymus eriocalyx, Mentha longifolia, Mentha spicata, Mentha piperitha, Alium sativum, Quercus infectoria, Quercus persica, Ziziphora clinopodioides, and Malus domestica had the highest FC values. Most of the plants were used for gastrointestinal, respiratory, and skin problems. CONCLUSION: Lorestan is a region rich in medicinal plants. The local knowledge of herbal therapies can be used as complementary medicine, particularly by people in remote areas and as a guide for the future pharmacological and phytochemical studies. While the known medicinal plants can be harvested or cultivated for medical and pharmaceutical purposes, the less known plants with high FC scores can be investigated phytochemically and pharmacologically in the future studies.


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Health Knowledge, Attitudes, Practice , Medicine, Traditional/methods , Plant Preparations/pharmacology , Plants, Medicinal/chemistry , Adult , Aged , Ethnopharmacology , Female , Humans , Iran , Male , Middle Aged , Phytotherapy/methods , Plant Preparations/chemistry , Surveys and Questionnaires , Young Adult
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Phytother Res ; 30(6): 878-93, 2016 Jun.
Article in English | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-26988179

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The genus Salvia, from the Lamiaceae family, has diverse biological properties that are primarily attributable to their diterpene contents. There is no comprehensive review on the molecular signaling pathways of these active components. In this review, we investigated the molecular targets of bioactive Salvia diterpenes responsible for the treatment of nervous and cardiovascular diseases. The effects on different pathways, including apoptosis signaling, oxidative stress phenomena, the accumulation of amyloid beta plaques, and tau phosphorylation, have all been considered to be mechanisms of the anti-Alzheimer properties of Salvia diterpenes. Additionally, effects on the benzodiazepine and kappa opioid receptors and neuroprotective effects are noted as neuropharmacological properties of Salvia diterpenes, including tanshinone IIA, salvinorin A, cryptotanshinone, and miltirone. Tanshinone IIA, as the primary diterpene of Salvia miltiorrhiza, has beneficial activities in heart diseases because of its ability to scavenge free radicals and its effects on transcription factors, such as nuclear transcription factor-kappa B (NF-κB) and the mitogen-activated protein kinases (MAPKs). Additionally, tanshinone IIA has also been proposed to have cardioprotective properties including antiarrhythmic activities and effects on myocardial infarction. With respect to the potential therapeutic effects of Salvia diterpenes, comprehensive clinical trials are warranted to evaluate these valuable molecules as lead compounds. Copyright © 2016 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.


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Abietanes/chemistry , Antineoplastic Agents, Phytogenic/chemistry , Biological Products/therapeutic use , Diterpenes/chemistry , Phenanthrenes/chemistry , Salvia/chemistry , Abietanes/therapeutic use , Antineoplastic Agents, Phytogenic/therapeutic use , Diterpenes/pharmacology , Neuropharmacology , Phenanthrenes/therapeutic use , Signal Transduction
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Fitoterapia ; 100: 118-32, 2015 Jan.
Article in English | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-25447154

ABSTRACT

The genus Salvia contains a large number of biologically active diterpenoids with various skeletons including abietanes, labdanes, clerodanes, pimaranes and icetexanes. Diterpenes of Salvia species showed various biological activities, particularly cytotoxic and anti-proliferative properties. In recent years many studies have been focused on the molecular mechanisms of these diterpenes in cancer cells. It should be noted, however, that anticancer studies on diterpenoids from Salvia species were dominated by tanshinones (a class of abietanes) over the past decades. A large number of targets of diterpenes have been identified in cancer cells including NF-κB, STAT3, Bcl-xL, ß-catenin, cytochrome C and caspases. These studies give us deeper insights into the mechanisms of actions and cell signaling pathways of anticancer diterpenoids from Salvia species. This paper reviews protein targets of diterpenoids from Salvia species and highlights the gaps in our knowledge deserving future research.


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Abietanes/chemistry , Apoptosis/drug effects , Salvia/chemistry , Animals , Cell Line, Tumor , Humans , Molecular Structure
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