A review of traditional pharmacological uses, phytochemistry, and pharmacological activities of Tribulus terrestris

Tribulus terrestris L. (TT) is an annual plant of the family Zygophyllaceae that has been used for generations to energize, vitalize, and improve sexual function and physical performance in men. The fruits and roots of TT have been used as a folk medicine for thousands of years in China, India, Suda...

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Autores principales: Zhu, Wenyi, Du, Yijie, Meng, Hong, Dong, Yinmao, Li, Li
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Springer International Publishing 2017
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5503856/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29086839
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s13065-017-0289-x
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author Zhu, Wenyi
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Li, Li
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Li, Li
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description Tribulus terrestris L. (TT) is an annual plant of the family Zygophyllaceae that has been used for generations to energize, vitalize, and improve sexual function and physical performance in men. The fruits and roots of TT have been used as a folk medicine for thousands of years in China, India, Sudan, and Pakistan. Numerous bioactive phytochemicals, such as saponins and flavonoids, have been isolated and identified from TT that are responsible alone or in combination for various pharmacological activities. This review provides a comprehensive overview of the traditional applications, phytochemistry, pharmacology and overuse of TT and provides evidence for better medicinal usage of TT.
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spelling pubmed-55038562017-07-25 A review of traditional pharmacological uses, phytochemistry, and pharmacological activities of Tribulus terrestris Zhu, Wenyi Du, Yijie Meng, Hong Dong, Yinmao Li, Li Chem Cent J Review Tribulus terrestris L. (TT) is an annual plant of the family Zygophyllaceae that has been used for generations to energize, vitalize, and improve sexual function and physical performance in men. The fruits and roots of TT have been used as a folk medicine for thousands of years in China, India, Sudan, and Pakistan. Numerous bioactive phytochemicals, such as saponins and flavonoids, have been isolated and identified from TT that are responsible alone or in combination for various pharmacological activities. This review provides a comprehensive overview of the traditional applications, phytochemistry, pharmacology and overuse of TT and provides evidence for better medicinal usage of TT. Springer International Publishing 2017-07-11 /pmc/articles/PMC5503856/ /pubmed/29086839 http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s13065-017-0289-x Text en © The Author(s) 2017 Open AccessThis article is distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/), which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided you give appropriate credit to the original author(s) and the source, provide a link to the Creative Commons license, and indicate if changes were made. The Creative Commons Public Domain Dedication waiver (http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/) applies to the data made available in this article, unless otherwise stated.
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Zhu, Wenyi
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Dong, Yinmao
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A review of traditional pharmacological uses, phytochemistry, and pharmacological activities of Tribulus terrestris
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title_fullStr A review of traditional pharmacological uses, phytochemistry, and pharmacological activities of Tribulus terrestris
title_full_unstemmed A review of traditional pharmacological uses, phytochemistry, and pharmacological activities of Tribulus terrestris
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