Scabiosa Genus: A Rich Source of Bioactive Metabolites

The genus Scabiosa (family Caprifoliaceae) is considered large (618 scientific plant names of species) although only 62 have accepted Latin binominal names. The majority of the Scabiosa species are widely distributed in the Mediterranean region and some Scabiosa species are used in traditional medic...

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Autores principales: Pinto, Diana C. G. A., Rahmouni, Naima, Beghidja, Noureddine, Silva, Artur M. S.
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Publicado: MDPI 2018
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6313729/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30304864
http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/medicines5040110
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author Pinto, Diana C. G. A.
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description The genus Scabiosa (family Caprifoliaceae) is considered large (618 scientific plant names of species) although only 62 have accepted Latin binominal names. The majority of the Scabiosa species are widely distributed in the Mediterranean region and some Scabiosa species are used in traditional medicine systems. For instance, Scabiosa columbaria L. is used traditionally against diphtheria while S. comosa Fisch. Ex Roem. and Schult. is used in Mongolian and Tibetan traditional medical settings to treat liver diseases. The richness of Scabiosa species in secondary metabolites such as iridoids, flavonoids and pentacyclic triterpenoids may contribute to its use in folk medicine. Details on the most recent and relevant pharmacological in vivo studies on the bioactive secondary metabolites isolated from Scabiosa species will be summarized and thoroughly discussed.
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spelling pubmed-63137292019-01-07 Scabiosa Genus: A Rich Source of Bioactive Metabolites Pinto, Diana C. G. A. Rahmouni, Naima Beghidja, Noureddine Silva, Artur M. S. Medicines (Basel) Review The genus Scabiosa (family Caprifoliaceae) is considered large (618 scientific plant names of species) although only 62 have accepted Latin binominal names. The majority of the Scabiosa species are widely distributed in the Mediterranean region and some Scabiosa species are used in traditional medicine systems. For instance, Scabiosa columbaria L. is used traditionally against diphtheria while S. comosa Fisch. Ex Roem. and Schult. is used in Mongolian and Tibetan traditional medical settings to treat liver diseases. The richness of Scabiosa species in secondary metabolites such as iridoids, flavonoids and pentacyclic triterpenoids may contribute to its use in folk medicine. Details on the most recent and relevant pharmacological in vivo studies on the bioactive secondary metabolites isolated from Scabiosa species will be summarized and thoroughly discussed. MDPI 2018-10-09 /pmc/articles/PMC6313729/ /pubmed/30304864 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/medicines5040110 Text en © 2018 by the authors. Licensee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland. This article is an open access article distributed under the terms and conditions of the Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY) license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/).
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title_short Scabiosa Genus: A Rich Source of Bioactive Metabolites
title_sort scabiosa genus: a rich source of bioactive metabolites
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6313729/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30304864
http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/medicines5040110
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