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Ethnopharmacological Properties and Medicinal Uses of Litsea cubeba
The genus Litsea is predominant in tropical and subtropical regions of India, China, Taiwan, and Japan. The plant possesses medicinal properties and has been traditionally used for curing various gastro-intestinal ailments (e.g., diarrhea, stomachache, indigestion, and gastroenteritis) along with di...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6631214/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31159425 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/plants8060150 |
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author | Kamle, Madhu Mahato, Dipendra K. Lee, Kyung Eun Bajpai, Vivek K. Gajurel, Padam Raj Gu, Kang Sang Kumar, Pradeep |
author_facet | Kamle, Madhu Mahato, Dipendra K. Lee, Kyung Eun Bajpai, Vivek K. Gajurel, Padam Raj Gu, Kang Sang Kumar, Pradeep |
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description | The genus Litsea is predominant in tropical and subtropical regions of India, China, Taiwan, and Japan. The plant possesses medicinal properties and has been traditionally used for curing various gastro-intestinal ailments (e.g., diarrhea, stomachache, indigestion, and gastroenteritis) along with diabetes, edema, cold, arthritis, asthma, and traumatic injury. Besides its medicinal properties, Litsea is known for its essential oil, which has protective action against several bacteria, possesses antioxidant and antiparasitic properties, exerts acute and genetic toxicity as well as cytotoxicity, and can even prevent several cancers. Here we summarize the ethnopharmacological properties, essentials oil, medicinal uses, and health benefits of an indigenous plant of northeast India, emphasizing the profound research to uplift the core and immense potential present in the conventional medicine of the country. This review is intended to provide insights into the gaps in our knowledge that need immediate focus on in-situ conservation strategies of Litsea due to its non-domesticated and dioecious nature, which may be the most viable approach and intense research for the long-term benefits of society and local peoples. |
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spelling | pubmed-66312142019-08-19 Ethnopharmacological Properties and Medicinal Uses of Litsea cubeba Kamle, Madhu Mahato, Dipendra K. Lee, Kyung Eun Bajpai, Vivek K. Gajurel, Padam Raj Gu, Kang Sang Kumar, Pradeep Plants (Basel) Review The genus Litsea is predominant in tropical and subtropical regions of India, China, Taiwan, and Japan. The plant possesses medicinal properties and has been traditionally used for curing various gastro-intestinal ailments (e.g., diarrhea, stomachache, indigestion, and gastroenteritis) along with diabetes, edema, cold, arthritis, asthma, and traumatic injury. Besides its medicinal properties, Litsea is known for its essential oil, which has protective action against several bacteria, possesses antioxidant and antiparasitic properties, exerts acute and genetic toxicity as well as cytotoxicity, and can even prevent several cancers. Here we summarize the ethnopharmacological properties, essentials oil, medicinal uses, and health benefits of an indigenous plant of northeast India, emphasizing the profound research to uplift the core and immense potential present in the conventional medicine of the country. This review is intended to provide insights into the gaps in our knowledge that need immediate focus on in-situ conservation strategies of Litsea due to its non-domesticated and dioecious nature, which may be the most viable approach and intense research for the long-term benefits of society and local peoples. MDPI 2019-06-01 /pmc/articles/PMC6631214/ /pubmed/31159425 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/plants8060150 Text en © 2019 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/). |
spellingShingle | Review Kamle, Madhu Mahato, Dipendra K. Lee, Kyung Eun Bajpai, Vivek K. Gajurel, Padam Raj Gu, Kang Sang Kumar, Pradeep Ethnopharmacological Properties and Medicinal Uses of Litsea cubeba |
title | Ethnopharmacological Properties and Medicinal Uses of Litsea cubeba |
title_full | Ethnopharmacological Properties and Medicinal Uses of Litsea cubeba |
title_fullStr | Ethnopharmacological Properties and Medicinal Uses of Litsea cubeba |
title_full_unstemmed | Ethnopharmacological Properties and Medicinal Uses of Litsea cubeba |
title_short | Ethnopharmacological Properties and Medicinal Uses of Litsea cubeba |
title_sort | ethnopharmacological properties and medicinal uses of litsea cubeba |
topic | Review |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6631214/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31159425 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/plants8060150 |
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