Recent Advances in the Pharmacological Activities of Dioscin

Dioscin is a typical saponin with multiple pharmacological activities. The past few years have seen an emerging interest in and growing research on this pleiotropic saponin. Here, we review the emerging pharmacological activities reported recently, with foci on its antitumor, antimicrobial, anti-inf...

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Autores principales: Yang, Longfei, Ren, Shengnan, Xu, Fei, Ma, Zhiming, Liu, Xin, Wang, Lufei
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Hindawi 2019
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Review Article
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6710808/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31511824
http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2019/5763602
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Sumario:Dioscin is a typical saponin with multiple pharmacological activities. The past few years have seen an emerging interest in and growing research on this pleiotropic saponin. Here, we review the emerging pharmacological activities reported recently, with foci on its antitumor, antimicrobial, anti-inflammatory, antioxidative, and tissue-protective properties. The potential use of dioscin in therapies of diverse clinical disorders is also discussed.

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